With the IAAF World Indoor Championships just over a week away, national federations are confirming their squads for Sopot and the Ukraine will go to Poland with big hopes of gold.
Feb 27th 2014, 1:00pm
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Big-time indoor athletics returned to the Czech capital Prague for the first time in five years and high jumpers stole the show at the 02 Arena, with Ivan Ukhov jumping an absolute Russian record and 2014 world-leading height of 2.42m on Tuesday (25).
Feb 27th 2014, 12:17pm
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World cross-country champion Japhet Korir and world steeplechase champion Milcah Chemos are the latest big names to sign up for the SPAR Great Ireland Run, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, in Dublin on 6 April.
Feb 27th 2014, 12:17pm
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IAAF World Athletes of the Year Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are among the nominees for the 2014 Laureus World Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards.
Feb 27th 2014, 12:17pm
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In Istanbul two years ago, the US team dominated the medals table with 10 golds and twice as many medals than any other nation. At this year s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, they will once again be the nation to beat.
Feb 27th 2014, 12:17pm
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A career in athletics was always a logical fit for Sergey Shubenkov, whose mother, Natalya, was one of the world's best heptathletes in the 1980s. But the world 110m hurdles bronze medallist s calling in track and field didn t necessarily beckon at first.
Feb 27th 2014, 12:17pm
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A quality line-up has been assembled for 6 April as the Brighton Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, welcomes its most outstanding men s elite field to date.
Feb 27th 2014, 12:17pm
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Mo Farah, the second man in history to accomplish a ‘double-double’ in winning both the 5000m and 10,000m at the Olympic Games and World Championships, is set to start off the season by competing in the New York City Half-Marathon on 16 Mar...
Feb 27th 2014, 12:00am
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