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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

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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Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce announces retirement plans after Tokyo Olympics

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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Consett athlete Mica McNeill's Winter Olympics dream under threat after funding is cut

Consett bobsleigh driver Mica McNeill needs to raise £30,000 in a matter of weeks to have a realistic chance of competing at her first Olympics

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Katharine so Merry after sampling Great North atmosphere she's promised to run it twice more

Great North Run

Former 400m Olympic bronze medalist Katharine Merry had much further to run on Sunday but she loved the atmosphere at the Great North Run

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Mary Keitany refuses to be blown off course as she breezes to Great North Run victory

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Winning the women's Great North Run was all part of Mary Keitany's New York preparations and none of her Kenyan compatriots could stop her

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'Aching' Sir Mo Farah not the only winner as he makes history in engaging Great North Run

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Mo Farah was made to work extremely hard for his fourth consecutive Great North Run tite but defeated Jake Robertson has other things to occupy him

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Improving Alyson Dixon hoping to make a North East mark on Great North Run

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Sunderland Stroller Alyson Dixon has been in fantastic form - and now she has Great North Run in her sights

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Paralympic rivals Jonnie Peacock and Richard Browne go head to head on Gateshead Quayside

T44 100m athletes Jonnie Peacock and Richard Browne will provide one of the big rivalries at Saturday's free Great North City Games

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Relive Mo Farah's top Great North Run moments as he goes for fourth win in a row

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The four-time Olympic champion has dominated the race for the last three years - and he is aiming for success in 2017

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Sir Mo Farah says equalling record of four Great North Run victories would be 'unbelievable'

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Arguably the greatest British athlete of all time will run the Great North Run for a fifth consecutive time aiming for an 'unbelievable' achievement

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Sir Mo Farah reveals he hopes to defend title and race in the Great North Run 2017

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Double-double Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah has said he plans to return to the North East for the Great North Run in September

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