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.

ALISTAIR CRAGG has conquered Europe and is ready to take on the world. The new European indoor 3,000m champion plans that assault in two weeks time when he renews rivalry with the double champion, Kenenisa Bekele, at the World cross-country championships in Saint-Etienne/Saint-Galmier.

Leevale athlete Derval O'Rourke failed to repeat her first-round heroics when bowing out of the 60-metre hurdles semi-finals at the European Championships in Madrid today.

Alistair Cragg has picked off Ireland's second gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in the space of an hour, in Madrid.

THE rise and rise of Alistair Cragg is expected to continue in the 3,000m final at the European indoor championships in Madrid tonight.

Ireland's Alistair Cragg (seven minutes 54.91 seconds) has qualified easily for the European Indoor Championships 3000metres final tomorrow evening in Madrid.

The cream of British middle-distance talent will lock horns at Balmoral Castle next week to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roger Bannister’s first-ever sub-four-minute mile.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN and Catherina McKiernan renew rivalry in the Phoenix Park tomorrow morning in the Great BUPA Ireland Run which has attracted 3,000 entries and teams from seven nations.

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.

SEAMUS POWER has indicated that he will defend his title at the Loughrea 5-mile road race on Sunday.

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.

Sonia O’Sullivan won the Great BUPA Ireland Run in Dublin, covering the 10km in 32 minutes 24 seconds.

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

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.

Gareth Turnbull has won his fourth BUPA International 4K title. It was his third title in succession.

Britain’s top middle-distance runner John Mayock is considering switching his allegiance from England to Ireland as he steps up in distance to 5,000 metres next summer.

Ireland made it a double win over England at the weekend when Ireland¹s

Ireland's Peter Matthews, ranked number four, was the clear winner in the BUPA Ireland Loughrea Road Race.

Ireland won the match, England won the Six Nations trophy - now all eyes

John Mayock heads the English challenge in Sunday’s BUPA Ireland run.