Eliud Kipchoge has chosen the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon as his first race since becoming the first human to run a sub-two hour marathon in Vienna in October, it was announced today.
Another top Kenyan marathon runner has been suspended for four-years, after being found guilty of doping, and two team mates are also facing sanctions following positive tests.
New Zealand's greatest Olympian, Sir Peter Snell, has died, aged 80, it has been announced.
Acting Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Yulia Tarasenko has claimed it is still possible for athletes from the country to be cleared to compete as neutrals at Tokyo 2020, despite the suspension of the governing body's reinstatement process.
The Ingebrigtsen brothers’ ambition of successfully defending the men’s under-20 and senior titles at the European Athletics Cross Country Championships in Lisbon today were only half fulfilled.
One of the four gold medals that the legendary Jesse Owens won during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin has sold for $615,000 (£468,000/€556,000) at auction.
Filip and Jakob Ingebrigtsen will defend their respective men's senior and under-20 titles tomorrow at the European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon.
Sri Lanka secured five gold medals as the South Asian Games' athletics programme concluded in Kathmandu.
Vin Lananna has been reinstated as President of USA Track & Field (USATF) following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), nearly two years after being put on "temporary administrative leave".
Kenya could introduce criminal penalties for athletes caught doping it has been claimed, as an Athletics Kenya conference focused on anti-doping got underway.
Scottish Athletics are hoping to their Marathon Project can see the country achieve a full quota in both the men's and women's races for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
A total of 68 athletes have been offered membership to the British Athletics Olympic World Class Programme (WCP) next year, as the countdown to Tokyo 2020 continues.
Zara Hyde Peters has resigned from her position on the Birmingham 2022 Board and as chair of the organisation’s Athletes’ Advisory Committee.
Kenyan teenage runner Angela Ndungwa Munguti has been officially suspended for four-years after testing positive for banned anabolic steroids.
A senior karate official has been appointed as the new anti-doping coordinator of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) after the previous person in the position was suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Popular Dutchman Raymond Van Barneveld will make his farewell appearance at the Professional Darts Corporation's World Championships that start in London this week, as the sport continues to work on its long-range Olympic target. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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