Olympic athletes set medal target - Great Britain have been set a target of at least 10 medals at this summer's European Athletics Championships by the national funding body. FA Cup semi-final dates - Saturday April 10: Aston Villa v Chelsea (17:00); Sunday April 11 Fulham/Tottenham Hotspur v Portsmouth (16:00) Riesch tops Vonn in final World Cup downhill - Lindsey Vonn finished second to Maria Riesch of Germany in the final downhill of the season Wednesday, failing to clinch the World Cup overall title but maintaining a huge lead with three races to go. Clarke included in Test squad - Vice-captain Michael Clarke is named in Australia's Test squad for the tour of New Zealand despite returning home during the current one-day international series due to personal reasons. Southend given debt extension - Southend United given a further 35 days to pay a tax bill of almost £200,000. Chairman Ron Martin manages to win an adjournment and now has until April 14 to settle up. Cardiff given new tax deadline - Cardiff City given a further eight weeks in which to settle their outstanding tax bill following a High Court hearing. The Bluebirds have until May 5 to settle £19m tax bill. Gomez sidelined for up to three weeks - Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez will be out for up to three weeks after tearing a calf muscle in Tuesday's Champions League game at Fiorentina. Southend get High Court extension - Southend United are granted a 35-day extension by the High Court to repay their debts. Benitez hits back at Wigan chief - Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez says Dave Whelan should concentrate on his own club after the Wigan chairman's claim that the Reds are in a "mess". Riesch wins downhill to deny Vonn title - Maria Riesch hands Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn only her second downhill defeat of the season when she won the final World Cup race in the discipline.

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Olympic athletes set medal target [BBC.co.uk Sports: March 10, 2010, 8:38 am]
Great Britain have been set a target of at least 10 medals at this summer's European Athletics Championships by the national funding body.

Johnson suggests Bolt 400m switch [BBC.co.uk Sports: March 9, 2010, 4:47 am]
Sprint legend Michael Johnson believes Usain Bolt should consider moving up to 400m after an impressive relay display.

Van Commenee laments Idowu loss [BBC.co.uk Sports: March 9, 2010, 2:34 am]
UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee is disappointed by Phillips Idowu's decision to withdraw from the World Indoor Championships in Doha.

Idowu pulls out of World Indoors [BBC.co.uk Sports: March 8, 2010, 11:46 am]
World triple jump champion Phillips Idowu withdraws from the World Indoor Championships in Doha for personal reasons.

2012 athletes to prepare overseas [BBC.co.uk Sports: March 6, 2010, 1:09 pm]
UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee is adamant that Britain's athletes will prepare at an overseas training camp ahead of the Olympics.

Priestley handed drugs suspension [BBC.co.uk Sports: March 5, 2010, 10:13 am]
British sprint hurdler Callum Priestley is provisionally suspended after being charged with a doping violation following an out-of-competition test.

Ennis ready for Doha challenge [BBC.co.uk Sports: March 4, 2010, 2:02 pm]
Britain's Jessica Ennis vows to be in the best possible shape for the pentathlon at next weekend's World Indoor Championships in Doha.

Gebrselassie targets world record [BBC.co.uk Sports: March 3, 2010, 5:31 am]
Ethiopian legend Haile Gebrselassie does not rule out a world record attempt when he competes in the 10km Great Manchester Run on Sunday, 16 May.

Yamauchi to compete in New York [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 25, 2010, 2:31 am]
Oxford's Mara Yamauchi will use the New York Half-Marathon as a warm up for the London Marathon.

Hammers venue plan irks Sotherton [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 24, 2010, 4:41 am]
Olympic and world heptathlon bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton hits out at West Ham's plans to take over the Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games.

Hammers plan irks Sotherton [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 24, 2010, 4:41 am]
Olympic and world heptathlon bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton hits out at West Ham's plans to take over the Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games.

Aikines-Aryeetey earns Doha place [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 23, 2010, 6:54 am]
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey is chosen as Dwain Chambers' sprint team-mate for the World Indoor Championships in Doha.

Hubbard makes World Championships [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 22, 2010, 9:57 am]
Grantham high jumper Vicki Hubbard reaches the World Championship qualifying standard at a meet in Croatia.

Jamaica 2012 team pick Birmingham [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 21, 2010, 6:03 am]
The Jamaican track and field team sign a deal to bring their athletes - including the world's fastest man - to Birmingham for the 2012 Olympics.

Ennis set to win Doha fitness bid [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 20, 2010, 12:31 pm]
Jessica Ennis should be cleared 'over the next few days' to compete in Dohav after missing Saturday's Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham with a foot ligament strain.

Meadows breaks Holmes 800m record [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 20, 2010, 11:23 am]
Jenny Meadows breaks Kelly Holmes' British indoor 800m record but world triple jump champion Phillips Idowu is beaten into fourth in the UK Indoor Grand Prix.

Aikines-Aryeetey eyes sub-10 mark [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 19, 2010, 7:30 am]
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey says he is in the best shape of life and aiming to break 10 secs for the 100m this summer.

Turtle pulls out of Aviva meeting [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 18, 2010, 6:23 am]
Gloucester 3,000m runner Gemma Turtle pulls out of the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday.

BBC to make Coe and Ovett movie [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 16, 2010, 7:48 am]
The head-to-head battle and intense rivalry between British athletics legends Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett is to be made into a film by the BBC.

Meadows earns World Indoors place [BBC.co.uk Sports: February 14, 2010, 12:56 pm]
Jenny Meadows secures her place at the World Indoor Championships with a sixth national title at the World Trials and UK Championships in Sheffield.





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