To mark the imminent start of the 2014 season of the IAAF Diamond League, which gets under way in Doha on Friday 9 May, New Zealand s shot put heroine Valerie Adams spoke to the press in a media teleconference this afternoon (28).

It was 25 years ago that the legendary Carl Lewis, named as the male athlete of the 20th century by the IAAF in 1999, competed in a tightly contested 100m race at the old Bislett Stadium.

Asbel Kiprop is only 24 but is already among the world s greatest milers of all time and he will lead the best field ever to run the signature event at the 2014 Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, on Saturday 31 May.

More than USD 350,000 is on offer for the three senior races the men s and women s 20km, and the men s 50km from the IAAF as prize money at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Taicang, China on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May 2014.

The Russian capital of Moscow, host city of last year s IAAF World Championships, was presented with their award for Best Press Facilities at the AIPS Congress in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday (29).

Three Olympic champions and two world champions are among the latest international stars to be added to the glittering fields for the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai on 18 May, organisers confirmed on Tuesday (29).

French athletes appear to have cornered the small part of the market in the men s sprint hurdles in recent years and Wilhem Belocian is the latest model to roll off the production line.

Three of the most prominent athletes in the sport are the latest stars to join the fields for the adidas Grand Prix in New York, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, which on 14 June will be the 10th year of bringing the world s top athletes to Icahn Stadiu...

The preliminary entry lists for the 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, which will be held in the Chinese city of Taicang between 3-4 May, are now available.

Derek Drouin added his name to the elite club of high jumpers who have cleared 2.40m or better when he scaled that height on his third attempt at the 105th HyVee Drake Relays in Des Moines, USA, on Friday night.