• Sonia's years as an athlete come down to 15 minutes

  Andy Warhol didn't mean this, surely. Not just 15 minutes of fame but 15 minutes to define a career, to justify an obsession, to satisfy a lifetime of yearning. Sonia O'Sullivan gets 15 minutes today - 15 minutes in which to become an Olympic champion.

• G7 pledge to provide further backing for euro

  In a move that could ease inflationary pressures here, the world's richest countries have signalled they will intervene again to boost the euro if the currency fails to rise further.

• Both sides claim success in Yugoslav presidential election

  Opponents of President Slobodan Milosevic were holding a country-wide party early this morning in support of their election candidate, Dr Vojislav Kostunica. They took to the streets in their hundreds of thousands to celebrate what they were convinced was a victory for their man in the presidential poll. With full results not due to be declared until later today, however, followers of Mr Milosevic were also claiming that early unofficial returns showed a victory for their side.

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