Sporting Digest: Athletics

Gabriela Szabo, the 1999 IAAF World Female Athlete of the Year, is to make her first appearance in Britain in the New Year. The 24-year- old Romanian, who holds world indoor titles at 1500m and 3,000m, will compete in the 3,000m at the CGU Grand Prix in Birmingham on 20 February.

Canada have been added to the line-up for the CGU International Match at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall on Sunday 5 March, which also features Britain, Russia and France.