Sunday’s New York City Marathon has been cancelled amid fears the event may detract from the clean up effort following Superstorm Sandy, it emerged tonight.

Tuesday night: I’m locked in a bathroom, behind a door with a faulty lock. Forty-five minutes into the ordeal I’m eating toothpaste and have promoted a rubber ducky to head of communications.

The Chilean miner who jogged in the tunnels while trapped underground not only will attend Sunday’s New York City Marathon – he wants to run it.

Irish Olympian Martin Fagan will join a world-class field in New York on May 16 for the Healthy Kidney 10K road race in Central Park, organisers announced on Tuesday.

OLYMPIC 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin returned to form with victory in 9.96 seconds at the Rome Golden Gala yesterday.