Athletics News
Five more global champions announced for Shanghai - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 29 Apr 2014 21:32
Three Olympic champions and two world champions are among the latest international stars to be added to the glittering fields for the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai on 18 May, organisers confirmed on Tuesda...
VIDEO: Tomlinson questions Rutherford record
BBC - 29 Apr 2014 18:21
Long jumper Chris Tomlinson questions the legitimacy of the British long jump record of 8.51m set by rival Greg Rutherford last week in San Diego.
How much to win, who can race, and how many to score? - IAAF World Race Walking Cup Taicang 2014
IAAF - 29 Apr 2014 14:32
Over USD 350,000 are on offer for the three senior races - the men's and women's 20km, and the men's 50km - from the IAAF as prize money at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Taicang, China on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May 2...
Carl Lewis to be guest of honour in Oslo - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 29 Apr 2014 00:32
It was 25 years ago that the legendary Carl Lewis, named as the male athlete of the 20th century by the IAAF in 1999, competed in a tightly contested 100m race at the old Bislett Stadium.
Asbel Kiprop heads stunning mile field at Prefontaine Classic - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 29 Apr 2014 00:32
Asbel Kiprop is only 24 but is already among the world's greatest milers of all time and he will leads the best field ever to run the signature event at the 2014 Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, on Sa...
Valerie Adams teleconference highlights - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 29 Apr 2014 00:32
To mark the imminent start of the 2014 season of the IAAF Diamond League, which gets under way in Doha on Friday 9 May, New Zealand's shot put heroine Valerie Adams spoke to the press in a media teleconference this after...