The 37th edition of the Marseille-Cassis 20km, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, will see Kenyan runners Titus Mbishei and Peres Jepchirchir defend their crowns on Sunday (25).

World 10,000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot makes her first competitive appearance in seven weeks as she takes on Britain s European 10,000m winner Jo Pavey over 10 miles at the Great South Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (25).

Inspired by the success of his compatriot Wayde van Niekerk, South African hurdler Cornel Fredericks is looking to put behind him a frustrating 2015 season and make the podium at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Kenya s Lucy Kabuu is the leading name in the women-only elite field for the first Saitama International Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday 15 November.

Austrian pole vault record holder Kira Grunberg had been looking forward to competing at the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 until a traumatic training accident on 30 July in Innsbruck saw break vertebrae in her spine.

Following the success of the first seminar for Technical Delegates for in-stadium events, which was held in October 2013, the first IAAF/European Athletics Technical Delegates seminar for out-of-stadium events was held at the IAAF Headquarters in Monac...