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Dawn Harper Nelson has led the world list in 2014 since 5 July with the 12.44 she clocked at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris.

Commonwealth and African 400m silver medallist Wayde Van Niekerk has been a breakthrough star in 2014 and last weekend he anchored Africa to victory in the 4x400m at the IAAF Continental Cup.

Third behind Allyson Felix and Myriam Soumare at the IAAF Diamond League final in Brussels nine days ago, Dafne Schippers returned to winning ways at 200m.

World leader Nijel Amos lived up to expectations by winning the men's 800m this evening, leading an African one-two as Mohammed Aman followed him across the line to give the host continent maximum points.

He may be one of older throwers on the international circuit, but Gerd Kanter proved today that sometimes he's still the best.

Not so much the IAAF Continental Cup as the champions' cup of male javelin throwers.

As expected, Renaud Lavillenie was the easy winner in the men's pole vault, earning maximum points for Europe.

They won the first and last events of the weekend, but in between those victories hosts Africa could not hold off the might of the two strongest teams in the IAAF Continental Cup as Europe lifted the team trophy at the e...

The Americas quartet boasted four of the six fastest women in the world this year - including the first two finishers in the individual 400m on Saturday, Francena McCorory and Novlene Williams-Mills.

Anita Wlodarczyk kept the women's hammer title firmly in Europe's hands after her dominant victory that kicked off the field event action on day two at Le Grand Stade in Marrakech.

Maria Kuchina was looking to end her 2014 competition schedule in the same manner in which she had started it: on top of the world.

She diced with disaster, and left it mighty late, but two-time European champion Eloyse Lesueur snatched long jump victory for Europe with a fourth-round leap of 6.66m after producing three fouls on her first three attem...

With a late injury knocking defending champion Valerie Adams out to the sidelines, the role of favourite fell easily into the lap of European champion Christina Schwanitz, and she played it perfectly.

Alonso Edward and Rasheed Dwyer took maximum points for Team Americas in the men's 200m, both dipping below 20 seconds as they crossed the line virtually together in the closest ever finish at an IAAF World or Continenta...

The men's 3000m was another contest that went according to the play book with Caleb Ndiku collecting a convincing victory for Africa.