The first outdoor meeting of the 2014 season in China, featuring only long throws for seniors, juniors and youth, kicked off with some excellent results on Saturday (29) in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

Ashton Eaton has been the world s dominant combined-eventer over the past few seasons so we thought it was time to take a peek into the life of the US all-rounder.

Brittney Reese s, the world s best long jumper at present, is the latest star to headline a growing list of incredible fields on 30-31 May for the Prefontaine Classic, the first of two US legs of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League.

To mark the imminent beginning of the 2014 season of the IAAF Diamond League, which gets under way next month in Doha, world indoor high jump champion Mutaz Essa Barshim spoke to the press in a media teleconference this afternoon (2).

Jamaica, and some of its Caribbean neighbours as well, showed off its latest generation of athletics talent at the Boys and Girls Championships, the annual competition among Jamaica s high school teams, which ended after five days of competition on Sat...

Ethiopia s Dejen Gebremeskel notched up his fourth consecutive victory at the 29th annual Carlsbad 5000 road race, crossing the line in 13:13 and coming home five seconds ahead of local favourite Bernard Lagat on Sunday (30).