FRANKIE DETTORI'S appeals against suspensions imposed by the Irish Turf Club are to be heard in Dublin on Monday morning. Elsewhere, Paula Radcliffe, the only winner for Britain's women team at the European Cup in Paris earlier this month, runs in a strong 3,000m field, which includes Morocco's Zahra Ouaziz and Radcliffe's old rival, Gabriela Szabo, a runaway winner of the European Cup 1,500m.Allen Johnson, America's Olympic and world high hurdles champion, makes an appearance, and although Britain's Colin Jackson will not be competing, Johnson will have his 1999 world leading time of 13.11sec - set in Dortmund last Saturday - in his sights.In the men's 200m, Ato Boldon, who has clocked 19.88sec this season, will seek to maintain his early season form as he heads for Seville, where he defends his world title.. The weather forecast in Oslo is for a continuation of rainy, gloomy conditions.Steve Backley, Britain's European javelin champion, competes in what is one of his favourite stadiums, still seeking to find the timing which has eluded him in recent meetings. The deal, which was announced before the weekend, is thought to be worth around $600,000 (pounds 375,000) and represents an encouraging advance for an institution which has come under heavy fire following the loss of numerous sports to satellite rivals.There will be a one-hour recorded package on BBC1, fronted by Roger Black and starting at 12.05pm. But a BBC spokesperson said yesterday that if the rain fell at Wimbledon, there may well be some live transmissions from Oslo earlier in the evening.Rain, however, threatens to put a damper on Gebrselassie's ambition of breaking his own world 5,000m record of 12min 39.36sec.

The IAAF, which rotates the eligible events each year, has decided that neither the 1,500m nor the 3,000m will count this year, and although the event in which Jones was unbeaten last season, the 100m, is also off the schedule, she can pursue the cash by competing at 200m.Jones is one of the highest profile athletes competing in the Bislett Stadium in a meeting which will be televised on BBC1 following the corporation's exclusive contract to show the IAAF Golden League series. Although she has one more Golden League meeting to run, following the increase to seven this year, she is the only one of last year's jackpot winners to have an event available in which she can contend for another big pay day. The world 100 metres champion is hoping to repeat her achievement of last year when she shared the $1m (pounds 600,000) jackpot on offer to athletes winning their event at all of the Golden League meetings, and the concluding grand prix final. But for Jones, who had to split the money three ways last season with Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie and Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, this year holds out an even richer prospect. MARION JONES, who is seeking four gold medals at this summer's World Championships, sets out tonight in pursuit of a more financially orientated goal when she runs in the Oslo Grand Prix, the first of the 1999 Golden League meetings. Lampre is led by the world champion Oscar Camenzind, who was a stage winner and finished fifth overall in the Swiss event, and also includes the Italian Gabriele Missaglia, a former leader of the race.. Prosecutors gave notifications to sports directors Sandro Lerici, of the Vini Caldirola team; Fabio Bordonali, of the Liquigas team; and Pietro Algeri and Mauriio Piovani, of the Lampre-Daikin team. Notifications were also given to Daniele Misseri, the masseur for Vini Caldirola and Andrea Conti, the team's mechanic.The action came only days after the Swiss television programme Sport Aktuell said one of its reporters saw someone from the Lampre team dispose of banned drugs and syringes during the Tour de Switzerland.

The Tour de France starts this weekend.Elsewhere, prosecutors in Florence have formally notified officials of three Italian teams that they are under investigation for allegedly giving athletes banned drugs.Police were also reported to be searching the homes of dozens of cycling officials and athletes, including Ivan Gotti, this year's Tour of Italy winner, and Pavel Tonkov. While several of his Festina colleagues admitted to drug usage, Virenque has always denied knowingly taking banned substances.French authorities have placed Virenque and his former team-mates Laurent Roux and Philippe Gaumont under formal investigation, a step away from being formally charged. "The disciplinary commission ordered the organisers to readmit the riders to the competition in question," the statement said.Virenque, who has won the King of the Mountains title three times, was a member of the Festina squad which was embroiled by a drugs controversy during last year's Tour. The Frenchman, who rides for the Italian Polti team, was "not welcome" because "his presence would be incompatible with the image of the Tour, and the one we want to preserve," said Jean-Marie Leblanc, the race director, when he announced the decision. In a statement the UCI said the Tour organisers had committed a technical error over the time periods set down in the body's rules.

THE INTERNATIONAL Cycling Union has ordered the organisers of the Tour de France to readmit the French rider Richard Virenque to this year's race. Virenque was the most high-profile of a series of riders who were barred from the event earlier this month because of allegations of doping. The others include the former Hearts and France midfielder Vincent Guerin, who served a six-month suspension.. If the test results are confirmed, he would be the sixth French footballer to have tested positive for nandrolone since 1997.