The IAAF has received the sad news that Great Britain s David Littlewood, a long-standing member of the IAAF Technical Committee, passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning (16). He was 76.

Ukraine s Ruslan Dmytrenko and China s Liu Hong claimed wins at the Lugano Trophy 12th Memorial Mario Albisetti 2014, an IAAF Race Walking Challenge event, held on a sunny and warm morning in the picturesque Swiss lakeside town of Lugano on Sunday (16).

Kenya s London 2012 Olympic Games and 2013 IAAF World Championships 10,000m finalist Bedan Karoki made a great debut over the half marathon distance, winning the EDP Half Marathon of Lisbon in 59:58 on Sunday (16).

Just like in the previous two editions in 2011 and 2012, and its one-off ancestor in 1985, Kenyan made a clean sweep of all the titles at the 3rd African Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda, on Sunday (16).

Brazil s 800m runner Kl berson Davide brought the curtain down in impressive fashion on the final day of the 10th edition of the ODESUR (South American) Games that ended in Santiago de Chile on Sunday (16).

Kendell Williams smashed the world indoor junior record* in the pentathlon to provide the highlight the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Saturday (15).