The Zurich 2014 European Athletics Championships is continuing to attract strong interest from potential sponsors, with many famous brands already signed up as partners for the event.

Her record speaks for itself: five major gold medals, three silvers and a bronze. But that is only part of the story when the name of high jump superstar Blanka Vlasic enters conversation.

About 150 delegates from all 50 Member Federations of European Athletics will attend the European Athletics Congress in Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on 12-13 April.

European Athletics and British Athletics will host more than 50 women officials from 32 countries at the inaugural Women in World Athletics Seminar (WIWA) in Solihull, Great Britain, this weekend.

She had put her studies first during the winter but Silke Spiegelburg is back in training - ready for the examinations that wait in what could be an outstanding summer.

It was a fine day for France as the 27th Paris Marathon earned itself a place in the history books on Sunday, and for Benjamin Malaty, it was the start of a new era.