Morocco s Aziz Lahbabi took the honours at the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, clocking a huge personal best of 59:25 on Sunday (2).

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The popular and quick Rome-Ostia Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Race, celebrates its 40th birthday with the new record of entries. No less than 13,500 runners will take to the streets from Via Cristoforo Colombo to the finish line near the beaches a...

The big question is: can Vincent Kipruto defend his title at the 69th annual Lake Biwa Marathon, the oldest marathon in Japan and an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (2)?

Big-time indoor athletics returned to the Czech capital Prague for the first time in five years and high jumpers stole the show at the 02 Arena, with Ivan Ukhov jumping an absolute Russian record and 2014 world-leading height of 2.42m on Tuesday (25).

World cross-country champion Japhet Korir and world steeplechase champion Milcah Chemos are the latest big names to sign up for the SPAR Great Ireland Run, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, in Dublin on 6 April.