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IAAF | News

Fri, 18 May 2012
18 May 2012 – Shanghai, China - Asafa Powell said in Shanghai today that he remains certain he can win the gold medal in the 100m at the London 2012 Olympic Games - provided he runs his best race.
Fri, 18 May 2012
18 May 2012 – Shanghai, China - Liu Xiang is a virtual certainty to make China’s Olympic team, but he will carry the expectations of 1.3 billion people to the line in London 2012.
Fri, 18 May 2012
18 May 2012 – Rio de Janeiro will host the 28th edition of the "Grande Prêmio Brasil/Caixa de Atletismo” on Sunday, a meet that's part of the IAAF World Challenge. The event will mark the ending of the "2012 Brazilian Athletics Tour", a series of five meets that took place around the South American nation in the past two weeks. 
Fri, 18 May 2012
18 May 2012 – Manchester, UK - The 10th edition of the Bupa Great Manchester Run 10k will see three superstars of distance running who were supposed to be in the focus at the Olympic Marathon in London later this year.
Fri, 18 May 2012
18 May 2012 - Rome, Italy - Usain Bolt will be chased by another sprint star in the 100 metres at the Compeed Golden Gala on 31 May.

BBC Sport Athletics | News

Fri, 18 May 2012
British triple jumper Phillips Idowu will open his season at the second Diamond League meeting in Shanghai.
Thu, 17 May 2012
BBC Sport extends its current deal for live broadcasting rights covering key events in the Bupa Great Run series until 2018.
Thu, 17 May 2012
Athlete LaShawn Merritt and swimmer Jessica Hardy hope to star for the US after returning to their sports following bans.
Thu, 17 May 2012
Peter Elliott challenges Great Britain's male middle-distance runners to end the 24-year wait for a global championship medal.
Thu, 17 May 2012
Former drugs cheats Dwain Chambers and David Millar are formally cleared to take part in the London 2012 Olympics.

UK Athletics | News

Fri, 18 May 2012
NEWS: Top athletes flock to popular domestic meeting
Fri, 18 May 2012
NEWS: World Record performances in Swizerland
Wed, 16 May 2012
NEWS: Bupa London 10,000 next up
Tue, 15 May 2012
Thompson ready for Farah battle
Tue, 15 May 2012
NEWS: Heather Lewis red hot in Russian heat.

England Athletics | News

Wed, 16 May 2012

This year the Loughborough International takes place on Sunday 20th May and we'll see a great line up of athletes competing, but also a number of coaches taking an opportunity to develop as team staff members and operate at a major championship.

Wed, 16 May 2012

The last affiliation year saw a record number of more than 121,000 athletes registered for an England Athletics competition licence plus the associated benefits by their clubs. And since April this year’s numbers are running even higher – make sure you are part of the action, including the special member benefits such as exclusive offers from Sweatshop.

Wed, 16 May 2012

Sheffield Running Club have achieved the England Athletics club accreditation award for adult only clubs.  The club applied to reaccredit in Jan 2012 and work hard to achieve the award in 3 months.

Tue, 15 May 2012

There are less than two weeks to go until the Bupa London 10,000 on Sunday 27 May – round two of the 2012 runbritain Grand Prix.

Tue, 15 May 2012

Since the 2010 pilot a number of athletics clubs in teh Sussex Atheltics Network have implemented the Athletics 365 programme to complement their weekly club coaching sessions. For several of these clubs Athletics 365 now provides the building blocks of introductory athletics coaching for young athletes.

Athletics Weekly | News

Thu, 17 May 2012
400m hurdler Jack Green wants a place on the Olympic 4x400m relay team
Thu, 17 May 2012
UK record-holder Montell Douglas moves to the States to be coached by Maurice Greene
Thu, 17 May 2012
Our countdown of the greatest Olympic athletes for each event group continues with the women's jumps
Wed, 16 May 2012
Enter our competition to win four items of women's clothing from the Moving Comfort range
Fri, 11 May 2012
American runs 44.19 as the 2012 Samsung Diamond League gets under way in Doha, but Ethiopia's distance king is just seventh

