Usain Bolt believes his performance at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London this weekend will be a crucial indicator of his readiness to defend his World Championships sprint titles in Beijing next month.

Anytime someone supplants Usain Bolt, it s newsworthy. Even if it s in an event the double sprint world record-holder doesn t particularly enjoy, like the 400m. It s not one that Christopher Taylor, the freshly-minted world youth champion over the dist...

Of the dozens of global champions gathering at London s Olympic Stadium this weekend for the two-day IAAF Diamond League meeting, there s little doubt which one will attract the most attention.

Jeffrey Henderson produced a world-leading 8.52m in the long jump while Melissa Bishop and Andre de Grasse bagged more gold medals for hosts Canada on Wednesday (22) at the Pan American Games in Toronto s York University stadium.

The afternoon after Maribel Vanessa Caicedo claimed her surprise victory in the 100m hurdles, the freshly minted world youth champion made her future athletics ambitions perfectly clear.

Asian champion Dilshod Nazarov notched up his second successive IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge victory of the season, taking a last-gasp win at the Karlstad Grand Prix on Wednesday (22).