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Australia's Mackenzie Little won a dramatic battle with Cuba's Yulenmis Aguilar in the girls' Javelin Throw final, with both athletes swapping ownership of the championship record and the lead in a thrilling tussle for g...

Turkey's Emel Dereli has dominated the girls' Shot Put this year and last month threw a fine 19.99m, so it was no surprise to see the 17-year-old capture the World youth title in impressive fashion.

The women's High Jump contest should be one of the main attraction at the 'Meeting de Madrid 2013', an IAAF World Challenge meeting and Spain's most prestigious athletics event, thanks to the presence of USA's London 201...

Iceland has never won a medal in the 14-year history of the IAAF World Youth Championships, nor a global title in the sport, but Anita Hinriksdottir is hoping to change that statistic in the 800m this Sunday (14).

The 21th episode of IAAF Inside Athletics is available to watch online now.

Flying to a 12.94 World youth best, Jamaica's Yanique Thompson captured her nation's first gold medal in this event during the eight editions of this championship, following their three silver medals at the 2003, 2005 an...

The semifinals of the girls' 100m Hurdles earlier in the evening had set the scene for an exciting final on the second day of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk, and it didn't disappoint.

Anatoliy Ryapolov leapt to a gold medal-winning 7.79m and Russia's first gold medal in the history of this event in these championships, living up to the heavy expectations of being the favourite in the countdown to the ...

The next IAAF Diamond League meeting, Herculis 2013 in Monaco will be held Friday, 19 July.

British heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson speaks to BBC Sport ahead of the European Athletics under 23 Championships in Tampere, Finland.

Krisztian Pars flew to the top of the men's IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge standings after his win at the István Gyulai Memorial meeting on home soil in Budapest with 80.73m on Wednesday (10).

Patrick Muller made a little bit of IAAF World Youth Championships history when the German shot putter became the first gold medallist of the 2013 edition and he did it in some style with a winning distance of 22.02m, th...

Three genuine gold-medal contenders made a premature exit from their respective events in Donetsk on the second morning of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk.

No less than 10 gold medals were decided on day four of the World University Games with the hosts Russia taking half of them in Kazan on Wednesday (10).

With a series of impressive throws, Patrick Muller led a German one-two in the boys' Shot Put final, taking the World youth title with a 22.02m lifetime best from his compatriot Henning Prufer, who was second with 21.94m...

With huge throws in the first round of the boys' Shot final, Germany's Patrick Muller and Henning Prufer secured a unique 1-2 finish on the first day of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk.

China's Xie Yuchen smashed the championship record by more than a metre en route to claiming the girls' Discus gold medal, claiming victory with 56.34m to continue her nation's fine showing in the history of this event a...