Sebastian Coe, the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), believes the new Nitro Athletics series is an example of "what needs to be done to revolutionise the sport".

The Togo National Olympic Committee (CNOT) has held the second edition of their Avé Track and Field meeting.

Usain Bolt claims to be "shocked" by the Jamaican decision to abstain from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) reform package last week in Monte Carlo.

Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova will be stripped of her 2011 world title and the Olympic bronze medal she won at London 2012 for doping, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled today.

Australia’s three-time Paralympic medallist Brad Scott has announced his retirement from athletics, following the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

A hurdles relay, the 60 metres "speed sprint" and an "elimination mile" have been confirmed as events for the newly launched Nitro Athletics competition which will be held in Melbourne.

Long before Sebastian, Lord Coe, hit the giddy heights of presiding over London 2012 and then taking over as grand pooh-bah of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from Lamine Diack, he was a middle distance runner. A very good one too, particularly his 1,500 metres run at the Los Angeles Olympics.

Somalia's first Paralympian Farhan Adawe hopes his Rio 2016 appearance will help to grow disability sport in the African country.

Former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) treasurer Valentin Balakhnichev has warned Russia "to prepare for the worst" before the release of the second part of the McLaren Report later this year.

Kenya’s two-time Olympic champion David Rudisha has been appointed as the President of the African Athletics Confederation (AAC) Athletes' Commission.

It is challenging enough to be a favourite for a race, or for an athlete to be so finely tuned to peaking at the right time to achieve a personal best. What must it be like for those favourite to win before their home crowd? 

UK Athletics has paid tribute to two promising athletes who were knocked down and killed while on a training run last night in the English town of Aldershot.

Five-time Paralympic gold medallist Jason Smyth will attend an international friendly football match between Northern Ireland and Croatia next week after being overlooked for a “Lap of Legends” event last month.

All-Russia Athletics Federation President Dmitry Shlyakhtin has expressed his hope the country will be able to compete in the European Athletics Indoor Championships in March.

Sprinting superstar Usain Bolt has given his backing to a new event called Nitro Athletics which has pledged to "revolutionise" global track and field.