Germany’s Irina Mikitenko, the second fastest European marathon runner ever with 2:19.19 to her name, will contest a major road race for the first time since she dropped out of this year’s London Marathon when she competes in the Bupa 30th Great North Run on 19 September.

INDIANAPOLIS - Molly Huddle has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after breaking the American record in the women's 5,000m Friday at the Belgacom Memorial van Damme, the final meeting of the Samsung Diamond League in Brussels, Belgium.

The 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon today announced the addition of several elite women to its star-studded field currently headlined by defending champion Liliya Shobukhova of Russia and 2009 runner-up Irina Mikitenko of Germany.

INDIANAPOLIS - Tyson Gay and Nick Symmonds each set a meet record when they won the men's 100m and 800m, respectively, Wednesday at the 60th edition of the Hanzekovic Memorial in Zagreb, Croatia.

QUANTICO, Va. – The Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) announced today that registration for the Sunday, Oct 31, 2010 event has reached 70 percent capacity having surpassed 7,000 runners. The event race field has been expanded to 10,000 runners after the 2009 event closed out at 7,500 participants. Runners are encouraged to register quickly at www.marinemarathon.com. Additionally, the MCM welcomed the Law Firm of Puckett & Faraj, PC as a new sponsor of the MCM10K.

Rovereto, Italy – Yohan Blake’s 100m victory was the highlight of the 46th edition of the Palio della Quercia on a cool and windy evening in Rovereto, Italy on Tuesday (31 Aug).

Delhi 31 August: Indian athletics team consisting of 90 athletes (46 Men and 44 Women, excluding Walkers) will compete in 45 Events to be held during the Commonwealth Games 2010. The performances of the Athletes during from April 2010 till the Inter State Athletics Meet held at Patiala in the beginning of August have been considered for the selection. In some of the Events, three athletes are selected to compete, but in other

Virginia Beach, VA - September 1, 2010 - The event that helped turn its city around while starting the half-marathon boom will welcome more than 20,000 runners to the oceanfront streets of Virginia Beach for the 10th Annual Dodge Rock ‘n’ Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon presented by SunTrust on Sunday, September 5, 2010.

Sam Wreford of Canterbury could well be the surprise package at the New Zealand road running championships to be staged at Spencer Park in Christchurch on Saturday.

Monte-Carlo - An updated PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST for the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup which will be held in Split, Croatia, 4 and 5 September 2010, is now available as at 31 August.