South African sprinter Akani Simbine and Polish hammer thrower Pawel Fajdek were among the winners on the first two days of athletics action at the World University Games in the Korean city of Gwangju.

Belgian decathlete Thomas van der Plaetsen successfully defended his title at the World University Games in the Korean city of Gwangju on Thursday (9) in a competition which came down to the final event.

Both 100m events should provide the main highlights on Saturday (11) at the Meeting de Madrid, an IAAF World Challenge event and Spain s most prestigious track and field competition.

Genzebe Dibaba set an African 1500m record of 3:54.11 in Barcelona s Estadi Joan Serrahima stadium on Wednesday evening (8).

Eliud Kipchoge, the most successful marathon runner in the world in the last 12 months will face the second and third fastest marathon runners of all time at the BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday 27 September, the organisers of the IAAF Gold Label Road Rac...

IAAF World Athlete of the Year Renaud Lavillenie is feeling positive and optimistic” about getting back to business as usual in Lausanne s Stade De La Pontaise on Thursday (9), just five days after his disappointing fifth place in the pole vault...