Germany s world pole vault champion Raphael Holzdeppe will compete at the Karlsruhe indoor meeting on 31 January, the first of the 2015 IAAF Indoor Permit meetings, the organisers announced on Friday (5).

Teenage sprinter Jack Hale stunned his opponents at the Australian All Schools Championships in Adelaide on Saturday (6) after winning the 100m in a wind-assisted 10.13, the fastest time ever recorded under any conditions by a youth athlete.

Russia's 2004 Olympic high jump champion Yelena Slesarenko has announced her retirement from international competition at the age of 32.

Organisers of the Russian Winter indoor meeting on 1 February, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting, announced their first star names on Tuesday (9).

Jo Pavey will be the official starter for the 2015 Brighton Marathon on Sunday 12 April, the race organisers of the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race announced on Tuesday (9).

Two names have dominated Ugandan athletics over the past four years as the east African nation continues to make great inroads into the international distance-running scene.

The IAAF is delighted to hear the news that Princess Charlene of Monaco, wife of International Athletics Foundation honorary president HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, gave birth to twins on Wednesday (10).

Cold blustery winds blew several ambitious plans off course at the Zatopek: 10 Classic in Melbourne on Thursday (11).

Double European sprint champion Dafne Schippers will contest the 60m at the IAAF Indoor Permit meeting in Karlsruhe on 31 January.

The 2014 European Cross Country Championships will be broadcast from Samokov, Bulgaria on Sunday, December 14 via the European Athletics website. A schedule is listed below.

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