Kenya s Jason Mbote head the list for the 63rd annual Beppu-Oita Marathon, which is also known as Betsudai Marathon, but a lot of local attention has been focused on how Masato Imai will perform ahead in the IAAF Silver Label Road Race on Sunday (2).

France s Renaud Lavillenie, the London 2012 Olympic Games and reigning European pole vault champion, indoors and out, produced a stunning leap of 6.08m at the 10th Pedro s Cup meeting in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz on Friday night (31).

Her big sister Tirunesh has twice been a world record breaker indoors and it was the turn Genzebe Dibaba to make her own mark on the under cover record books when she smashed the women's world indoor 1500m record by more than three seconds with a run o...

The 2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge winner Jared Tallent s defence got off to the worst possible start when he was disqualified in the Oceania 20km championships in Hobart, handing the win in the opening meeting of this year s Challenge to his compatr...

Kenya s Martin Mathathi fulfilled his role as the race favourite, as the only man to have run under an hour for the half marathon, and won the 68th Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, with 1:00:11 on Sunday (2).

Uganda s Abraham Kiplimo won the 63rd annual Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in 2:09:23, and IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday (2).