Nearly 36,000 runners set out from the Boston Marathon starting line with security tight along the 26.2-mile course today, in a show of resilience a year after the bombing that turned the race into a scene of carnage.

Pamela Anderson chopped off her long locks because she wants to start a new chapter of her life.

Defending champion Geoffrey Mutai and Priscah Jeptoo won the men’s and women’s races at the New York City Marathon yesterday for a Kenyan sweep in chilly, windy conditions through the city’s five boroughs.

Pamela Anderson has confirmed she is planning to compete in the New York City Marathon.

It’s fairly safe to assume that if Kathy Switzer was running her first Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon, she would have been held back from finishing, with thousands of others.

Falling temperatures on the East Coast today put more people at risk in a region already battling petrol shortages, power cuts and spasms of lawlessness in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

More New Yorkers awoke today to power being restored for the first time since Superstorm Sandy pummelled the region, but patience was wearing thin among those in the region who have been without power for most of the week.

The New York City Marathon was last night cancelled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race while the region is still recovering from Superstorm Sandy.

Sunday’s New York City Marathon has been cancelled amid fears the event may detract from the clean up effort following Superstorm Sandy, it emerged tonight.

The Chilean miner who jogged in the tunnels while trapped underground not only will attend Sunday’s New York City Marathon – he wants to run it.

Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe has dropped a heavy hint she will try for a second baby next year ahead of her final bid for Olympic glory in London in 2012.

A WATERFORD-based family doctor has raised €65,000 for two worthy causes following his completion of the New York City Marathon.

Hours after completing the New York City Marathon, US actress Katie Holmes slipped on a pair of high heels to join husband Tom Cruise at a film premiere.

Actress Katie Holmes was among the tens of thousands of runners in the New York City Marathon, finishing the race in five hours 29 minutes and 58 seconds.

PAULA RADCLIFFE will turn her attention to the Beijing Olympics women’s marathon following her comeback victory in New York last night.

YOU can never have too much jewellery, even if you’re an elite sportsman.

MARK CARROLL will line up for Sunday’s London Marathon happy in the knowledge that, for the very first time, he has prepared specifically for a marathon.

A FRUSTRATED Mark Carroll walked away from the New York City Marathon last night admitting: “I’m having a biomechanical breakdown.”

OLYMPIC 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin returned to form with victory in 9.96 seconds at the Rome Golden Gala yesterday.

MARIE DAVENPORT was yesterday forced to put her marathon debut on hold after failing to recover from a calf injury in time to run the ING New York City Marathon tomorrow.

MARIE DAVENPORT will provide Irish interest in Sunday’s New York City Marathon when she makes her debut over the distance alongside world record holder Paula Radcliffe, and Sonia O’Sullivan’s Australian training partner, Benita Johnson.

Ireland’s Sonia O’Sullivan is almost certain to switch from being a track specialist to a marathon runner next year.

MARK CARROLL yesterday appealed to the Olympic Council of Ireland to extend the June 30 date for Olympics qualification and give those behind schedule through no fault of their own a chance to make the team for Athens.

Zebedayo Bayo, winner of the Tokyo Marathon, has predicted he will smash the long-standing course record in Sunday’s historic Athens Classic race.

THE supplement which caused Geraldine Hendricken to test positive was not contaminated by nandrolone but a nandrolone-related substance — 19-norandrosterne, and she said last night that this was very important for her.

Ireland’s top distance runner Mark Carroll has withdrawn through injury from the New York City Marathon on November 2.

A VETERAN soldier who lost his legs to a mortar round in Vietnam finished the Los Angeles Marathon on Saturday, a week after he began, to the cheers of supporters and passers-by.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN is confident she will be back on track in time for the new season and that she will be competitive come the world championships in Paris in August.

SONIA O'SULLIVAN is all set to compete in the short course trial which will be run at Dunleer on March 16 in conjunction with Rás na hÉireann.

MARK CARROLL is looking for a fast marathon in the spring and is eyeing either London or Boston in search of the Irish record after placing sixth in the New York City Marathon in 2:10:54 on Sunday — the second fastest time ever behind John Treacy’s 2:09:18.

Sonia O'Sullivan admitted her appetite for marathons has disappeared after a disappointing performance in the New York City Marathon.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN’S bite at the Big Apple ended in disappointment yesterday when she struggled home in 12th place in the New York City Marathon in a time of 2:32:06.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN may have to join the exclusive club of women who have run under two hours and 20 minutes if she is to win the New York City Marathon tomorrow.

Sonia O’Sullivan is adamant she doesn’t feel any pressure that her performance in Sunday’s New York City Marathon will be compared with the brilliant successes this year of Paula Radcliffe.

Olympic 5,000 metres silver medallist Sonia O’Sullivan has spent the last week at her 'alma mater' of Villanova University completing preparations for Sunday’s New York City Marathon.

Tesfaye Jifar won the New York City Marathon in record time Sunday, pulling away from his lone challenger with three miles left in a race dedicated to victims of Sept 11.

Thousands of runners today set off on the New York City Marathon, pledging to ‘‘strike a blow to terrorism’’.

Thousands of runners were today taking part in the annual New York marathon, the city’s biggest event since the World Trade Centre atrocities.