Farah and Rutherford among stellar cast for Birmingham Grand Prix

The men's 100m race is set to take centre stage with World and European indoor champion Richard Kilty going up against Adam Gemili and CJ Ujah, who last season ran sub-ten seconds.

Meanwhile Farah will be joined by Chris O'Hare while Rutherford will compete against Chris Tomlinson with the Middlesbrough man recovering from an injury sustained in the indoor season.

And with the World Championships on the horizon this summer, Rutherford is keen to ensure his preparations are flawless.

"I love competing in Birmingham and I can't wait for the Birmingham Grand Prix," he said.

"It's a World Championships year and I'm determined to win the only major title that I'm missing from my cabinet.

"Everything is geared to that aim and if I can beat my main rivals in Birmingham in June it will set me up perfectly for the rest of the year."

Martyn Rooney and Matthew Hudson-Smith will go head-to-head in a rare 300m race while Guy Learmonth and Andrew Osagie are set for the 800m.

There is also an impressive line-up in the women's events with Christine Ohuruogu going up against rising star Seren Bundy-Davies in the 400m and European indoor silver medallist Dina Asher-Smith set for the 200m after a solid display at the GreatCity Games in Manchester at the weekend.

"This will be my first time to run an individual event at an IAAF Diamond League meeting on home soil," said Asher-Smith.

"I expect the line-up to be truly world class but the British girls are very strong at the moment and we will do our best to get the crowd off their seats.

"I had a great indoor season this year over 60m and I hope to transfer this form to the 100m and 200m in the build up to the IAAF World Championships in Beijing."

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