Silver became gold for both Polat Kemboi Arikan and Gemma Steel as last year s runners-up stepped up to the top spot of the podium at the European Cross Country Championships in the Bulgarian skiing resort of Samokov on Sunday (14).

Three-time Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia will take part in the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on 23 January, organisers of the IAAF Gold Label Road Race announced on Sunday (14).

When Anita Wlodarczyk finished ahead of fellow Polish hammer thrower Kamila Skolimowska at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, little did she know that it would be the last time she competed against her friend and compatriot.

The dream life of Kenneth Mungara continued with the 41-year-old regaining his Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore title, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (7).

Contesting the Zhuhai Half Marathon for the first time, China s Sun Lamei barely met any challenge to win the women s race with an overwhelming advantage on Saturday (13).

Renaud Lavillenie, the 2014 World Athlete of the Year and world record-holder, will compete in the pole vault at the ISTAF Indoor meeting on 14 February.