Athletics News

Paula Radcliffe met up with Dame Kelly Holmes and marathon tips were a hot topic of conversation

South African Lusapho April is gunning for his own course record at Sunday's 26th running of the HAJ Hannover Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race.

IAAF President Sebastian Coe and IAAF General Secretary Jean Gracia will attending European Athletics CEO Conference in Minsk, Belarus, on Friday and Saturday (8-9).

Favourites Ayele Abshero and Tsegaye Kebede will be gunning for Olympic team berths at Sunday's NM Marathon Rotterdam, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.

Poland's top shot putters will travel across the border to take on the best Czech big men at the 55th Ostrava Golden Spike meeting on 19 May, organisers of the IAAF World Challenge meeting announced on Friday (9).

China's very own high jump hero Zhang Guowei is set to star at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai on 14 May, where he will come face-to-face with Bohdan Bondarenko, organisers announced on Friday (9).

Ethiopia is set to conquer the Italian capital once again at Sunday's ACEA Rome Marathon, the 22nd edition of this IAAF Gold Label Race.

The IAAF Diamond League has introduced a new points format for the 2016 season.