In less than four weeks, Mo Farah, of Great Britain, will make his marathon debut in London but his preparations could not have taken a more traumatic turn in New York on Sunday.

This time last year, Ruslan Dmytrenko finished second at the Memorial Mario Albisetti in Lugano but now he can celebrate even more - as the champion.

There seems to be no stopping the progress of Latvian Zigismunds Sirmais. On the second day of the European Cup Winter Throwing in Leiria, he won the javelin contest with a last-round throw of 81.60m to secure the first major senior honour of...

Twenty-four hours after finishing second in the shot put, Germany's Shanice Craft produced a superb moment on the second morning of the European Cup Winter Throwing in Leiria on Sunday.

Pawel Fajdek, the World champion, had only two legal efforts at the European Cup Winter Throwing in Leiria on Saturday – but one of those sent out a message that he is ready for business again in 2014.

Mo Farah is four weeks away from the race which could change his life, and on Sunday in New York he is ready to show the form he is in.

This year’s European Athletics Race Walking Permit Meeting in Lugano, Switzerland, on Sunday 16 March, will have a special flavour to it as we approach the European Athletics Championships in Zurich on 12-17 August.

​It would be easy to think that the men's hammer competition at this weekend's European Cup Winter Throwing in Leiria on 15-16 March is all about two athletes - Hungary’s Krisztian Pars, the Olympic champion, and Poland's Pawel Fajdek, the ...

Turkey's Emel Derili and Hungary's Robert Szikszai will this weekend have a chance to rubber-stamp their success from last summer - as their rivals for gold in 2013 take on the challenge of beating them this time.

It was difficult for French hurdler Pascal Martinot-Lagarde to digest his defeat to American Omo Osaghae by just 0.01 in the 60m hurdles final at the IAAF World Championships in Sopot.