Athletics: IN BRIEF - No Farah defence.

ATHLETICS: Mo Farah admits he is "really disappointed" at not being able to defend his European Cross-Country title in Toro Toro may refer to:

Denominación de Origen Toro, the Spanish wine region
Toró, the nickname of Rafael Ferreira Francisco, Brazilian football (soccer) player

as he recovers from a groin injury.

At one stage Farah was considering chasing back-to-back titles at the north Spain venue tomorrow, but realised it could wreck his preparations for next year's Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece

Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. .

"I'm really disappointed, I would have loved to have defended my title," said the 24-year-old, who romped to a superb victory 12 months ago in Italy to become only the second Briton to claim the title.

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Title Annotation:	Sport
Publication:	Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date:	Dec 8, 2007
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