With just 10 days to go until the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, organisers have revealed another handful of stars set to compete at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome on 4 June.

Canada s world silver medallist Brianne Theisen Eaton will contest her first heptathlon of the year this weekend at the Hypo Meeting in Gotzis. But first she talks about the best things in her life.

Dafne Schippers brought a wave of excitement to the AA Drink FBK Games in Hengelo, setting a national 100m record of 10.94 at the IAAF World Challenge meeting on Sunday (24).

Ethiopia s Aberu Mekuria won the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon on Sunday (24) with the second-fastest time in the history of the IAAF Silver Label Road Race, while compatriot Girmay Birhanu won the men s race in what was his fourth marathon in seven months.

It is expected that every one of the 15,000 seats in Ostrava s newly revamped Mestsky Stadium will be filled on Tuesday (26), largely due to the presence of one man: Usain Bolt.

Cuba s Rose Mary Almanza set a personal best of 1:59.35 to win the 800m at the Ponce Grand Prix on Saturday (23) to break the oldest women s meeting record on the books.