Moscow might be the centre of the track and field world today - Monday August 12 - but head west across Europe and an important time has arrived in Zurich.

Will it be a Magic Monday or a Manic Monday for two of European athletics' most decorated competitors?

Russia celebrated their first gold medal of their World Championships as Aleksandr Ivanov produced a brilliant performance to win the 20km walk in Moscow - and beat the Olympic champion in the process.And his victory maintained a magnificent record for...

The stadium might have been nowhere near full but the noise level rose when the camera panned in on one of Russia's big hopes for a medal at these IAAF World Championships in Moscow.

Valeria Straneo provided Europe with its first medal of these World Championships with silver in the heat of a Moscow afternoon.

Mo Farah is the 10,000m champion of the world after a performance on Saturday that put an end to the demons that have swirled around him for two years.