World Athletics Championships 2007

Coverage of the World Athletics Championships in Osaka. British record holder Chris Tomlinson and European silver medallist Greg Rutherford aim to book their places in the long jump final whilst another British record holder, Goldie Sayers, starts her campaign for world glory in the women's javelin. China's 110m hurdles world-record holder Liu Xiang begins his quest to add the world title to the Olympic gold he won in 2004, and there are also first-round heats in the women's 200m and the women's 1500m where Commonwealth champion Lisa Dobriskey lines up for Great Britain.