Almost 11,000 runners and walkers will pound the streets of the capital tomorrow for the Dublin Marathon.

Over 10,000 runners and walkers will flood the streets of the capital on Monday as the Dublin Marathon gets underway.

Thousands of budding athletes are to descend on Dublin’s Phoenix Park today for the annual 10-mile race.

For the first time in its history, a Ukrainian national has won the Dublin City Marathon, which was the biggest race since the competition’s heyday in the mid 1980s.

SHE doesn’t have a coach, she doesn’t even have a proper place to train, but Eileen O’Keeffe will enter the circle at these world championships today alongside some of the best hammer throwers in the world with a big chance of making the final.

In-form Derry City are unbackable favourites against derby rivals Finn Harps at the Brandywell.

CORK CITY take on Bohemians at Turner’s Cross this evening with Damien Richardson’s men looking to bounce back from their League Cup defeat by Longford, and maintain their grip at the top of the eircom League Premier Division.

KENYAN Lexan Kimutai foiled the great escape from Kilmainham Jail yesterday to win the adidas Dublin Marathon in a record-breaking 2:13:08.

A Kenyan runner today broke the Dublin Marathon’s 21-year-old record.

MANY athletes are turning their attentions to the marathon. Over 10,000 are heading for Dublin on October 25 but Mark Carroll has his sights on a big one.

Over 2000 runners took part in the Adidas Dublin Half Marathon in the Phoenix Park yesterday.

Goals from Gary Crossan and Kevin McHugh’s have given Finn Harps a much-deserved victory over Dundalk.

Gary Crossan has put Finn Harps 1-0 up in their Eircom League Division 1 clash with Dundalk in Oriel Park, with a goal after 20 minutes.

SHELBOURNE defeated Finn Harps 4-1 to ease into the third round of the FAI Carlsberg Cup - wrapping this tie up before half-time on Saturday night.

Shelbourne 4 Finn Harps 1

Mark Carroll leads a small Irish contingent aiming to achieve the Olympic qualifying standard in Sunday’s Flora London Marathon.

IT’S never easy for an athlete to admit they got it wrong, but Marie McCambridge has done so just hours before she goes into action in at the World Indoor Championships which open here today.

MARTIN McCARTHY completed his preparations for Sunday’s Ballycotton 10 in most unusual circumstances at the weekend.

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.

A Kenyan man has won the 24th Adidas Dublin City Marathon.

STEVE JONES enjoys celebrity status now those days and he will be found among the sponsors, promoters and VIPs at all the major marathons.

A 23-year-old Kenyan athlete today beat off competition from more than 8,000 runners to win Dublin’s Adidas Marathon.