Britain s double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah will face some of the greatest marathon runners of all time when he makes his full marathon debut at this year s Virgin Money London Marathon, after the organisers of the IAAF Gold Label Road Race re...

Kenya s Martin Mathathi tops the list of runners Invited to the 68th Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon on 2 February, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, the organisers announced on Tuesday (14).

Kenya s Geoffrey Mutai, the 2011 Boston Marathon champion and two-time New York Marathon champion, will return to the Ottawa 10K on 24 May and run the event for the third consecutive year, the event organisers announced on Wednesday (15).

Ethiopia s Atsedu Tsegay will return to the Sportisino Prague Half Marathon on 5 April, the race where he made his name when he ran a course record 58:47 in 2012, organisers of the IAAF Gold Label Road Race announced on Thursday (16).

Kenya s Jason Mbote will be the fastest man on the start line of the 63rd Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon on 2 February, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, after race organisers announced their elite field on Thursday (16).

Olympic 100m hurdles champion and 2011 World Athlete of the Year Sally Pearson will defend her IAAF World Indoor Championships 60m hurdles crown, announced Athletics Australia on Thursday (16).

Olympic high jump champion Ivan Ukhov produced the best indoor performance in the world for 21 years when he cleared 2.41m at the Yuriy Lukasevich Memorial meeting in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on Thursday (16).

US teenage prodigy Mary Cain broke the long-standing world junior indoor record for 1000m with a time of 2:39.25 at the Boston University Multi-Team Meet in Boston on Thursday night (16).

The 32nd Cross Internacional de Italica in Santiponce on the outskirts of the Spanish city of Sevilla, an IAAF Cross Country Permit Meeting, will see Uganda s Timothy Toroitich and Ethiopia s Hiwot Ayalew start as favourites on Sunday (19).

Comparisons with the all-time greats of Norwegian distance running set the narrative of stories in the domestic press when Karoline Bjerkeli Gr vdal first emerged as a 16-year-old in 2006.