Ukraine s High Jump star Bohdan Bondarenko was in the spotlight at the 49th edition of the Palio della Quercia meeting in Rovereto, the oldest Italian meeting still in existence, held on a warm and sunny evening on Tuesday (3).

Kenya s Eliud Kipchoge and Geoffrey Kiptanui will be among the elite runners on the start line of the 40th BMW Berlin Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race on 29 September, organisers announced on Wednesday (4).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has launched a competition offering fans and young designers the opportunity to make Olympic history by designing the medal for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.

Usain Bolt s press conference ahead of his 100m outing at the IAAF Diamond League final in Brussels on Friday was inevitably a packed affair on Wednesday (4).

Less than four months after the opening meeting of the series, the 2013 IAAF Diamond League will reach a climax on Friday (6) in Brussels at the Belgacom Van Damme Memorial.

The Long Jump seems to have more than its fair share of iconic figures in the sport. Think of the likes of Jesse Owens, Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis, Mike Powell coincidently all US athletes and the latest in that line has been Dwight Phillips.