When Wayde van Niekerk defeated Kirani James at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris on 4 July, he did more than upset the form-chart for the 400m.

With two of the world s fastest three athletes not in attendance in Beijing Francena McCorory and Sanya Richards-Ross after failing to make it through the high competitive US trials, the door is ajar for eight-time world champion Allyson Felix to f...

In the absence of world leader Orlando Ortega, David Oliver will start a tentative favourite in his bid to mount a successful defence of the world 110m hurdles title.

The three fastest athletes in the field Sharika Nelvis, Dawn Harper Nelson and Kendra Harrison represent the USA. Given that the defending champion Brianna Rollins is on the same team, the USA could become the first nation in the history of the Wor...

The 2015 world lists see US hurdlers occupy five of the top six places and any of the quartet that will go to their blocks in Beijing Bershawn Jackson, Johnny Dutch, Michael Tinsley and Kerron Clement could conceivably take the gold medal.

The 50th IAAF Congress was concluded with a short half-day session at the Chinese National Convention Centre in Beijing on Thursday (20).