Great Britains athletes are under instruction to show no mercy to the opposition when they take to the track at the World Indoor Championships in Portland on Friday. A new-look 23-strong squad will compete at the Oregon Convention Center in the last global event before the Rio Olympics in August.The British team are shorn of a host of star names, with the likes of Mo Farah, who will compete at the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff the following weekend, Jessica Ennis-Hill, who has an Achilles problem, and Greg Rutherford, a late withdrawal due to injury and illness, all absent. But medal hopes remain, even if replicating the six the squad won at the last World Indoors in Sopot two years ago looks a tall order.British Athletics performance director Neil Black said: Were in good shape and people are raring to go.Come the competition its like these guys almost turn into animals. Thats what we expect. Were here to kill and none of them will think differently. Tiffany Porter will be hoping to impress in the 60m hurdles Shara Proctor, the World Championship silver medallist outdoors in the long jump, James Dasaolu in the 60 metres and Tiffany Porter in the 60m hurdles will all have their sights set on podium places on Friday.No Russian athletes are competing in Portland, the first global championships since athletics world governing body the IAAF banned the country following a World Anti-Doping Agency investigation.The WADA report also said corruption was embedded at the IAAF under Lamine Diack, the disgraced predecessor of current president Lord Coe, who admitted his sport faced a long road to regain the trust of an understandably sceptical public.He said: Were not going to return to trust overnight, its not a straightforward equation. You dont stick 10 dollars in a slot machine and suddenly trust emerges in the tray. This will take a long time.In the arena, Renaud Lavillenie needed just two jumps to claim pole vault gold on the opening night of the Championships on Thursday. Renaud Lavillenie took gold on the opening night of the championships The Frenchman, the world record holder, cleared 5.75 metres and then 5.90m to beat American Sam Kendricks into silver, with Piotr Lisek of Poland taking bronze.Lavillenie went on to clear a championship record of 6.02m, but a world record attempt at 6.17m was a step too far.American Olympic champion Jenn Suhr took four jumps to win the womens competition, soaring over 4.90m, also a championship record. Also See: Results & Medal Table Photo Galleries Team GB Scarpe Adidas Springblade Scontate . Cox started the season with San Francisco, but was released by the team on Nov. 12 before being signed by Seattle, where he appeared in two games and tallied three tackles before being released on Dec. Scarpe Stan Smith Scontate . -- A lawyer for the fiancee of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez asked a judge Friday to throw out perjury charges, saying Shayanna Jenkins did not wilfully lie as she was bombarded with 1,630 questions over two days before a grand jury. http://www.scarpenmdscontate.it/ . The game got off to a less-than-ideal start for the Jets as Oliver Ekman-Larsson found a wide open net from the slot and opened the scoring for the Coyotes a lead in the first period, but Olli Jokinen answered back just over half a minute later. Nmd Human Race Nere . "Im very pleased to be able to add a quarterback with Adrians experience and skill set," Calgary head coach and general manager John Hufnagel said in a statement. Scarpe Nmd Nere Outlet . - Justin Turner is at his best with runners in scoring position, and he delivered again in a big spot for the Los Angeles Dodgers.During the game, Mutombo was set to help Rocky, the Denver Nuggets mascot perform a tramppoline dunk, but Deke was up to his old tricks.dddddddddddd NO NO NO! ' ' '