Sprints and hurdles were in the spotlight at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meeting in Lucerne on Tuesday (14).

Speaking at the traditional pre-event press conference ahead of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015, IAAF President Lamine Diack paid tribute to the organisers of the event and praised the impact it will have on South American athletics on Tu...

Starting serious sprinting only eight months ago, Jack Hale has shown all the signs of being a man in a hurry.

She may be considerably faster than all of her rivals here in Cali, but US sprinter Candace Hill is taking nothing for granted ahead of this week s IAAF World Youth Championships.

Jessica Ennis-Hill will return to the scene of her Olympic triumph as one of the star attractions as the Sainsbury s Anniversary Games, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, reopens the Olympic Stadium on Friday 24 July.

With barely two days to go before the start of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015, which takes place in the Colombian city from 15-19 July, previews for each event have been published.

If previous form is to be believed, then the girls heptathlon should come down to a head-to-head duel between world youth leaders Ukraine s Alina Shukh and Austria s Sarah Lagger.

If history is any indication, Russia is once again the strong favourite in this event.

Yu Yuzhen set a world youth best of 61.97m with the 500g implement at the Asian Youth Championships in Doha in May and starts a clear favourite in Cali.

Armed with three throws to her credit beyond 71 metres this season, Sofiya Palkina arrives in Cali as the overwhelming favourite.