Kenya’s Duncan Koech will be bidding to retain his Nordea Riga Marathon title and will start as favourite not only to break the tape but also set a course record in the Latvian capital at the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race on Sunday (18)....

Yohan Blake, the second fastest man in history, says Michael Jackson changed his life, and promises he can moonwalk...

Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake tells BBC Sport that he wants to play cricket for Yorkshire when he retires from athletics....
Christian Malcolm, the Welsh sprinter, suffers a fresh blow in his bid to qualify for the 2014 Commonwealth Games....
World 400m champion Christine Ohurogu wants to "put on a good show" at Manchester's Great City Games this weekend....
Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake is interested in playing cricket for Yorkshire when he retires from athletics in five years....
Veronica Campbell-Brown will take on world and Olympic 200m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in Shanghai Sunday as she returns to the Diamond League circuit after her doping controversy....
Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake revealed on Friday that he would like to play for English county cricket team Yorkshire when he ends his athletics career....

Never mind the competition he would face in Zurich, defending European decathlon champion Pascal Behrenbruch first has to worry about actually making the team, such is the strength of the event in his own country. ...

A look ahead to Sunday's match at the Paula Radcliffe Athletics Stadium The post Preview: Loughborough International Athletics appeared first on Athletics Weekly . ...

Colin Jackson on being the third-fastest kid in Cardiff, demolishing a slab of chocolate after a hard workout and how running makes him feel free Hello! What have you been up to recently? Since Christmas I've been working very hard on two really big projects. One is called Wise, which is the Work In Sport Exhibition . We're trying to get businesses to take on retired sports stars, so we're educating...
More than 103,000 schoolchildren took part in the 2014 edition of the ‘TINEstafetten’ relay across Norway on Thursday (15)....

More than 103,000 schoolchildren from all parts of Norway ran in what can be considered as the world’s largest relay on Thursday....
USA’s London 2012 Olympic Games and 2011 IAAF World Championships triple jump gold medallist Christian Taylor will make his 2014 debut in his specialist event at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, China, on Sunday (18). ...
A two-time Olympic gold medallist, a three-time World champion, and the most dynamic young US middle distance runner in a generation are among the latest athletes added to the field of the adidas Grand Prix in New York on June 14, organisers for the IAAF Diamond League meeting announced on Thursday (15). ...
Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake reveals the inspiration behind his famous "beast" celebration was singer Michael Jackson and why competing in Manchester is important to him....

Sprinter Sophie Papps spoke to AW about how she nearly quit the sport last year but is now full of confidence The post Sophie Papps back on track appeared first on Athletics Weekly . ...

A look ahead to Sunday's Bupa Great Manchester Run which will see Kenenisa Bekele go head-to-head with Wilson Kipsang over 10km The post Bekele, Kipsang and Dibaba in Great Manchester Run action appeared first on Athletics Weekly . ...

A look ahead to this weekend's Great CityGames action in Manchester The post Ones to watch at the BT Great CityGames appeared first on Athletics Weekly . ...

BUCS champions Rebecca Moore and Michael Painter among athletes competing at 150th edition of the Oxford v Cambridge event this weekend The post Athletes return to Iffley Road for varsity match appeared first on Athletics Weekly . ...