When Meseret Defar ran a then world-leading 31 minutes 7.34 seconds to win her debut 10,000 metres in Stockholm on the last day in May, it was windy and warm (26deg.C). Even allowing for the weather, the Ethiopian 2007 world champion at 5000 metres was less than pleased…..READ MORE  Read More »

Meseret Defar clocked a world-leading 31:07.34 to win her 10,000m track debut in Stockholm on Saturday (30). But the 2007 World 5000m champion and the World Athlete of the Year that season said she was disappointed with the outcome of her eagerly anticipated debut over the distance….READ MORE Source: IAAF  Read More »

IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE 2011 SCHEDULE The success of the inaugural year of the Samsung Diamond League has been strongly endorsed by the international TV figures revealed by its broadcasting partner IMG Media. TO SEE FEATURED RESULTS SECTION CLICK HERE Compared to TV coverage in 2009, the 14 meetings who this year joined together to form the Samsung Diamond League, the top tier of track and field’s... 

LOS ANGELES — Universal Sports and NBC Sports today announced a long-term partnership with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the world’s governing body for track & field, and their commercial partner’s, Dentsu Inc. for broadcast rights to all major IAAF World Athletics Series events from 2010-2015, including the IAAF World Championships in Athletics,... 

Meseret Defar claimed the world 5,000 metres indoor record with a brilliant display of solo running at the GE Galan meeting in Stockholm on Wednesday night. Defar enjoyed a more successful return to the Swedish capital where last summer she frustratingly missed the 5,000m outdoor mark of her fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba by little over a second. It was another stellar display from Defar whose time...