British 100km champ and 2011 world 100km silver medallist among athletes in action at ultra event in Doha
British ultrarunners Steve Way and Joasia Zakrzewski will face the likes of defending champions Giorgio Calcaterra of Italy and USA’s Amy Sp...

New qualification system announced for IAAF World Championships
The IAAF’s entry standards for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China, have been officially published.

The international governing body also released details about a new qua...

Ambassadors Jenny Meadows and Freya Ross show support to young runners as number of GO Run For Fun finishers reaches 45,000 at milestone event
There was a double milestone to celebrate on Tuesday as the 100th INEOS GO Run For Fun event was held at Call...

Women’s 10,000m to be among the 13 athletics events to take place during morning sessions at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
A number of finals are due to be held as part of morning athletics sessions at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the IAAF has said.
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Standings confirmed following six-event series
Scott Overall and Emma Stepto have been confirmed as winners of the 2014 runbritain Grand Prix following the final event in the six-race series, the Age UK Leeds Abbey Dash, on Sunday.

Although Overall di...

Former world champ believes holding the IAAF World Championships in Doha will be great for the development of sport in Qatar and that the temperatures should not be unbearable
Former Olympic and world triple jump champion Jonathan Edwards believes the ...

Leeds event demonstrates strength in depth, while title charity Age UK is on track to raise over 275,000
A total of 288 runners went sub-34 minutes and 47 women bettered 37 minutes at the recent Age UK Leeds Abbey Dash, while the event impressed in ot...

Qatari capital wins race to stage the global athletics event in 2019, beating Eugene and Barcelona
Doha is to host the 2019 IAAF World Championships following a vote by IAAF council members in Monte Carlo on Tuesday.

The race to stage the global athle...

A live stream including the final presentations by candidate cities – Eugene, Barcelona and Doha - plus the announcement of the host city and press conference
Click on the video below to watch a live stream of the announcement of the host city fo...

With the race to stage the 2019 event concluding on Tuesday, Alex Mills takes a last-minute look at what’s on offer
With just hours to go until the IAAF takes a final vote on who will host the 2019 World Championships, the supporters of each host...