Organisers of the Meeting Areva, the eighth leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League, announced today (6) that Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie will compete in Paris on 5 July.

Organisers of the Meeting Areva, the eighth leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League, announced today (6) that Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie will compete in Paris on 5 July.

Just five days after breaking the world indoor 1500m record, Ethiopia s Genzebe Dibaba smashed the world indoor 3000m record* at Stockholm s XL Galan, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting, with a stunning 8:16.60 run on Thursday (6).

Just five days after breaking the world indoor 1500m record, Ethiopia s Genzebe Dibaba smashed the world indoor 3000m record* at Stockholm s XL Galan, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting, with a stunning 8:16.60 run on Thursday (6).

The athletics world has been treated to two world indoor records already this year, courtesy of Genzebe Dibaba, so hopes are high that there will be more record-breaking performances in Sopot when the Polish city hosts the IAAF World Indoor Championshi...

The athletics world has been treated to two world indoor records already this year, courtesy of Genzebe Dibaba, so hopes are high that there will be more record-breaking performances in Sopot when the Polish city hosts the IAAF World Indoor Championshi...

At last year s Chiba Cross Country, the only IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting held in Asia, Japan-based Kenyans won three of the four main races. Two of those, Charles Ndirangu and Rosemary Wanjiru, return to the Japanese city on 9 February with anoth...

Despite the withdrawal of two-time world indoor champion Abubaker Kaki, the men s 800m still remains one of the most interesting events to look forward to at the Flanders Indoor meeting, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting, in Gent on Sunday (9).

Despite the withdrawal of two-time world indoor champion Abubaker Kaki, the men s 800m still remains one of the most interesting events to look forward to at the Flanders Indoor meeting, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting, in Gent on Sunday (9).

German runners have a distinguished record in the women's race at the ING Eurocross in Diekirch and Sabrina Mockenhaupt will be in contention to become the fourth German winner at the IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting on Sunday (9).