Track: Kenenisa Bekele sets new World Record over 5000m posted 31 May

Malta: Athlete Profile - Carmen Hili posted 31 May

Mark Carroll becomes 3rd Irish Olympic qualifier over 5000m posted 31 May
Leevale's Mark Carroll ran a superb 13:18.75 for 5000m at Stanford over the
weekend to secure his Olympic qualification for that event.. | more |

Olympics: Tergat, his eye on Olympic honors, is honored by US college posted 28 May
BLOOMFIELD, United States (AFP) - - The men who answer the starting gun for the 42.2-kilometer run from Marathon to Athens' Panatathinaikon Stadium on August 29 know they will face one of the most difficult journeys of their lives. . | more |

USA: Bolder Boulder's Boldest - 25 Years of Racing Memories posted 25 May
Marathon: Champions Set to Defend Titles at 2004 Suzuki Rock

Australia: McCann confirms Olympic form posted 24 May
AUSTRALIA's Olympic marathon representatives are on track for Athens after strong runs in a Sydney Half Marathon yesterday. . | more |

Drugs-in-Sport:
Nowhere to run posted 26 May
Discussing the World's fastest couple, Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery, and there alleged involvement with BALCO . | more |
Queen of the smoking gun?
Marion Jones has never tested positive for drugs but her past seems murky
America in haul of shame
For a while, people have been wondering whether the United States would ignore security concerns and send a team to the Athens Olympics. Now, it's more pertinent to ask whether they will have a team to send.

South Africa - Comrades: Row over who pays for gold bar posted 24 May
As the dispute over 2000 Comrades Marathon winner Vladimir Kotov's gold bar grew on Thursday, it emerged that either the Comrades Marathon Association or Harmony Gold, which sponsors the winners' medals, would have secured the bar free of charge.
.. | more |

Track: Chinese Championships, Final Day posted 24 May
The two brighest stars of the Chinese athletics, Sun Yingjie and Liu Xiang did not disappoint the spectators in a sunny and warm Shijiazhuang stadium on Sunday 23 May... | more |

Track: Chinese Championships, Days 1 & 2 posted 22 May
20-year-old distance runner Xing Huina was the brightest star of the first two days of the Chinese National Championships and Olympic Trials in Shijiazhuang on Thursday and Friday (20/21 May).. | more |

Marathon: Khannouchi signs 4 year Chicago agreement posted 21 May

Drugs-in-Sport: Kelli White - Banned sprinter faces backlash posted 20 May
DISGRACED sprinter Kelli White's decision to co-operate with anti-doping officials in their efforts to smoke out drug cheats has already drawn fire, the 27-year-old American said today. . | more |

Olympics: New bomb found near Olympic venue posted 19 May
ATHENS - A small unexploded bomb has been found outside a British car dealership in southern Athens, a police spokeswoman says, in the latest attack in the run-up to the Olympic Games in August. It was the third attack in the capital in two weeks and an embarrassment for security authorities who had just unveiled German remote-controlled bomb disposal robots designed to handle just such objects. . | more |

USA: Women's Team USA set for Bolder Boulder Team Challenge posted 19 May

23 year old Irish Junior Record falls in Dublin posted 16 May

Track: El Guerrouj joins Hengelo starting line-up posted 14 May
Hengelo, The Netherlands – The Thales FBK-Games on Monday 31 May 2004, the traditional first stop of the IAAF Grand Prix in Europe each year, has added the illustrious name of Hicham El Guerrouj to it’s already impressive starting line-up. . | more |

Ethiopian covets marathon record posted 12 May
LEGENDARY Ethiopian middle distance runner Haile Gebrselassie says setting a world marathon record means more to him than the Olympic Games. | more |

Track: Bekele bang in form posted 10 May
World 10,000m champion Kenenisa Bekele warmed up for this month's world 5,000 record attempt with an easy victory at the Ethiopian championships at the weekend . | more |

USA: Browne, Kilpatrick Win USA Titles at River Bank 25K posted 09 May

Drugs-in-Sport: Olympic officials seek evidence in Balco matter posted 07 May
SAN JOSE, United States (AFP) - The US Olympic and anti-doping agencies are stepping up efforts to keep drug cheaters from competing in this summer's Olympics in Athens, the San Jose Mercury News reported.. | more |

3:59.4 - The four-minute mile posted 06 May
Fifty years ago this week the greatest of athletics marks fell. In a new series, The Times recalls a truly dramatic event at Iffley Road . | more |

USA: Browne to Defend Titles at Fifth Third River Bank Run posted 06 May

SouthAfrica: Hezekiel Sepeng removed from Olympic Team posted 05 May
National 800m champion Hezekiel Sepeng, with Olympic, world championship and Commonwealth Games silver medals on his resume, has been axed from the South African Olympic team to Athens in August. . | more |
Sepeng in battle for his Olympic life Lawyers to be brought in?

Ireland: Busy weekend on the Athletics Front posted 05 May

Britain: Einsured to become involved as an affiliate of Time-to-Run posted 04 May

Hanover: Masai wins in 2:12:38 posted 03 May

Track: Sepeng gets second shot posted 14 May
Former Olympic 800 metres silver medallist Hezekiel Sepeng could compete at the Athens Games after being given a second chance by Athletics South Africa (ASA) to meet the qualification requirements.. | more |

Mottram hints at switch to Scotland cause posted 10 May
THERE was vicarious success for the Scottish hosts in Saturday’s Great Caledonian Run internationals at Balmoral with Craig Mottram, from Australia, dominating and winning over 5km. . | more |

3:59.4 - The four-minute mile posted 06 May
Fifty years ago this week the greatest of athletics marks fell. In a new series, The Times recalls a truly dramatic event at Iffley Road . | more |

Aussie Mottram prepares to waltz into Team GB posted 02 May
IT IS ironic that, 50 years to the week after Roger Bannister broke the finishing tape at Iffley Road while metaphorically looking over his shoulder at an Australian rival, British distance running’s best hopes of future success is now, like John Landy, wearing the green and gold. . | more |

Dream Mile: Cover-up that allowed flawed record to make history posted 02 May
IT WAS an iconic moment in sport when, 50 years ago, Roger Bannister crossed the finishing line after covering four laps of Oxford’s Iffley Road track in less than four minutes. . | more |

• USA: Kenyan wins Cellcom Green Bay Marathon | more | 24/05
• USA: Webb Gets Lift From Victory in 1,500 Meters victory | more | 23/05
• Australia: Mottram mulls British switch | more | 21/05
• USA: Kennedy to Debut at the ING New York City 42K | more | 14/05
• RSA: Sepeng, ASA close to compromise | more | 07/05
• USA: Kenyan men dominate Bloomsday | more | 04/05
• USA: Hopefuls Score Olympic Qualifying Marks at Stanford | more | 02/05