The Confederation of African Athletics has announced the Africa team for the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup to be held in Marrakech, Morocco on 13-14 September.

The ISTAF Berlin meeting, part of the IAAF World Challenge, will see nine Olympic, 15 world and 15 European champions lining up on the blue track of Berlin s iconic Olympic stadium on Sunday (31).

Discus throwers like Australia s 2009 world champion Dani Samuels are always seeking the perfect trajectory but fans of athletics are sometimes guilty of having the same expectation for the career of an international athlete.

At the age of four, Antti Ruuskanen gazed at the television in his parents home entranced by the sight of Tapio Korjus launching his javelin to win the men s gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. To complete the small boy s day, another Finn, Seppo R...

The provisional entry lists are now available for the 13th meeting and first final of the 2014 season of the IAAF Diamond League in Zurich on 28 August.

The curtain come down on the athletics programme at the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing with the thrilling and innovative mixed 8x100m relay providing a rousing finale to seven days of high quality competition.