The elite field for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, just keeps getting deeper and now, with the addition of Ethiopia s Seboka Dibaba Tola, organisers are hoping the men s race will result in the fastest time ...

The 2013 IAAF Diamond League reached its conclusion last week in Brussels with the crowning of 16 Diamond Race winners, following the first 16 athletes who received their Diamond Trophies in Zurich one week prior.

The athletics competition of the 12th National Games concluded in Shenyang on Wednesday evening (11) with a new generation of Chinese athletes stepping up.

The 12th National Games got off to a real start on Sunday (8) in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, with a total of 13 finals during the second day of competition following the two finals on Saturday.

Silas Kiplagat and Musaeb Balla posted quick times in the middle-distance events, while Anita Wlodarczyk and Sally Pearson broke meeting records at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Rieti on a highly entertaining afternoon of athletics on Sunday (8).

Winning the Diamond Race is not Ryan Whiting s greatest moment of 2013.