Vice President Sergey Bubka has informed the IAAF President that he will, very reluctantly, have to leave Beijing to attend to pressing family matters at home.

IAAF President Lamine Diack took to the stage for the last IAAF World Athletics Series pre-event press conference of his presidency ahead of the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 in the Chinese National Convention Centre on Thursday (20).

Only once in the history of the IAAF World Championships has the world record-holder won the men's marathon: 1983, when Rob de Castella ran 2:10:03 for the victory, nearly two minutes slower than his 2:08:18 world mark from Fukuoka in 1981.

Two days before the start of the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 to of the expected stars of the upcoming competition, Kenya middle distance great David Rudisha and US sprinter Tori Bowie, had a chance to visit the Bird s Nest with an unusual mi...

Wilson Kipsang says that the memory of Sammy Wanjiru s wonderful victory in the Beijing 2008 Olympic marathon will be in the minds of the Kenyan runners who take to the same Beijing streets for Saturday morning s marathon.

Three years after winning Olympic gold, Jessica Ennis-Hill is back at a major championship and is feeling good.