ATLANTA - Online registration for the AJC Peachtree Road Race will open Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. EDT at ajc.com/peachtree. The first 45,000 out of a total of 55,000 entries will be accepted through online registration. Peachtree entrants will see some new additions to this year’s registration process.

Trans-Tasman tensions will be at full strength tonight when a team of Australia’s top track and field talent steps out at QEII Stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand, for the 2010 International Track Meet.

Olympic 400m semi-finalist and 2009 world championships representative Joel Milburn has powered to a commanding victory over local Commonwealth Games aspirant Clay Watkins in the race of the meet at last night’s Adelaide Invitational at Santos Stadium.

The Jerusalem Half Marathon takes place on 18 March.

LOS ANGELES - (March 15, 2010) - When Wesley Korir lined up at the start of the Los Angeles Marathon last year, the idea of winning the race, setting a new race and state record and winning $188,705 in cash and prizes wasn't even a dream. He was just hoping to run a strong race.

QUANTICO, Va. - Special early discounted registration for the 35th Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) is underway for all active duty and Reserve service members. Registration opens to the general public on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 for the Sunday, October 31, 2010 event held in Arlington, Va., and the nation's capital.

Barcelona has been chosen as the host for the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships, an event which will provide the perfect postscript to this summer's European Athletics Championships, which will be staged in the city through 27 July to 1 August.

The world fastest man Usain Bolt has confirmed his appearance at 49th Ostrava Golden Spike Meeting on 27 May in the Czech Republic.

At a press conference in Tokyo on Mar. 16, officials named the members of the men's and women's marathon teams for November's Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. The men's team consists of Tomoyuki Sato (29, Team Asahi Kasei) and Yukihiro Kitaoka (27, Team NTN), while the women's team is made up of teammates Yuri Kano (31, Second Wind AC) and Kiyoko Shimahara (33, Second Wind AC).

The 2010 Canberra Marathon and associated fun runs will not be held on 11 April. This results from an announcement made by the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory on 4 February, in which he indicated that the ACT Government will not provide the necessary approvals for the race to go ahead this year due to a legal dispute with the ACT Cross Country Club.