The weekend's highlights

Stars of the weekend

The Commonwealth Games brought and end to the British men's 4x100m relay team's Keystone Cops approach to major championship finals. Now that the gentle art of passing a stick from hand to hand appears to have been mastered, there should be no one within spitting distance of Dwain Chambers, pictured below, Darren Campbell, Jason Gardener and Marlon Devonish tomorrow.

Best of the rest

Amazingly, the great Sergei Bubka only won one European pole vault title, in 1986, but the gold has gone to Russia or the former Soviet Union on each occasion since 1971. The Germans could well break that stranglehold, and possibly manage a clean sweep of the medals. Tim Lobinger tops the European rankings at 5.90m while his compatriots Lars Boergeling and Danny Ecker won't be far below him today.

This weekend's timetable in full

(All times BST)

Saturday

10.45am Women's marathon

12.30pm Heptathlon long jump

2.00 Women's triple jump final

2.05 Heptathlon javelin

2.10 Men's 110m hurdles semi-finals

2.20 Men's pole vault final

2.30 Women's 4x100m relay first round

2.50 Men's 4x100m relay first round

3.10 Men's 800m semi-finals

3.30 Men's 3000m steeplechase final

3.50 Women's shot putt final

4.00 110m hurdles final

4.15 Women's 5000m final

4.40 Men's 4x400m relay first round

5.02 Heptathlon 800m

5.25 Women's 4x400m first round

Sunday

12noon Men's marathon

2.20pm Women's high jump final

3.00 Men's discus final

3.00 Women's 4x100m final

3.20 Men's 800m final

3.25 Men's long jump final

3.30 Men's 4x100m final

4.00 Women's 1500m final

4.20 Women's 4x400m relay final

4.40 Men's 5000m final

5.08 Men's 4x400m relay final

6.00 Closing ceremony