THREE of Teesside’s top young athletes have been named in the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the European Under-23 Championships in Lithuania from July 16-19. TEESSIDE Athletic have changed their name to Redcar Athletic FC.

30 June 2009 - Oslo, Norway - The world’s greatest women’s distance runners Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar, the ‘Duelling D’s’ of  Ethiopia will clash over 5000m at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway, on Friday 3 July, the second leg of the six meeting ÅF Golden League.

West Brom have appointed Roberto Di Matteo as their new head coach. 30 June 2009 – Rome, Italy – Reigning World 100m and 200m champion Tyson Gay of the USA and former World 100m record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica will square off in the 100m at Rome’s Golden Gala, the third leg of the six meeting ÅF Golden League, on Friday, 10 July.
The Williams sisters remain on course to meet in Saturday's Wimbledon final thanks to comfortable wins in their respective quarter-final matches on Tuesday.

30 June 2009 - The Chinese Youth Championships in Yichun 26-29 June did not produce many top results meaning that China leaves for the 6th IAAF World Youth Championships, Südtirol, Bressanone, Italy with only a few real medal prospects as only a handful of Chinese are among the top of the world youth lists for 2009.

Manchester United have made their first signing of the summer after confirming a deal has been done for Antonio Valencia. Burnley have broken their transfer record to sign Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher for £3million. 30 June 2009 - Monte Carlo – In less than a week, over 1500 youth athletes will travel to Südtirol, Italy to take part in the 6th IAAF World Youth Championships; for most of them it will be the first time they travel to a foreign country. Yet it won’t all be about winning medals and improving personal bests. It will also be about building friendships with their rivals from every corner of the world, and learning about the ethical values that enhance our sport. Newer Posts »