Sporting Digest: Athletics

BRITISH ATHLETICS FEDERATION AND UK INTER-COUNTIES CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (Luton) Men's 12km: 1 A Pearson (Yorks) 36min 48sec; 2 S Duval (Staffs) 37.10; 3 C Mochrie (Leics) 37.20. Team: 1 Yorkshire 95pts; 2 Leicestershire and Rutland 230; 3 North-East 264. Women's 6km: 1 S McGeorge (Sussex) 20.35; 2 A Duke (North-East) 20.36; 3 J Spark (Greater Manchester) 20.39. Team: 1 Hampshire 238pts; 2 Greater Manchester 290; 3 North-East 299.

HAMILTON SPECTATOR INDOOR GAMES (Can) Selected winner: Men: Mile: M O'Sullivan (Irl) 4:02.40.

WALT DISNEY WORLD MARATHON (Orlando, Fla) Men: 1 L Shvetsov (Rus) 2hr 14min 26sec; 2 D Gonzalez (US) 2:16.25; 3 J Kipngoh (Ken) 2:16.32; 6 H Jones (GB) 2:19.05. Women: 1 J Nagy (Hung) 2:32.31; 2 A Doudaeva (Rus) 2:35.03.

HOUSTON MARATHON Men: 1 C Moore (GB) 2hr 13min 34sec; 2 P Fonseca (Can) 2:13.53.