Mo Farah, the World and European 5000m champion, will compete in Glasgow at the Aviva International next month.

The USA-based athlete, who alongside 400m hurdles World Champion Dai Greene is shortlisted for the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year, will headline the event at the Kelvin Hall on January 28 as he prepares for his bid for Olympic gold at London 2012.

The Kelvin Hall event will also be the last time the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team competes on home soil ahead of the London games.

Farah, who won 5000m gold and 10,000m silver at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu in August, will make his Aviva GB & NI Team debut over the shorter distance of 1500m in Glasgow in his first appearance at the venue since breaking the British 3000m record in 2009.

Farah said: "It’s going to be really good to compete at the Aviva International Match again. Since I’ve moved out to the USA I really appreciate coming back to the UK to compete and it will be great to get a race so early on in the year.

"It’s been a while since I’ve kicked off the season so early but this year I’m keen to keep up the competition and just take the momentum from one meet to the next. Last time I competed at this event I had a really good run and set a new British record."

Under the tutelage of coach Alberto Salazar, Farah has asserted himself as Britain’s best male distance runner and a genuine contender for a gold medal in London next summer. He added: "My training group in the US is really great, we’re able to turn up to training, get our work done and have a few laughs in between.

"I do really like competing in team events. I like the camaraderie, we’re all usually staying in the same hotel and pushing each other along so it will be great to get involved in that again at the Aviva International Match. It’s unreal that it’s almost 2012 but although it really is just around the corner I’m just looking to keep pushing on with what I’ve been doing.

"I’m training hard with my coach, we won’t be changing our routine too much and I’m trying not to keep looking ahead to the summer and to just take it step by step. I certainly don’t want to be wishing 2012 away and I’ll be looking to do my absolute best at every meet I compete in, starting at Glasgow in January."

Farah will be joined at the Aviva International Match by a stellar line-up of domestic and international athletes from teams representing Aviva GB & NI, Russia, USA, Germany and Commonwealth Select.