Today (21 October) marks 50 years since Valeriy Brumel won the Olympic high jump title in Tokyo. To mark Brumel s momentous use of the straddle technique, a special seminar will take place on Sunday (26) in Agazzano, Italy.

A quarter of the 12 accolades on offer at the Golden Podium Awards earlier this month went to athletics.

The 14th episode of IAAF Inside Athletics is available to watch online now.

Ethiopia's Girmay Birhanu and his compatriot Fatuma Sado took the honours at the 34th Beijing International Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, winning respectively in 2:10:42 and 2:30:03 on Sunday (19).

Unheralded Joel Kimutai and Poline Wanjiku made it Kenyan double at the Bupa Great Birmingham Run, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, battling strong winds and a hilly course before winning over the half marathon distance in 1:01:39 and 1:10:48 respective...

With two second places and three third places among the results of his 10 marathons before he stepped on the start line of the 2014 TCS Amsterdam Marathon, Bernard Kipyego admitted that he had started to wonder when his day would come but he finally tr...