Sporting Digest: Athletics

LIZ McCOLGAN and Eamonn Martin will lead Britain's challenge for the European Cup team title by running the 10,000 metres in Rome next month. The pair are the first athletes to be confirmed for Rome and, as a reward for taking part in Europe's premier team event on 26 and 27 June, have both been pre-selected for the 10,000m event at the World Championships in Stuttgart in August.