A second doping case has been opened against Russia's Tatyana Chernova, the heptathlete who beat Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill to the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, following her return from a two-year ban.

Planned reforms due to be introduced by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe have been unanimously supported by the sport's six Area Associations following a meeting of the respective Presidents at Cap d'Ail in France.

Ukraine's Anna Mishchenko has been stripped of her 1500 metres silver medal at the 2012 European Championships in Helsinki after being handed a two-year doping ban for an adverse athlete biological passport (ABP) finding.

A deadline of June has been set by the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to lift a ban on the country's athletes for them to have an opportunity to compete at Rio 2016. 

Athletics Kenya chief executive Isaac Mwangi has been provisionally suspended for 180 days by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Ethics Board - ahead of an investigation into allegations he asked for money to reduce the doping bans of two athletes who failed drugs tests.

Cherry Alexander has been appointed as the new managing director of the next year's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Athletics Championships in London. 

Nikita Kamayev, the former executive director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), had reportedly planned to reveal details about drug use in sport before he passed away earlier this month.

Qatar's Mutaz Barshim produced the best performance of the opening day of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha tonight when he cleared 2.35 metres to win the high jump.

Kim Collins, the 39-year-old former world 100 metres champion from St Kitts and Nevis snubbed by his national team after being dropped before his first race at the London 2012, is targeting an Olympic return at Rio 2016.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has warned that Kenya could be banned from competing at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro should they be declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code.

Genzebe Dibaba produced a stupendous breakthrough in the women’s mile here tonight as she clocked 4 min 13.31 sec to smash the 26-year-old record of 4:17.14 set by Romania’s Doina Melinte and finish less than a second away from the outdoor world mile record of 4:12.56 set by Russia’s Svetlana Masterkova in 1996.

Athletics Kenya chief executive Isaac Mwangi has asked to step aside for 21 days pending an investigation into allegations he asked for money to reduce the doping bans of two athletes who failed drugs tests, officials said today.

Papa Massata Diack, who is accused of corruption and money laundering by investigators of the ongoing athletics scandal, will reportedly be grilled by authorities in his native Senegal.

A European Athletics delegation has arrived in Glasgow to evaluate the Scottish city’s bid for the continental governing body’s 2019 Indoor Championships.

Two-time Olympic champion Meseret Defar marked her first race since 2013 by clocking this year’s fastest 3,000 metres time at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Tour event in Boston.