Kenya’s Abraham Chebii will return to Phoenix Park in Dublin to defend his Great Ireland Run title on Sunday, April 6.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN was back on track again yesterday when she finished third in the 5,000m at the Grand Prix Meeting in Melbourne.

Europe's leading 5,000m runner, Ireland’s Alistair Cragg was beaten into third place by two Kenyans in the men’s 1,500m today at the Bupa Ireland Cork City Sports.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN has hit out at critics of her selection for Australia at the Commonwealth Games.

Sonia O’Sullivan will return from Australia to compete in the Visit Scotland Great Edinburgh Cross Country on January 14.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN has confirmed she would like to run for Australia in next year’s Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Ireland’s Sonia O’Sullivan today confirmed she would like to run for Australia in next year’s Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

GERARD HARTMANN will anxiously watch tonight’s final of the women’s 10,000m at a Sports Bar in Limerick along with the double Olympic champion, Kelly Holmes.

Dubliner Maria McCambridge knocked over six seconds off her 3000 metres personal best when claiming the notable scalp of 2004 World Cross Country champion Benita Johnson in Madrid tonight.

CRAIG MOTTRAM may have failed narrowly to break his 3,000m Australian record at the BUPA Cork City Sports but his 7:38.15 ­ an Irish all-comers record - was the performance of the meet on a wet Saturday afternoon at the Mardyke.

The the performance of the day at today's Bupa Cork City Sports came from Australian Craig Mottram in the men's 3000m as he blew away the rest of the field in claiming victory in a time of 7 minutes 38 seconds.

BERNARD WILLIAMS may be the Olympic silver medallist at 200m but the track’s greatest entertainer is only on standby for that event at the BUPA Cork City Sports International Track and Field Meeting this afternoon and that demonstrates the amount of talent that will be on show at The Mardyke (2pm).

SONIA O’SULLIVAN and Benita Johnson look set to run shoulder-to-shoulder in Sunday’s Flora London Marathon rather than attempt to stay with the pacemakers.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN fans can still look forward to some big performances from her, according to world cross-country champion Benita Johnson.

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.

World cross country champion Benita Johnson narrowly missed breaking the long-standing Australian 10-mile record in Sunday’s BUPA Great South Run.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN returns to the big stage tomorrow when she lines up for the 13th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in New Delhi.

IRISH Olympian Marie Davenport will run her first marathon next month when she takes on the hallowed 26.2 mile course around New York City.

Sonia O’Sullivan, a past winner of several IAAF World Championship titles, chases yet another over the half marathon distance in New Delhi on Sunday.

World Cross-Country champion Benita Johnson is seeking a New Year clash with Paula Radcliffe in the Great Edinburgh International Cross-Country.

Dejene Berhanu’s late decision to compete in the BUPA Great North Run paid dividends after his emphatic victory resulted in a new course record.

THE Weltklasse in Zurich has always been a favourite meet for Ireland's Sonia O'Sullivan, but it takes on added significance tonight as she looks for a performance to boost her confidence for the Olympic Games.

Olympic 5,000 metres silver-medallist Sonia O’Sullivan made a superb start to her summer season with a win over the distance in the United States overnight.

Sonia O'Sullivan remains remarkably confident about what the Olympic year will hold despite losing her Great BUPA Ireland Run title in Dublin today.

Australia’s top distance runner Craig Mottram insists he will be treating this weekend’s Great BUPA Ireland Run as aggressively as he did the recent World Cross-Country Championships.

Newly-crowned world cross-country champion Benita Johnson has confirmed she is a definite starter for May’s Balmoral Road Races.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN and Catherina McKiernan stole the show at the Great BUPA Ireland run in the Phoenix Park yesterday despite a sizzling 28:36 10k from the Australian record holder, Craig Mottram.

Olympic 5,000 metres silver-medallist Sonia O’Sullivan is considering returning from Australia in December to run in the European cross country championships.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN finished 15th of 16 finishers in the 1,500m at the Grand Prix in Madrid on Sunday night, but it was a run that was totally out of context and there is no need to panic.

IRELAND’S Olympic silver medallist Sonia O’Sullivan withdrew from a high profile meet at Melbourne on Saturday night in a row over plane tickets.

UNA ENGLISH emerged as Ireland’s leading athlete at the World Cross-country Championships staged in sun-soaked Lausanne over the weekend when she finished 16th in the short course race.

ATHLETICS Ireland moved a step closer to lodging a bid for the European cross-country championships when a three-man delegation met with representatives of the EAA in Germany last week.

Sonia O'Sullivan was forced to make a quick exit from her Australian training camp in Falls Creek, Victoria, because of nearby bushfires.

SONIA O’Sullivan missed out on a world record by just two seconds when winning yesterday’s Flora Light Challenge For Women in London’s Hyde Park.

Sonia O'Sullivan missed out on a world record by just two seconds while winning the Flora Light Challenge For Women in Hyde Park.