Athletics News

China's Liu Hong broke the women's 20km race walk world record* with 1:24:38 at the Gran Premio Cantones de Marcha - the Spanish leg of the 2015 IAAF Race Walking Challenge in La Coruna - on Saturday (6).

Kenyan duo Abraham Cheroben and Rose Chelimo fulfilled their role as race favourites at the fourth edition of the Mattoni Ceske Budejovice Half Marathon but failed in their ambition to lower the course records at the IAA...

China's pole vault star Li Ling upgraded her own Asian record by one centimetre as she grabbed the sole gold medal for the hosts in the third competition day at the 21st edition of Asian Athletics Championships in Wuhan ...

Three of the five reigning Olympic champions set to compete at the Sainsbury's Birmingham Grand Prix faced the media on Saturday (6) at the press conference ahead of the IAAF Diamond League meeting.

The Sainsbury's Birmingham Grand Prix may have been hit by several high-profile withdrawals over the past 24 hours, but many of the world's top stars will still be heading to the IAAF Diamond League meeting on Sunday (7)...