Defending champion Abraham Kiplimo, of Uganda, will start as the favourite for the 64th edition of the Beppu-Oita Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday (1).

Ten more global medallists have been added to the array of big names competing at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting, in Boston on 7 February.

In the same way Mexican race walking was revolutionised by a Pole, Indian race walkers are on the march courtesy of a Russian.

The 2015 IAAF Indoor Permit meetings get under way on Saturday night (31) when the German city of Karlsruhe plays host to the first of five of the world s best one-day indoor meetings across a three-week period.

Six world-leading marks were among the highlights of the 10th PSD Bank Meeting in Dusseldorf on Thursday (29), with St Kitts evergreen sprinter Kim Collins showing there is still plenty of zip in his legs despite near veteran status.

The traditional Russian Winter indoor meeting on Sunday (1), the second of this season's IAAF Indoor Permit meetings, features a memorable women s high jump which brings together again the joint world indoor champions, Poland s Kamila Licwinko and home...