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Montgomery jailed on drugs charge
US sprinter Tim Montgomery is jailed for five years for dealing in heroin, months after being convicted of fraud.
BBC News............... Sunday, 12 October, 2008, 19:16 GMT

Holmes wants more medals for GB
Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes says Great Britain should target more medals in athletics.
BBC News............... Sunday, 12 October, 2008, 19:16 GMT

Ohuruogu backs Britain to improve
Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu believes Team GB can improve on their medal haul from Beijing 2008.
BBC News............... Sunday, 12 October, 2008, 19:16 GMT

Radcliffe to make Great South bow
Paula Radcliffe will compete in the Great South Run, as part of her preparations for the New York Marathon.
BBC News............... Sunday, 12 October, 2008, 19:16 GMT

UK Athletics hand Weir 2012 role
Former British discus and hammer record holder Robert Weir is appointed as heavy throws coach for UK Athletics.
BBC News............... Sunday, 12 October, 2008, 19:16 GMT

Pavey third as Wami seals victory
Ethiopia's Gete Wami claims a thrilling Great North Run triumph as Britain's Jo Pavey comes third.
BBC News............... Sunday, 12 October, 2008, 19:16 GMT

Dobriskey & Farah win mile races
Britain's Lisa Dobriskey and Mo Farah sprint to victory in the Great North Miles on the Newcastle-Gateshead Quaysides.
BBC News............... Sunday, 12 October, 2008, 19:16 GMT

Woods pipped to Great North title
Canada's Diane Roy edges out Britain's Shelly Woods in the women's wheelchair race at the Great North Run.
BBC News............... Sunday, 12 October, 2008, 19:16 GMT

Radcliffe will race in New York
Paula Radcliffe says she will run at next month's New York marathon to defend the title she won last year and also in 2004.
BBC News............... Sunday, 12 October, 2008, 19:16 GMT

Chambers 'welcome to run for GB'
Sprinter Dwain Chambers will be welcomed back into the GB team despite a lifetime Olympic ban, says the chief executive of UK Athletics.
BBC News............... Sunday, 12 October, 2008, 19:16 GMT

New world record for Gebrselassie
Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie breaks his own world record as he wins the Berlin Marathon for the third time in a row.
BBC News............... Sunday, 12 October, 2008, 19:16 GMT

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