Pavey out of Barcelona

Britain's Jo Pavey has been ruled out of the forthcoming European Championships in Barcelona through injury.

Pavey has a toe injury which had improved during the team's pre-championship training camp in Portugal.

However, it has not improved sufficiently to give the Devon athlete enough quality training in order to compete in the 10,000 metres in Spain.

Pavey's absence is the latest series of injury problems for the British team, with the likes of Greg Rutherford, Goldie Sayers and Kelly Sotherton already absent from the championships.

UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee admitted earlier this month he would be "embarrassed" if Britain did not return from Spain with between 10-15 medals and the 52-year-old Dutchman will be hoping for no further injury problems before the action gets under way on Tuesday.