Olympic triple jump champion and 2011 world champion Christian Taylor is aiming to defend his Diamond Race title in 2014.

IAAF President Lamine Diack and the President of the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC), Victor Lopez, were present at the launch of the Caribbean Sports Journalists Association (CASJA) on Sunday (25).

Many of the fastest sprinters in the world are lining up to race in Eugene at the next 2014 IAAF Diamond League meeting, with the landmark 40th Prefontaine Classic at the historic Hayward Field being held this coming Saturday (31).

Morgan Lake, who turned 17 just two weeks ago, is the latest heptathlon sensation in what has become over the past decade an extraordinary tradition of British combined event specialists.

London 2012 Olympic Games110m hurdles champion and world record holder Aries Merritt will go head-to-head with Great Britain s three-time IAAF World Championships finalist William Sharman at the Sainsbury s Glasgow Grand Prix, part of the 2014 IAAF Dia...

The 21-year-old Russian high jumper Mariya Kuchina has been among the rising stars of the sport, metaphorically and literally, for several years.