Barbora Spotakova’s streak of seven podium finishes at Ostrava’s Golden Spike meeting came to an end last year as the javelin world record-holder was on a baby break, but the Czech star will make a popular return to the IAAF World Challenge meeting on 17 June....

It is thrilling enough to be the host country for the major athletics event of the summer - and that excitement grows even more as the team gradually starts to be chosen. ...

The 2014 European Speed Conference, hosted by British Athletics and England Athletics, will take place on the 8th-9th of November at The Belfry Golf Course near Birmingham. ...

Tony Lett explains how club sprinters can make sure they get out of their blocks quickest The post Sprint start tips and drills appeared first on Athletics Weekly . ...

High jumper Chris Kandu more motivated than ever in a year which includes the World Junior Championships The post Chris Kandu eager to hit new heights appeared first on Athletics Weekly . ...

Heptathlete ranked 28th in sports industry magazine SportsPro's annual top-50 list The post Katarina Johnson-Thompson among ‘most marketable’ athletes appeared first on Athletics Weekly . ...
Updated entry lists for the IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas, on Saturday and Sunday 24-25 May are now available....
The start list of the women's 800m at the EXXON MOBIL Bislett Games is yet another classic event with three winners of the world 800m title set to compete at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Oslo on 11 June....

Serbia’s Ivana Spanovic opened her long jump season at the Diamond League meeting in Shanghai on Sunday. ...

Commonwealth Games athletics tickets to go on sale Thursday as part of phased release following last week's ticket sale suspension The post Glasgow 2014 launches phased ticket release appeared first on Athletics Weekly . ...
Ivan Ukhov, perhaps the hottest man in the hottest event in the world right now, returns to the high jump apron at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Beijing on Wednesday (21)....
The fastest young talents in a decade are ready to challenge a 28-year-old defending champion and 39-year-old world champion at the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, over 5000m on 31 May....

It could become an image for the new season - even if it is a snap shot from 12 months ago. ...

The 2013 European Athletics Junior 800m champion, Anita Hinriksdottir of Iceland, will represent IR-Reykjavik Sportsclub at the European Champion Clubs Cup Senior Group B held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 24 May. ...

Speed was the name of the game this weekend as Jimmy Vicaut, Christophe Lemaitre, Ivet Lalova and Tiffany Porter soared to the top of the European Athletics rankings with superb leading times. ...

Less than two weeks left until the European Youth Olympic Trials in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 30 May to 1 June which serve as a qualifying measure for the Youth Olympic Games being held in Nanjing, China, in August. ...

Jo Pavey runs BMC members' record and world W40 best as a number of qualifying marks are met at Watford The post Records and qualifying times at BMC Grand Prix opener appeared first on Athletics Weekly . ...

World and Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft among a number of world record breakers at IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland The post Cockroft continues world record-breaking ways in Nottwil appeared first on Athletics Weekly . ...
With the men’s high jump being one of the main events in the last two editions of the IAAF Diamond League in Lausanne, the 2014 Athletissima meeting will once again will gather together the best exponents of this event in the world, confirmed the meeting organisers on Monday (19)....
London 2012 Olympic Games 4x400m champion and 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships 400m silver medallist Chris Brown will be among the star attractions at this coming weekend’s inaugural IAAF World Relays on home soil in Nassau. The popular Bahamian offers a peek into his work as he answers our work, rest, play questions. ...