The world class athletics coaching conference, the International Festival of Athletics Coaching (IFAC) will be staged this year in Rome from 31 October 2 November.

The IAAF is deeply saddened to learn that Miloslava Rezkova died on 19 October at the age of 64 due to cancer, just two days after the 46th anniversary of her 1968 Olympic high jump victory.

US 800m star Nick Symmonds is the latest athlete to answer our work, rest and play questions.

Today (21 October) marks 50 years since Valeriy Brumel won the Olympic high jump title in Tokyo. To mark Brumel s momentous use of the straddle technique, a special seminar will take place on Sunday (26) in Agazzano, Italy.

A quarter of the 12 accolades on offer at the Golden Podium Awards earlier this month went to athletics.

The 14th episode of IAAF Inside Athletics is available to watch online now.

The lure of the original marathon course leading from Marathon to the Panathenaikon Stadium in Athens weaves its spell not only on mass runners but the elite as well.

Sport always seems to find a way of transcending difficult situations. Earlier this month in Ukraine, the current turmoil in the country was forgotten for a brief moment as the IAAF / Nestl Kids Athletics programme was activated in Lviv.

The IAAF Coordination Commission for the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing has just concluded a two-day visit to the Chinese capital.

The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) is delighted to declare the Tokyo Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, as the 2014 winner of the AIMS Social Award.