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The first ever street track meeting Great North CityGames between the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland side and Team USA saw the visitors after an exciting head-to-head emerge victorious at the NewcastleGateshead venue.
The latest GB & NI v USA team announcements.
World 5000m Champion Mo Farah (coach: Alberto Salazar) leads a trio of World Championships medallists in the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to take on the USA in the 2011 Great North CityGames (Newcastle-Gateshead Quayside, Saturday 17 September).
Five American athletes have committed to compete in the incredible spectacle of the Great North CityGames 2011. The event will showcase world-class athletics on a purpose built quayside track in the North East of England on Saturday 17 September.
Tyson Gay, despite missing important preparations in his build up to this summer’s track season through injury, scored a super fast 150 metres victory at a rain-soaked 2011 Powerade ION4 CityGames Manchester.
Two of the world's greatest athletes, Haile Gebrselassie and Tyson Gay, today paid tribute the amazing atmosphere they're expecting at Manchester's Great Day of Sport.
Interesting stats ahead of this weekend's Great Day of Sport
Tyson Gay has the opportunity to become the world’s fastest man when he lines up in the 150m race at the Powerade ION4 Great CityGames on Sunday 15 May, televised live on BBC Two (15:30 – 17:00).
2007 double world champion Tyson Gay, will make his first European appearance of the year when returning to compete at the Powerade ION4 Great CityGames in Manchester on May 15.
Three times World Championships 200 metres gold medalist Allyson Felix will clash with Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu next month in what could be the first of several encounters this summer.
Ennis, who missed adding another gold medal to her World and European heptathlon and World Indoor pentathlon successes in the last two years as a precautionary measure, is thrilled she will be back in action on May 15.
Thousands of spectators are expected to line the streets of NewcastleGateshead Quayside on Saturday (18 September 2010), as England’s best athletes go head to head with Australia at the Bupa Great North CityGames.
Olympic pole vault gold medalist, Steve Hooker, is positive that this year Australia will produce a much more polished display when competing against England at the Bupa Great North CityGames on Saturday (18 September 2010).
European 110m Hurdles Champion Andy Turner will captain a strong England Team confident of retaining the Great North CityGames trophy they won in 2009. The Bupa Great North CityGames is a head-to-head match between England and Australia and will see a strengthened Australian team return to the NewcastleGateshead Quayside attempting to avenge a heavy defeat in 2009.
Olympic Pole Vault Champion Steve Hooker leads an Australian side taking on England in what will be both teams final outing before the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October. The Great North CityGames is a head-to-head match between England and Australia and will see a strengthened Australian team return to avenge a heavy defeat in 2009.
Jessica Ennis is thrilled to have won at the Powerade Great CityGames in Manchester on Sunday – and in such a fast time for this stage of the season.
It was a great day for the Brits at the Powerade GreatCity Games Manchester and Manchester Great 150.
Tyson Gay produced a sizzling halfway split of 9.89 seconds - quicker than Usain Bolt last year - during his epic victory at the Powerade City Games Manchester on Sunday where he set a world best 200m performance.
Tyson Gay on Sunday will take a first step in testing out his early season form when chasing the world best performance for 200 metres on a straight track at the Powerade City Games in Manchester.
Tyson Gay, despite his world class stature, insists smashing the long standing 200 metres world best performance on a straight track won't be a formality at the Powerade Great CityGames in Manchester on Sunday.
Marlon Devonish, who was planning to attack his UK 150 metres best performance, has withdrawn from the Powerade CityGames on Sunday.
Olympic relay gold medalist, Marlon Devonish, returns to the Powerade Great CityGames Manchester next weekend confident he can again challenge his British 150 metres best performance for the distance.
Olympic 400 metres gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu will go head-to-head with multi eventer Jessica Ennis at next month’s Great CityGames Manchester.
The England Lacrosse team, that will compete in the 2010 World Lacrosse Championships being held in Manchester this July, today swapped their sticks for running shoes as they attended a sprint training session with 2012 Olympic hopeful and 2009 Gold medallist at the 200m and 100m Commonwealth Youth Games, Shaunna Thompson.
Could you be the next Usain Bolt? The organisers behind the Bupa Great Manchester Run and the Great CityGames are giving members of the public the opportunity to find out by inviting them to step into the shoes of an Olympic sprinter for the day at The Great Manchester 150.
World heptathlon and pentathlon champion Jessica Ennis and Olympic 400 metres gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu will compete at this year's Great CityGames Manchester.