Ethiopian distance-running star Muktar Edris won a dramatic men s 10km race at the 40th edition of the Boclassic, edging three-time winner Imane Merga by 0.2 after a close sprint into the finish-line in front of no fewer than 10,000 enthusiastic specta...

Kenya s Mike Kigen and Britain s Gemma Steel captured respective wins at the 50th edition of Madrid s San Silvestre Vallecana, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, over the 10km course on Wednesday (31).

The course records at the Xiamen International Marathon, the first IAAF Gold Label Road Race of 2015, look vulnerable as a strong field of elite runners are ready to continue the record streak on Saturday (3).

Statisticians Mirko Jalava and A Lennart Julin look back at the best long-distance running performances of the year.

The athletics world is accustomed to seeing Ethiopian women winning 5000m or 10,000m titles, but no one from the East African nation of 94million whose last name does not start with a ‘D had been able to get to the top of the podium at the Olymp...

Ethiopia s two-time Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon winner Aselefech Mergia will bid for her third victory at the 2015 race on 23 January, organisers of the IAAF Gold Label Road Race announced on Sunday (28).