Despite the absence through injury of Usain Bolt in tonight’s International Association of Athletics Federations’ Paris Diamond League meeting, Jamaican sprinters dominated the men’s and women’s 100 metres, with Asafa Powell and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning in 9.81sec and 10.74 respectively.

Mo Farah has insisted he will continue to work with Alberto Salazar after accepting the response his coach has made to allegations of doping offences raised by a BBC Panorama documentary earlier this month.

Usain Bolt, running at the Icahn Stadium at Randall’s Island where he set his first 100 metres world record in 2008, produced what he described as "one of the worst races I've run,” as he earned a narrow victory in the 200m at the International Association of Athletic Federations’ Diamond League meeting in New York City.

On a special night that was supposed to belong to established names such as Mutaz Essa Barshim, Bohdan Bondarenko and Genzebe Dibaba, the 50th Anniversary running of the Bislett Games - watched by illustrious past performers such as John Walker, Ingrid Kristiansen, Roger Moens, Henry Rono, Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram - will be remembered instead for three unlikely victors in Britain’s 1500 metres runner Laura Muir, China’s high jumper Guowei Zhang and Israeli javelin thrower Marharyata Dorozhon.

A stupendous javelin throw of 91.39 metres from Kenya’s Julius Yego and a sub-10 second 100 metres from Britain’s Adam Gemili - albeit at the price of an injured hamstring - offered spectators at the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in Birmingham value for money, despite the morning’s withdrawal of “an emotionally and physically drained” Mo Farah.

An angry and upset Mo Farah insisted today that he will not end his relationship with Alberto Salazar after saying he has "not seen any clear evidence" that his coach has been involved in doping.

Justin Gatlin beat Usain Bolt’s three-year-old track record in Rome tonight, winning the 100 metres at the International Association of Athletics Federations’ Diamond League meeting in 9.75sec.

Despite a stupendous display of sprinting which saw six women better 10.90sec, the International Association of Athletics Federation’s (IAAF) Eugene Diamond League meeting had its highlights in the field events.

Mo Farah maintained his four-year winning streak at 10,000m as he earned victory on the first night of the International Association of Athletics Federation’s Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon, clocking a season's best time of 26min 50.97sec on the Hayward Field track that will host the 2021 World Championships.

Justin Gatlin claims he has been effectively thrown out by the organisers of tomorrow’s International Association of Athletics Federations World Challenge meeting in Beijing tomorrow.

Mutaz Essa Barshim and Bohdan Bondarenko resumed their epic high jump rivalry in Shanghai  - and it was the Qatari athlete who took the early spoils with a 2.38 metres clearance which proved one of the highlights of the International Association of Athletics Federation’s second Diamond League meeting of the season.

Liu Xiang, China’s greatest track and field athlete, will make an emotional farewell to the sport in tomorrow’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in his home city of Shanghai at an official ceremony to mark his retirement.

Sebastian Coe has called for alterations to be made to the global athletics calendar and claimed taking the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Championships to Africa within the next decade would be a priority, while his rival for the Presidency Sergey Bubka has called for the sport to embrace technology and believes they must promote their athletes better.

Renaud Lavillenie heads a star-studded field for the opening International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting of the season at the Qatar Sports Club here, as the French pole vaulter bids to earn his sixth consecutive Diamond Race Trophy.

Valerie Adams, New Zealand’s double Olympic and four-times world shot put champion, revealed today that operations she had last September on her shoulder and elbow had left her “scared” that her throwing career might be over.