Although she didn t quite live up the lofty hype thrust upon her after producing a pair of sensational world indoor records earlier this year, Genzebe Dibaba has performed admirably over distances ranging from 1500m to 5000m and will be the woman to be...

With just two days to go before the start of the IAAF Continental Cup, Marrakech 2014, which takes place this weekend on Saturday and Sunday (13-14), brief previews for all 40 events have been published.

With three former victories to his name in this competition and still going strong at 39, Bernard Lagat will be a sentimental favourite to retain his 3000m title. But he ll have to go through Kenyan Caleb Ndiku to get it.

Haile Gebrselassie is to defend his title at the Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run in Glasgow on Sunday 5 October, organisers for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race announced on Thursday (11).

The field features the two fastest women of the year: Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, the European champion who clocked 3:57.00 to win in Paris, and Kenyan Hellen Obiri, who ran 3:57.05 in Eugene and later won the African title.

The IAAF is very saddened to hear of the death of Yoshinori Sakai, who lit the flame at the 1964 Olympic Games when he was 19. He died of a brain haemorrhage at a Tokyo hospital early Wednesday morning (10) at the age of 69.