Olympic medallists Erick Barrondo and Jarred Tallent, 2009 world bronze medallist Eder Sanchez and Portugal s Ana Cabecinha are ready to shine on Saturday (7) in Chihuahua, Mexico, host to the second stop of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge.

On the day that tickets for the Sainsbury s Birmingham Grand Prix have gone on general sale, Olympic 800m champion and world record-holder David Rudisha has confirmed that he will compete at the IAAF Diamond League meeting on 7 June.

Last year s winners may not be returning to the 2015 Rome Marathon, but Habtamu Assefa and Meseret Kitata will aim to keep both titles with Ethiopia at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on 22 March.

Cameroon s Hamad Kalkaba Malboum was unanimously re-elected for a fourth term of four years (2015-2019) as president of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) at the congress in Addis Ababa on 2-3 March.

Colombian triple jumper Caterine Ibarguen won her second successive Diamond Race title in 2014 and set a South American record of 15.31m at the Monaco IAAF Diamond League meeting.

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) conducted its first IAAF / Nestl Kids Athletics workshop on 26-27 February in New Delhi.