 IAAF expects record field at Moscow Worlds
The World Athletics Championships in Moscow August 10-18 could see a record field, the ruling body IAAF said on Thursday based on entry figures. Read full article |
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 Israel bars Gaza runners from Bethlehem Marathon
Israel has refused to grant permission to 26 runners from the Gaza Strip to travel to the West Bank to run in the first Bethlehem marathon on April 21, officials said on Thursday. Read full article |
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 World No 1 leads field at Varsity Athletics
South African long-jump champion Zarck Visser, who successfully defended his title last weekend, will headline the second leg of the Varsity Athletics series in front of his home crowd. Read full article |
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 Kiprotich wants to be inspiration in London
Stephen Kiprotich, who overcame childhood illness and the might of the Kenyans on his way to winning marathon gold at the London Olympics, now seeks to inspire young athletes in his native Uganda. Read full article |
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 Kipsang plots London win for Kenya
London Marathon men's champion Wilson Kipsang plans to work with his Kenyan colleagues on Sunday in a bid to keep the title in the east African country. Read full article |
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 Only Pistorius knows what his running means now
For any track athlete, time counts more than anything else. The minutes, the seconds and the fractions of seconds. For Oscar Pistorius now, it's the days, weeks, months and - maybe - the years that pass. Read full article |
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 Athletics meeting postponed
The second of three permit meetings in the domestic track and field season has been postponed indefinitely, according to event organiser Danie Cornelius. Read full article |
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 SA Marathon honours Boston victims
All 6000 runners at a marathon in rural north eastern South Africa will be given black ribbons to wear this weekend for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Read full article |
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 Bolt to head cast at Anniversary Games
Usain Bolt will return to London to compete in the IAAF Diamond League meeting at the Olympic Stadium in which he achieved a clean sweep of gold medals last year. Read full article |
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 Pistorius 'not welcome' at Anniversary Games
South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend, will not be welcome at the Anniversary Games at London's Olympic Park this year, organisers said on Tuesday. Read full article |
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 Blake may miss two meetings through injury
Yohan Blake could miss the Jamaica International Invitational on May 4 and the Shanghai Diamond League meeting a fortnight later because of a hamstring injury, his coach Glen Mills said on Tuesday. Read full article |
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 'Striking at the core of human activity'
The Boston marathon explosions that claimed the lives of at least three people were "ghastly and cowardly" attacks striking at the core of the freest of human activities, Lamine Diack said on Tuesday. Read full article |
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 Russia tightens security at World Champs
Russian authorities have promised tougher security measures at August's world athletics championships after explosions near the finish line of the Boston marathon killed three people and wounded more than 100. Read full article |
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 Ennis to compete in London
British London Olympic gold medal winners Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford will compete at the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Park on July 26-28, British Athletics announced on Tuesday. Read full article |
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 'London Marathon still on'
Londoners should show their solidarity with victims of the Boston explosions during Sunday's Marathon, according to Britain's Sports Minister Hugh Roberston Read full article |
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 Obama orders response to Boston blast
President Barack Obama ordered his administration to do whatever is necessary to respond to and investigate explosions near the finish line on Monday at the Boston Marathon, a US official said Read full article |
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 Explosions rock Boston Marathon
Two explosions near the crowded finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday killed three people and injured more than 140 others amid terrifying scenes at the world's oldest and most prestigious race. Read full article |
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 Kalmer fades, Van Dyk second in Boston
Rene Kalmer struggled in her Boston Marathon debut, fading in the second half, while fellow South African Ernst van Dyk missed out on his 10th wheelchair victory in the world's oldest 42km race on Monday. Read full article |
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 Desisa, Jeptoo win in Boston
Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia has won the 117th edition of the Boston Marathon. Read full article |
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 Borzakovsky wants world championship medal
Yury Borzakovsky, who won 800m gold for Russia at the 2004 Olympics, said in an interview published on Monday that he has set his sights on a medal at this year's world championships on home soil in Moscow. Read full article |
