DEIRDRE BYRNE and Linda Byrne, who were among Ireland’s top finishers at the European cross-country championships in Spain, returned to action in the muddy Belfast international at the Stormont Estate on Saturday where they finished third and fifth, respectively.

World junior champion Linet Masai will miss tomorrow’s Belfast International Cross Country after failing to get a flight from riot-torn Kenya.

FIONNUALA BRITTON hopes for more medal success at the European cross-country championships in the Spanish city of Toro tomorrow.

MARTIN FAGAN and Mary Cullen are named in the Irish senior teams for the European cross-country championships in Toro, near Madrid, on Sunday week.

Jo Pavey endured a few difficult moments before winning yesterday’s SPAR European Cross Country trial in Liverpool.

THE forced withdrawal of Alistair Cragg has been a huge blow to Ireland’s medal hopes at the European cross-country championships in Tilburg, but the men’s team, led by national champion Gary Murray, are ready to get on with the job they came here to do.

Australian Craig Mottram, currently the world’s best non-African distance runner, bids to enhance his fast-growing reputation in the British Telecom 3,000 metres road race on Saturday.

HAYLEY YELLING, the European cross-country champion, will join Sonia O’Sullivan for the women’s 3,000m at the BUPA Cork City Sports on July 2 at The Mardyke.

Sonia O’Sullivan proved she is in good shape for the Flora London Marathon after finishing second behind Amy Rudolph in today’s Great BUPA Ireland Run in Dublin

SONIA O’SULLIVAN and Mark Carroll hope to show the Irish Sports Council they are not ready for the scrap heap as they take on a star-studded field in today’s Great BUPA Ireland Run in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

European cross country champion Hayley Yelling faces a tough race in Ireland tomorrow as she bids for a return to winning form.

Irish cross-country champion Jolene Byrne has made a late decision to compete in Saturday’s Great BUPA Ireland Run in Dublin.

Two European Cross Country Champions and an indoor silver medallist have joined the elite field for the Great BUPA Ireland Run which takes place in the Phoenix Park, Dublin on Saturday, April 9 next.

Olympic 5,000 metres finalist Jo Pavey has been selected for the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to compete in the Spar European Cross-Country Championships next month.

Sonia O’Sullivan scored one of the best wins of her international career in today’s BUPA Great Manchester Run.

Fresh on the heels of her withdrawal from last weekend's Great North race in Newcastle, Ireland's Catherina McKiernan has pulled out of next Saturday's Belfast International event at Stormont.

European 5,000 metres gold and silver medallists Marta Dominguez and Sonia O’Sullivan will renew their rivalry tomorrow in the Flora Light Challenge in London’s Hyde Park.

The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Cross Country Championships in Dublin has been named following the British Inter-Counties Championships in Nottingham on Saturday.