European Athletics | News

Fri, 18 May 2012
Lithuanian middle-distance runner Natalija Piliušina has made an exciting start to the summer. The 21-year-old Oklahoma State University student currently tops this year's European 1500m rankings with the personal best of 4:09.51 she ran in Stanford, California, on 29 April.
Fri, 18 May 2012
European Athletics is pleased to confirm the final entries for the 2012 European Champion Clubs Cup Track and Field Senior Group A and B to be held on 26-27 May.
Fri, 18 May 2012
Slovenia's 2008 Olympic Games hammer champion Primoz Kozmus has pencilled in the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki this summer in a bid to fill the one gap in his medal collection.
Thu, 17 May 2012
Great Britain's 2010 European Athletics Championships 100m silver medallist Mark Lewis-Francis has always been known as a fast starter, proven by his prowess over 60m indoors in which he has got World Indoor Championships and European Athletics Indoor Championships medals in the past.
Wed, 16 May 2012
Russian pole vaulter Anastasiya Savchenko continued her upward progression when she won at the Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting, and IAAF World Challenge meeting in the South Korean city of Daegu on Wednesday.

Runners World | News

Wed, 28 Apr 2010
"After I run a few miles, my shoulders and neck tighten up. It makes runs uncomfortable. Help!"
Tue, 14 Feb 2012
Does using food as a reward train the reward centers of your brain to expect food after physical exertion?
Wed, 16 Apr 2008
"Any mom lucky enough be running with daughter on Mother's Day could be mother of the year."
Mon, 27 Jul 2009
"I read an article about fueling tips for evening races, but what about fueling for morning races?"
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
Driving laws—and even matters of etiquette—will need some rethinking when and if driverless cars join the fray.

Flotrack | News

Sat, 19 May 2012
Ritz is back back baby! Big thanks to Mo Farah who may have the had one of the most impresive doubles we have ever seen. After winning the 1500 in 3:36.66 he comes back 90mins later and wins 5k in 13:12. Chelanga and Barrios also with huge races!
Sat, 19 May 2012
Mo, Galen and RobbyAndrews! Yup A guy in a cotton tank top almost beat the World Champ. Y
Sat, 19 May 2012
American Collegiate Record! Check out an unofficial 8:19.14 for Donn Cabral of Princeton! Jager nips final Water barrier and takes nasty nosedive. Cabral American Collegiate Record!
Fri, 18 May 2012
Fields for Friday's USATF High Performance Meet at Occidental College were released Tuesday, and they are loaded to the brim. The meet features numerous Olympians and plenty of key match-ups in the four distance disciplines to be contested.
Fri, 18 May 2012
Christian Taylor shocked himself as well as the rest of the world when he won the triple jump title at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu. At such a young age Taylor surprised himself week after week throughout the outdoor season.

Eurosport | Athletics News

Fri, 18 May 2012

Sprinter Inna Eftimova seems certain to miss the London Olympics after she tested positive for human growth hormone somatropin at the world athletics championship in South Korea last year, the Bulgarian said on Friday.

Thu, 17 May 2012

Double world silver medallist Walter Dix will miss Sunday's showdown against British sprinter Dwain Chambers in England because of a tight hamstring.

Insidethegames | News

Fri, 18 May 2012
By Andrew Warshaw at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall

Olympic Flame_arrives_in_Cornwall_May_18_2012May 18 - The Olympic Flame, the most potent symbol of the modern Games, finally arrived on British shores this evening in the most significant milestone to date for London 2012.
Fri, 18 May 2012
By Mike Rowbottom in Athens

david beckham_18-05-121May 18 - David Beckham spoke here today about the thrill of being present at the Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony – and about his worry over the technical aspects of the Flame Lighting he is due to perform after landing later today in Cornwall on the BA plane carrying the Torch back to Britain.
Fri, 18 May 2012
By Andrew Warshaw at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall

Olympic torch_May_18May 18 - A Royal Naval Air Station near the southwest tip of Britain provides the eagerly awaited setting later today for one of the most treasured moments in sport - the arrival of the Olympic Flame.
Fri, 18 May 2012
By David Owen

olympic stadium_workers_17-05-12May 18 - Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has sought to talk up the benefits of London 2012 for ordinary Londoners by highlighting the impact of this summer's Games on the local jobs market.
Fri, 18 May 2012
By Tom Degun in Québec City

Hugh Robertson_18-05-12May 18 - Hugh Robertson, Britain's Minister for Sport and the Olympics, has been announced as a speaker for the 10th annual SportAccord Convention here next week in a gathering of the most powerful decision makers in the world of sport.

