Athletics News
Bahrain dominate at the Asian Champs - cross-country round-up
IAAF - 24 Feb 2014 03:17
The 28th edition of the Fukuoka International Cross Country incorporated the Asian Cross Country Championships and, as has become the norm in the middle and long-distances at Asian championships, the senior races were do...
Kenyan double for Karoki and Wacera at World's Best 10K
IAAF - 24 Feb 2014 19:17
Kenyans Bedan Karoki and Mary Wacera made a brilliant debut on the Teodoro Moscoso bridge and prevailed over a large African contingent to become the 2014 champions at the World's Best 10K, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, ...
Team selection, scoring and competing order - IAAF Continental Cup
IAAF - 24 Feb 2014 19:17
The 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, held in the Moroccan city of Marrakech on 13-14 September, will follow the same reformatted set-up that featured in the 2010 edition with four teams competing against one another.
Work, rest and play - Andreas Thorkildsen
IAAF - 24 Feb 2014 19:17
Two-time Olympic javelin champion Andreas Thorkildsen is next up to answer our work, rest and play questions.
Host nation Poland to send its biggest team to IAAF World Indoor Championships
IAAF - 24 Feb 2014 19:17
A record number of 37 athletes will represent Poland on home soil in Sopot at the IAAF World Indoor Championships on 7-9 March.
Indian Olympian and athletics writer Ranjit Bhatia dies
IAAF - 24 Feb 2014 19:17
The IAAF is saddened to learn of the death of Indian Olympian and athletics writer Ranjit Bhatia, who died in New Delhi on 9 February, aged 77.
Veronica Campbell-Brown cleared by court of arbitration for sport
The Guardian - 24 Feb 2014 16:37
• Sprinter tested positive for a banned substance last year• 'The past several months brought me much pain' she says Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown has been cleared to resume her career by the court of arb...
Unknown Kiplimo Lagat surprises with stunning debut marathon in Seville
IAAF - 24 Feb 2014 03:17
Kenya's Cosmas Kiplimo Lagat made a stunning marathon debut at the 30th edition of the Maraton de Sevilla, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, winning the Spanish race in a course record of 2:08:33 on Sunday (23).
Confidence-boosting German titles for Storl and Schwanitz ahead of Sopot
IAAF - 24 Feb 2014 03:17
Shot putters David Storl and Christina Schwanitz both cemented their roles as title contenders for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot at the German Indoor Championships in Leipzig this weekend (22-23).