A total of 17 current world and Olympic champions have gathered in Doha for the opening 2018 International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meeting as tremors run through the sport following the reports of a positive doping test by Kenya’s former world and Olympic 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop, and his own impassioned denial.

Three Olympic champions arrived here for the concluding International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League final, seeking to finish their seasons on a high after World Championship disappointment.

Britain's Mo Farah will make his final track appearance at tomorrow's meeting in Zurich - the first of the two 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League finals - but the 5,000 metres race will be anything but a victory parade for the 34-year-old Londoner. 

Usain Bolt's chances of a golden finale to his career have received a boost after it was confirmed his 100 metres title rival Andre De Grasse will not feature at the International Association of Athletics Federations(IAAF) World Championships, due to start here tomorrow.

Olympic champions Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Elaine Thompson boosted their hopes of global titles next month with super-swift sprints at the tenth International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meeting of the season in Rabat, but for Rio 2016 winners Conseslus Kipruto and Thiago Braz the evening was anything but uplifting.

A year on from breaking the long-standing 100 metre hurdles world record at London’s Olympic Stadium, Kendra Harrison will return tomorrow for the ninth International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting of the season.

The Meeting de Paris, held since 1999 at the Stade de France, switches back this year to the historic venue of the Charléty Stadium, which will host the 2020 European Athletics Championships.

Russia’s world 110 metres hurdles champion Sergey Shubenkov will return to competitive action on a global platform for the first time in a year when he runs at the Shanghai International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting tomorrow.

Germany’s Olympic javelin champion Thomas Rohler gave the opening International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha historical significance as he produced an effort of 93.90m, the furthest thrown for 20 years.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) chief executive Olivier Gers has called controversial proposals to “recalibrate” world records set before 2005 as “very bold”, adding that they will be widely debated before their Council meeting in London on July 31.

Jamaica’s Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion Elaine Thompson brought home the baton with ease to earn the 4x200m title at the third International Association of Athletics Federations World Relays at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in an event record of 1min 29.04sec on a night when her compatriots in the men’s 4x100m, the world and Olympic champions, crashed out in the heats.

A third and innovative edition of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Relays this weekend in the Bahamas will involve an Athlete Refugee Team wearing on-body cameras, a new mixed 4x400 metres relay and drone footage.

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah has again criticised American President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration as he prepares to race on home soil at tomorrow's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Tour event in Birmingham.

Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt, Britain's distance running superstar Mo Farah and South Africa's Rio 2016 hero Wayde van Niekerk have been announced as the three finalists for the 2016 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Male World Athlete of the Year award.

World record attempts by Olympic champions Conseslus Kipruto - the men’s 3,000 metres steeplechase winner - and Almaz Ayana - the women’s 10,000 metre gold medallist - will be among the highlights of the last International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in Brussels tomorrow.