World 5000metres bronze medallist Craig Mottram will chase a fourth successive victory at the BUPA Great Ireland Run on Sunday.

Ireland's Alistair Cragg continued his comeback from a back injury by finishing third in a high class 2-mile run at the Boston Indoor Games overnight.

Sonia O’Sullivan will return from Australia to compete in the Visit Scotland Great Edinburgh Cross Country on January 14.

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.

BRITAIN’S world record holder Paula Radcliffe banished memories of her Athens Olympics nightmare and ended years of near misses when she won the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships yesterday.

JUSTIN GATLIN became only the second man in World Championship history to complete the 100m/200m sprint double in Helsinki last night when he outgunned the young pretenders to add the 200m title to the 100m crown he won on Sunday.

The the performance of the day at today's Bupa Cork City Sports came from Australian Craig Mottram in the men's 3000m as he blew away the rest of the field in claiming victory in a time of 7 minutes 38 seconds.

An upbeat Sonia O’Sullivan believes she will be in the best possible shape for the 25th Flora London Marathon next Sunday.

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.

Craig Mottram believes Australian athletics will improve if runners arrive early to acclimatise to conditions prior to next year’s Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Defending champion Craig Mottram believes he is in better shape for this year’s Great BUPA Ireland Run in Dublin on Saturday.

Sonia O’Sullivan today confirmed she will look to regain her title in April’s Great BUPA Ireland Run.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN fans can still look forward to some big performances from her, according to world cross-country champion Benita Johnson.

The rain fell relentlessly at the BUPA Ireland Cork City Sports at the Mardyke today and washed away the final opportunity for Irish athletes to qualify for the Olympic Games in Athens.

Sonia O’Sullivan also produced a marvellous performance against reigning World 10,000m champion Berhane Adere in their BUPA 5,000m confrontation at today’s Balmoral Road Races..

Sonia O'Sullivan remains remarkably confident about what the Olympic year will hold despite losing her Great BUPA Ireland Run title in Dublin today.

Craig Mottram has won the Great Ireland Run in the Phoenix Park.

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.

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