All five Irish boxers have made this mornings weigh-in for this afternoons European Union Championships finals at the National Stadium in Dublin.

Commonwealth champion Kelly Sotherton will kick-start what she is hoping will be another medal-winning season in the Norwich Union International in the new year.

Paula Radcliffe claimed Great Britain’s first gold medal of the 2005 World Championships after a comprehensive victory in the marathon in Helsinki.

SEBASTIEN COE was in a unique position to chair the London 2012 bid — it was a wonder that the authorities took so long to realise it.

Athlete David Gillick was today presented with a new Toyota Prius in recognition of his gold medal win at the 2005 European Indoor Championships Men's 400m earlier this year.

Bode Miller of the United States won the gold medal in the World Championship downhill on Saturday to claim the title of fastest skier on the planet.

UK Athletics chief executive David Moorcroft believes it will be years before Britain is ready to bid for the IAAF World Athletics Championships again.

Great Britain women’s team captain Paula Radcliffe claims Sheffield never had a chance of staging the 2005 World Championships after London dropped out of the running.

The president of the International Association of Athletics Federations has ruled out Sheffield taking over from London as the venue for the 2005 World Championships.

UK Athletics turned its back on the national stadium today by declaring it wants nothing to do with the Wembley fiasco.