At first glance it looks like just another throw-away comment, the kind made by athletes all over the world immediately after a race an easy line tailor-made to please the local organisers, the local crowd and the host nation.

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.

The Asian Athletics Association and Oceania Athletics today announced the Asia-Pacific team for the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup to be held in Marrakech, Morocco on 13-14 September.

With the series having ended at the recent European Championships, Ukraine s Ruslan Dmytrenko and China s Liu Hong held on to their lead in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge standings, ending the season as the overall winners.