Olympic triple-jump champion Christian Olsson has targeted an end to his 16-month injury nightmare with an appearance at the Kelvin Hall on January 28.

AMERICA’S Justin Gatlin earned his mantle among the greats of sprinting last night as he added the world 100 metres title to the Olympic crown he won last year.

CAROLINA KLUFT has played down reports she is suffering from a knee injury ahead of what promises to be the best heptathlon competition in history.

Kenenisa Bekele's record hopes were dashed when he miscounted his laps in the men's 3,000m and staged his sprint finish a lap too soon at the Boston Indoor Games.

Olympic heptathlon bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton will challenge Carolina Kluft for top honours at this year’s European Indoor Championships.

Heptathlon’s new golden girl Carolina Kluft produced the most important long jump of her life to stretch her lead after five events at the World Championships on Sunday.

Fierce heptathlon rivals Eunice Barber and Carolina Kluft provided a thrilling start to the World Championships here on Saturday.

Former 400m queen Marie-Jose Perec is convinced French heptathlon favourite Eunice Barber has the required spark to overcome Swedish talent Carolina Kluft and win the world crown at the Stade de France.

Olympic champion Denise Lewis is expected to hit the comeback trail by contesting her first heptathlon since claiming victory in Sydney at the European Cup Combined Events meeting in July.