The host nation s best bet for gold possibly lies with Anna Rogowska.

With just three days to go to the start of the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the Polish city of Sopot, which will be held between 7-9 March, the IAAF website editorial team have put the spotlight on some of the highlights expected this weeken...

An ill-timed injury after his world indoor record of 6.16m in Donetsk means that France s Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie is not able to defend his title won in Istanbul.

Three-time world champion Gabriela Szabo has been appointed as the minister of youth and sport in the proposed structure of Romania s new government.

Blanka Vlasic has returned from injury and leapt 2.00m in Prague last week, so the two-time former world indoor and outdoor champion will be looking to make amends for missing both the 2012 Olympic Games and the World Championships last summer.

Multiple world record-holder Kenenisa Bekele will clash for the first time with marathon world record-holder Wilson Kipsang on 18 May at the Great Manchester Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.