BERNARD WILLIAMS, silver medallist in the 200m at last year’s Olympics and member of the USA gold medal winning 4 x 100m relay team in Atlanta will line up in the 100m at the BUPA Cork City Sports on July 2.

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.

Marion Jones kept her Olympic hopes alive by coming through long jump qualifying at the US track and field trials in California this morning.

HISTORICALLY a meeting with the sparkle and tension of the Olympic Games, this year's US trials, starting today, are a test not only of America's best but of the sport itself.

IT may be his first major assignment, but Cathal Lombard is approaching tomorrow’s 10,000m final at the world championships in Paris with a level of professionalism that has left nothing to chance.

IRELAND won its first-ever world championship sprint medal yesterday in dramatic fashion, after a post-race appeal saw Paul McKee awarded joint third in the 400m final.

Daniel Caines surrendered his World Indoor 400 metres gold medal in a nail-biting race to Tyree Washington but one which the American looked like winning after the first bend was completed.