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Andy Baddeley's achievement in joining his fellow Britons Steve Cram, Steve Ovett and Peter Elliott as a winner of the Oslo Dream Mile last Friday night was recognised in yesterday's announcement of the European Cup team, in which he has been offered his distance of choice, the 3,000 metres.

A FREE outdoor gym, which will be open 365 days per year, has opened in a bid to help borough residents to keep fit.

AN Olympic gold medallist will open a new free outdoor gym next Thursday in Ponders End.

Now is the time of year when fans and writers vote on their athletes of the year and, looking back on the 2009 season, that is a pretty easy job.

Welsh athletics legend Lynn Davies has urged sprinter Christian Malcolm to set his sights on the 2012 London Olympics after having his lottery funding cut.

SPRINTER Tyrone Edgar insists he will have to return from next year's European Championships with a medal to declare or risk getting left in the cold by the time the Olympics reach London.

ST EDMUNDa S School in Salisbury has taken third place in a national contest for specialist sports colleges.

There were sporting stars up front, at the back and through the middle at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea Football Club, earlier today.

ANDY BADDELEY helped England claim an emphatic victory over Australia in the inaugural athletics Ashes in Newcastle.

England were 10-1 winners in the inaugural athletics Ashes against Australia in Newcastle and Gateshead.

A month after Freddie Flintoff and Co got their hands on the Ashes urn on the cricket field, the battle between England and Australia moves to the streets of Newcastle and Gateshead this Saturday, on the eve of the Great North Run.

Carmelita Jeter upstaged Usain Bolt with a stunning run in the women's 100m at the World Athletics Final in Greece.

AUGUST IS traditionally a testing time for athletes, when their efforts and aspiration are weighed in the balance.

LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY 1517: Big cheers for Marlon. Crawford flexes his muscles. Spearmon sporting a finely-manicured goatee gets down to the blocks.

THE country's biggest fishery owner is opening two new venues on a season-ticket basis.

On this day in football... 1989: Manchester United broke the transfer record between two British clubs by paying Middlesbrough A 2.3million for defender Gary Pallister.

Superstar Usain Bolt replicated his Olympic gold medal tally here at the world championships on Saturday when Jamaica won the men's 4x100 metres relay title.

So much for the Ashes, then. What about the Dashes? The prospects of the champagne corks popping Oval-style at the London Olympic Stadium in celebration of home track and field medals in 2012 are looking significantly brighter following the most successful World Championships for Great Britain since the golden days of Linford Christie, Colin ...

Britain's men won a fantastic bronze in the 4x100m relay at the World Championships in a race that saw Usain Bolt pick up his third gold in Berlin.

WORLD champions Jessica Ennis and Phillips Idowu will be the star attractions at this month's Aviva British Grand Prix at Gateshead International Stadium.