Chris Derrick became the first runner since eventual eight-time champion Pat Porter to win three titles in successive years at the USATF Cross Country Championships on the Flatirons Golf Course in Boulder, Colorado, on Saturday (7).

The spotlight in the Czech town of Trinec was on Mutaz Essa Barshim after his Asian indoor record of 2.40m over the border in Slovakia on Wednesday but the Qatari's thunder was stolen at the 23rd Beskydska latka high jump meeting by Russia s 2014 world...

Kenyan marathoners Eliud Kipchoge, Mary Keitany and Priscah Jeptoo headline the ninth edition of the RAK Half Marathon which will be staged on an even faster course on Friday (13).

Next up to talk about the best things in her life is Brazil s former world pole vault champion, both indoors and outdoors, Fabiana Murer.
Murer also improved her South American indoor record to 4.83m in Nevers, France, on Saturday (7).

After winning at two indoor meetings during a brief sojourn in Europe last week, in Poland and France, Chinese long jumper Li Jinzhe returned to Beijing on Monday (9).

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 has announced that ticket sales are now open to the general public.

IAAF World Athletes of the Year Renaud Lavillenie and Valerie Adams are among the nominees for the 2015 Laureus World Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards.

With just under five months to go until the 2015 IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris, the organisers announced on Wednesday (11) that global superstar Usain Bolt will return to their meeting and contest the 100m on Saturday 4 July.

A gold medal appears to be the price of admission into the men s shot put at the 41st Prefontaine Classic, part of the 2015 IAAF Diamond League series, at Eugene s historic Hayward Field on 29-30 May.

The IAAF Coordination Commission for the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015, headed by IAAF Council member Helmut Digel, concluded a two-day visit to the Chinese capital on Tuesday (10).