Defending heptathlon champion Ashton Eaton ended the first day of competition just one point shy of his day-one score from Istanbul two years ago. But after superb marks in the 60m hurdles and pole vault this morning, he has given himself a great chanc...

It was supposed to have been the Sally Pearson show. In the heats and the semi-finals there had been nothing to suggest that the Olympic champion from Australia would be denied in her mission to follow LoLo Jones into the record books as a back-to-back...

Ashton Eaton leads the heptathlon with 5699 after six events, the highest score ever at this stage.

Czech Republic s reigning European indoor and outdoor 400m champion Pavel Maslak significantly improved upon his fifth position in the 2012 edition, which advertised his arrival as a 400m runner having previously concentrated on 200m, to scorch to in v...

There were some wobbles at the 2.16m opening height for some of the pedigree jumpers in the field.

Right from the very first jump of the competition, the gold medal was nominally in Li Jinzhe s possession. The 24-year-old Chinese athlete set out his stall with an 8.19m effort and improved to 8.23m in the third.

The US quartet improved the world lead by more than a second in speeding to 3:29.06 to establish themselves as the favourite for the gold medal in Sunday s final.

It was mission accomplished for Sally Pearson on leg two of the Australian s bid to become only the second back-to-back winner of the event at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Ashton Eaton continues as the clear leader in the men s heptathlon and after a successful shot put, still has the world indoor record in his sights.

Jamaica s world indoor silver medallist Nesta Carter found his best form at exactly the right time and laid down a fine 6.50 season s best marker to confirm that he is intent on capturing the gold medal this time around.