It could not have been closer, it could not have been more dramatic, but the smile on the face of the French athletes told its own story in Tallinn on Sunday afternoon (30) at the European Cup Combined Events, part of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge.

Nobody leapt to the top of the world rankings on a warm and sunny afternoon at the Sainsbury s Grand Prix in Birmingham this afternoon (30), but Olympic champion Christian Taylor came closest in the men s Triple Jump, while elsewhere at this IAAF Diamo...

France s Kevin Mayer and Ukraine s Hanna Melnychenko are the individual leaders after the first day of the European Cup Combined Events Super League in Tallinn on Saturday (29), which is part of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge.

France s Kevin Mayer and Ukraine s Hanna Melnychenko are the individual leaders after the first day of the European Cup Combined Events Super League in Tallinn on Saturday (29), which is part of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge.

Four days of athletics action at the XVII Mediterranean Games in the Turkish city of Mersin came to an end on Saturday (29), with the best marks including Greece s Kostadinos Baniotis High Jump win with personal best of 2.34m.

There was a comfortable win for Guatemalan favourite Erick Barrondo in thre 20km Race Walk at the Dublin Grand Prix of Race Walking part of this year s IAAF Race Walking Challenge and the last event before the IAAF World Championships but there wer...