Daily Telegraph | Athletics News

Fri, 11 May 2012
Justin Gatlin overcomes steamy heat and poor start to run down a tiring Asafa Powell in Doha
Wed, 09 May 2012
A dramatic enactment of that record-breaking mile gives Max Davidson the head-rush of history.
Tue, 08 May 2012
Crowds of people lined The Mall to cheer Claire Lomas home when the paralysed athlete finished the London Marathon in her bionic suit, 16 days after she set off.
Sun, 06 May 2012
Jamaican dips for the line to make sure opening run of year is quickest.
Sun, 06 May 2012
Jamaican dips for the line to make sure opening run of year is quickest.

Insideworldparasport | News

Wed, 16 May 2012
By David Gold

Itzhak Mamistvalov_15_MayMay 16 - Israeli swimmer Itzhak Mamistvalov has been awarded the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for April as he tries to rebuild his reputation following a car accident in which he killed two people.
Tue, 15 May 2012
By Tom Degun at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas

LaShawn Merritt_15_MayMay 15 - Reigning Olympic 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt admits that he has concerns about the prosthetic legs used by four-times Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius – and has urged the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to keep a close eye on the situation to ensure the South African doesn't enjoy an unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes.
Wed, 16 May 2012
By Tom Degun

sir philip_craven_Dmitry_Kozak_sochi_2014_16-05-12May 16 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has received the Order of Friendship for his work in developing the Paralympic Movement from Russian Deputy Prime Minster Dmitry Kozak during a two day visit to the country to check on preparations for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Wed, 16 May 2012
By David Gold

Goyang SPART_Complex_and_Park_16-05-12May 16 - Goyang in South Korea is to host next year's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey A Pool World Championships, it has been confirmed.
Thu, 17 May 2012
By David Gold

Mandip Sehmi_17-05-12May 17 - The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has announced the London 2012 wheelchair rugby squad that it hopes will reach the podium on home soil this summer, having finished fourth at the last two Paralympic Games.

BBC Sport | Olympic News

Sat, 19 May 2012
The Olympic torch relay starts from Land's End in Cornwall
Fri, 18 May 2012
Coping with the pressure of flying the Olympic light to the UK
Fri, 18 May 2012
The first tickets to the London 2012 Olympic Games have been released, revealing colourful designs featuring competitors from the different sports
Fri, 18 May 2012
Britain's three-time Olympic champion Ben Ainslie wins a record sixth Finn world title at Falmouth Bay in Cornwall.
Fri, 18 May 2012
Alex Danson overcomes injury to be named in the GB Olympic women's hockey squad.

Runners World | News

Wed, 01 Feb 2012
From this point on, all the posts that would have appeared in this Racing News blog will be posted here, in the Racing section of our News blog. If you'd like to view all categories of News — including Training; … Continue reading
Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Silas Kiplagat and Fantu Magiso, Winners in NYC, Seek Victories in Boston At Saturday night's U.S. Open at Madison Square Garden, Olympic 1500-meter silver medalist Kiplagat of Kenya handed Bernard Lagat a defeat in the mile, and Ethiopia's Magiso had … Continue reading
Tue, 31 Jan 2012
By Jon Gugala Photo courtesy of Stony Brook University Lucy Van Dalen of Stony Brook University is a fifth-year senior originally from Wanganui, New Zealand. She and her twin sister Holly, both 23 years old, have rewritten their college’s record … Continue reading
Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Lawi Lalang (3:55.09) and David McCarthy (3:55.75) Lead Onslaught of Quick College Miles There's supposed to be an assault on Oklahoma State star German Fernandez's indoor collegiate mile record of 3:55.02 at the Millrose Games at the Armory in New … Continue reading
Fri, 27 Jan 2012
Jenny Simpson Is Still Very Much a Work in Progress She had a fabled career at the University of Colorado, holds the American record in the 3000-meter steeplechase, and was the 2011 World Championships 1500-meter gold medalist after a stunning … Continue reading

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