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Baddeley and Halsall progress

OLYMPICS: There was further success for the region’s athletes in Beijing yesterday as Francesca Halsall and Andy Baddeley progressed. Read

Big-hitting Price storms back

LIVERPOOL super-heavyweight David Price believes his bone-crunching right hand can take him all the way to Olympic glory after taking just 151 seconds to clatter world number one Islam Timurziev to defeat in Beijing. Read

National titles for both Thompson and Meredith

KATARINA THOMPSON and Jack Meredith added national titles to their growing collections with victory in the under-17 championships at Birmingham. Read

Hilton is the best

CYCLING: It was a season’s best for the Tarleton course when Dave Hilton, Southport CC did 20 minutes 56 seconds to win his club's weekly 10-mile time trial. Read

Gold medal-winning Fry on hand at Youth Games

A GOLD medal-winning boxer will be on hand to cheer on young people in Merseyside when they take part in a sports event today which aims to get them more involved in the community. Read

Wirral rider helps Ireland to eigth

EQUESTRIAN: Wirral’s Louise Lyons led the Ireland eventing team to a very respectable eighth in yesterday’s competition. Read

Phelps' record bid kept alive

MICHAEL PHELPS’ bid for a record eight golds at the Beijing Games was kept alive in dramatic fashion in the 4x100m freestyle relay as the United States snatched gold from France with a new world record. Read

Price sets sights on emulating Brit hero

WHEN Lennox Lewis beat Riddick Bowe to take the gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, David Price was five-years-old. Read

Halsall will hit back in freestyle – Parry

STEPHEN PARRY is hoping the success of Britain’s female swimmers can inspire Fran Halsall to greater heights this week. Read

Region’s finest ready to take on world

The Beijing 2008 Olympics has finally arrived and with expectation high, Peter Guy delivers a guide to the region’s athletes featuring at the Games. Read

Forrester’s feat helps Saints stave off relegation

DAVID FORRESTER defeated National 3000m Champion Simon Horsfield over 1500m as St Helens-Sutton pulled off the seemingly impossible by escaping relegation with a brilliant second place in the final Northern division two match at Blackpool. Read

Stephanie and Nicola aid promotion chance

STEPHANIE OWENS and Nicola Gore have helped power their club into the Northern Seniors Track and Field League Division One promotion match. Read

Smog factor played down by British Olympic team

BEIJING’S notorious pollution is not having a serious impact on athletes, according to British Olympic chiefs. Read

It’s a knock-out – as city clinches boxing ‘first’

A MAJOR boxing event, which has never been held in the UK, got under way in Liverpool yesterday. Read

Stalwart Matthews mourned

MERSEYSIDE cycling stalwart Ken Matthews, former Cycling Correspondent for the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, passed away on Thursday in Aintree Hospital at the age of 83. Read

Sale steal Liverpool’s Young Athletes’ crown

LIVERPOOL Harriers were dethroned as League champions of the North West Premier Division of the Young Athletes League when they were beaten on home turf at Wavertree by Sale Harriers. Read

Booth and Potter light up dark day for club

TOM BOOTH and Bryony Potter have both provided positive performances. Read

Hopley heads Liverpool talent in Parks games

LIVERPOOL’S enthusiastic tennis players rose nobly to a difficult challenge from the weather on both Friday and Saturday, bringing the city’s long-standing Parks tournament to a fine conclusion, thanks very largely to the co-operative generosity of the East Wavertree chairman Tony McKee. Read

Merseyside stars ready themselves for Beijing

AS Matthew Owens and David Forrester confirmed their places among the top 10 juniors in the world at the World Junior Championships in Poland, Michael Rimmer prepares to make a similar bid at the Olympic Games next month. Read

Seven from West Cheshire shine at Gateshead

SEVEN West Cheshire AC members experienced the two-day English Schools Track and Field Championships at Gateshead. Read

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