Contemplating an athletics meeting can be like standing before a smorgasbord. It all looks grand, but what is going to prove best when all those visual delights start landing on the taste buds?

AIPS Africa s efforts to boost sports journalism in Africa was recognised at the opening ceremony of the AIPS Africa Congress in Dakar, which was opened on Wednesday (19) by Senegal s sports minister Mbagnick Ndiaye and IAAF President Lamine Diack.

The Prefontaine Classic, the longest-running international invitational meet in the USA, turns 40 this year.

High jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim secured bronze and silver medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games and 2013 IAAF World Championships respectively before climbing up to the top step of the podium earlier this month when he won at the 2014 IAAF World Indoo...

Two months after legendary Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele announced that he will be making his 26.2 mile debut at the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris, the rest of the elite fields have been revealed for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on 6 April.

It s not usual to see kids lining up to hurl something at a poster of one of Australia s most popular athletes, but if Kim Mickle had been at Melbourne s Loreto Mandeville Hall on a sunny Wednesday morning she would not have minded one bit.