Long jumper-cum-sprinter Tianna Bartoletta produced the best performance on the third day of the US Championships in Eugene on Saturday (27), flying out to a world-leading 7.12m.

The IAAF is deeply saddened to hear that Mohamed Ali Mohamed, president of the Somali Athletics Federation, died on Friday (26) in Dubai. He was 68.

Germany s Michael Schrader and the Netherlands Anouk Vetter lead at the end of the first day of the 19th edition of the famous Erdgas Mehrkampf-Meeting in Ratingen, an IAAF Combined Events Challenge meeting, on Saturday (27).

London 2012 Olympic Games silver medallist Erik Kynard provided the one of the principal highlights of the second day of the US Championships as he equalled his personal best of 2.37m to win the high jump and he then took three attempts at improving th...

Throws and jumps provided the highlights of the Russian Youth championships in the three-day competition which came to an end in Smolensk on Thursday (25), the final stop for nation s best athletes in this category before next month's IAAF World Youth ...

The 40th edition of Lausanne s famous Athletissima meeting on 9 July, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, continues to add to its star-studded fields and the meeting organisers announced a host of top distance runners, sprint hurdlers and field event expon...

The 2nd IAAF World Youth Coaches Conference will be held in Cali, Colombia, on Monday 20 July, giving the opportunity for coaches from approximately 150 national teams assembled for the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 the chance to attend.

The organizers of the Copenhagen Half Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, have announced that Kenya s Bedan Karoki will take a tilt at the world half marathon record at their race on Sunday 13 September.

Sweden s local star Angelica Bengtsson will face 2011 world champion Fabiana Murer at the Stockholm BAUHAUS Athletics meeting, the IAAF Diamond League meeting in the Swedish capital on 30 July.

Although it is likely that most of the 8000 fans at Hayward Field had their eyes on the big names on the track on the first day of the US Championships, pride of place went to shot putter Michelle Carter and long jumper Marquise Dendy in Eugene on Thur...