Defending heptathlon champion Ashton Eaton ended the first day of competition just one point shy of his day-one score from Istanbul two years ago. But after superb marks in the 60m hurdles and pole vault this morning, he has given himself a great chanc...

It was supposed to have been the Sally Pearson show. In the heats and the semi-finals there had been nothing to suggest that the Olympic champion from Australia would be denied in her mission to follow LoLo Jones into the record books as a back-to-back...

Ashton Eaton leads the heptathlon with 5699 after six events, the highest score ever at this stage.

Czech Republic s reigning European indoor and outdoor 400m champion Pavel Maslak significantly improved upon his fifth position in the 2012 edition, which advertised his arrival as a 400m runner having previously concentrated on 200m, to scorch to in v...

There were some wobbles at the 2.16m opening height for some of the pedigree jumpers in the field.

Right from the very first jump of the competition, the gold medal was nominally in Li Jinzhe s possession. The 24-year-old Chinese athlete set out his stall with an 8.19m effort and improved to 8.23m in the third.