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Anna Nicholson reveals ice-cool key to success after bagging brilliant World Championship bronze
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The Houghton-le-Spring para shot put star, 30, followed up last summer’s Paris Paralympic bronze with the same colour medal on the world stage
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Anna Nicholson's left-field weapon for success at World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi
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The Houghton-le Spring para shot put star, 30, is preparing for the World Championships in the Indian capital where she will captain the British team
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Newcastle sprint protégée Eze eyeing up more success at World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
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The 21-year-old heads to Tokyo on the back of a brilliant 2025 season which as seen her win the 4x100m title at the European U23 Championships in Norway and earn her maiden senior call up
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Keely Hodgkinson gives exciting update after stunning comeback run - 'Wouldn't rule it out'
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The Olympic 800m champion is targeting a British record in Switzerland on Saturday
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Cram, Kilty and Foster urging government to back London 2029 World Championships bid
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Gateshead star Cram, a former world champion and Olympic silver medallist over 1500m, is among the signatories in a powerful open letter calling on ministers to bring the World Athletics Championships to London in 2029.
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'Sport has given me purpose': Paralympian Stephen Miller making an impact with the next generation
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Being a Paralympian is in the Northumbrian’s DNA, but there’s much more to admire about him than just his impressive medal collection.
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I won 10 Paralympic medals but sport helped me embrace what makes me unique
Stephen Miller
Paralympian Stephen Miller has set up a foundation which encourages disabled children to participate in sports
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Anna Nicholson battles tough conditions for maiden Paralympic bronze in shot put
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Weather conditions played havoc on the field at the Stade de France
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Richard Kilty hopes 'bromance' with Team GB teammate can propel him to relay podium
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Kilty helped Team GB's men's 4x100m relay team book their place in the final
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16 pictures of the Great North 10k as 6,000 runners take part in race
Great North 10k
The Great North 10k this year was the biggest yet.
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Josh Kerr wins 3,000m gold at World Indoor Championships in Glasgow
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Josh Kerr ended Scotland's 31-year wait for a world indoor title as he stormed to 3,000 metres gold at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow on Saturday night
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Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies in car crash aged 24
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Kelvin Kiptum, who became the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours and a minute in Chicago last October, died in a car accident on Sunday at the age of 24
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Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce announces retirement plans after Tokyo Olympics
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who has won three Olympic gold medals and 10 world titles, has announced she will retire after the Paris Games this summer
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‘parkrun has helped me socialise, meet new people and even travel!’ says Newcastle parkrunner
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The popular weekend run is about more than just the fitness aspect
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A night that scarred the Olympics and changed the world forever
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It's 50 years since the horror of the attacks at the 1972 Munich Olympic games
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Premier League to introduce substitution rule Newcastle United previously voted against
Newcastle United FC
The new ruling would come into action from the start of the 22/23 campaign
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Newcastle para-triathlete lands fifth place on World Cup debut
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Michael Salisbury had a difficult start to the event when choppy waters threw him off track, but he pulled it back - finishing just outside of the top three.
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Cullercoats' very own elite wheelchair racer - who's also a Freeman hospital pharmacist
Great North Run
Catriona Johnston, 33, is looking ahead to continuing a sideline in elite wheelchair racing - while juggling a demanding job at the Freeman Hospital
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How the North East's newest knight ended by behind bars with me and Steve Cram
Brendan Foster
Sir Brendan Foster has done so much to help athletics in the region and fully deserves this latest honour
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Happy birthday 'Geronimo' Jim Alder - one of our finest
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The former athletics star and coach celebrates his 80th birthday this coming week
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Crammy, Bren, Edwards - the North East has bred some of the world's best athletes
Athletics
We've been lucky to have such an impressive collection of athletics stars in our own patch
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The elite runners Mo Farah has to beat to claim a SIXTH consecutive Great North Run win
Great North Run
We take a look at the top men's and women's elite runners who will be lining up on Sunday
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Kielder Marathon brings out hundreds of runners to country's 'most beautiful race'
Kielder Marathon
More than 1,500 competitors took part in the marathon, half marathon and junior runs around Kielder Water, in Northumberland
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Kielder Marathon weekend gets off to great start with hundreds taking on 10k
Kielder Marathon
As well as the popular 10k race, the event on Saturday included the Kielder Run Bike Run challenge
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