The TUI Hannover Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, will see a duel of two champions on May 5 as Kenya’s defending champion Joseph Kiptum returns to face 2011 winner Lusapho April of South Africa.

Defending champion and course record-holder Henry Sugut will return to the Vienna Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, for its 30th edition on April 14, but the Kenyan will be up against some strong opponents.

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

Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt and all-round talent Jessica Ennis scooped the main prizes at last night’s Laureus World Sports Awards in Rio de Janeiro.

When your biggest achievement to date is an Olympic silver medal, there’s only one logical goal to aim for: go one better. “At some point I would like to know that I’m the best in the world,” says the soft-spoken Galen Rupp.

Sub-60-minute performances have in recent years become commonplace at the ABN-AMRO City-Pier-City Half Marathon in Den Haag (The Hague), but the 39th edition today (10) saw temperatures of just 1 C and strong cold winds as no one dipped under an hour.