RSA: Fast Pace for Puma Resolution Health Peninsula Marathon
USA: Gelana, Burangulova Win ING Miami Marathon 2007
Ryan Hall to Debut at Flora London Marathon
USA: Yae Captures 2nd Victory at P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Marathon

Aus XC: Hot and rugged Canberra no barrier for Dent and MacFarlane
Aus: Corrigan conjures up Lewis defeat in Sydney
USA: Defar, Hayes on tap for Reebok Boston Indoor Games
USA: Longtime Drake Relays Director Ehrhart dies
NZ: Jess Ruthe wins in Melbourne

NZ: Kevin Ankrom Appointed as High Performance Director
Kastor leads Team USA for Yokohama Women's Ekiden
nl: Eshete Wondimu and Hilda Kibet win 35th Egmond Half Marathon
2007 USA Running Circuit begins in Houston with 21k Champs
Athletics Canada announces NACAC and World Cross Country teams

Kastor, Keflezighi Again Win USA 15K Titles at Gate River Run

Euro News - Council make historic decision on Anti-Doping
European Athletics has declared that athletes from European countries, sanctioned for major doping offences will be subject to new competition entry regulations for future major championships, which will include missing the European Athletics Championships, after the completion of their suspension under IAAF anti-doping rules.

Europe - Wirz now unopposed after clerical error

Europe News - Director General's "State of the Sport" Address

22 candidates for 13 places on European Athletics Council
A total of twenty two (22) prominent athletics administrators have submitted their candidature for election to the European Athletics Council, for the thirteen (13) available seats, on top of the Presidential one, two Vice Presidents and the Treasurer, whose terms of office will expire in April.

Wanjiru sets World half-marathon record in Dubai
Sammy Wanjiru regained the world half-marathon record in Dubai with a time of 58 minutes and 53 seconds. His winning time is 2 seconds faster than the time Hale Gebrselassie established in January 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dibaba of Ethiopia breaks 5000m WR indoors at Boston
BOSTON - Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia shattered the world record in the women's 5,000 meters, while Shalane Flanagan deconstructed the American record in the RBK women's 3,000m Saturday at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games. Two Australian national marks and a New Zealand AR also fell on the first stop of USA Track & Field's Indoor Visa Championship Series.

Aus Track: Super Sally sizzles in Canberra

UK: Great Run grants awarded to British duo
Becky Lyne, last summer's European 800 metres bronze medallist, is one of the British athletic stars awarded a training grant today by sports marketing company Nova International.

UK: Gebrselassie considering Great North Run appearance
Haile Gebrselassie intends waiting until after the Flora London Marathon in April before deciding his racing programme for the next year.

World's Top Three Women to Run 2007 Boston Marathon
American Record Holder and Olympian Deena Kastor is set to compete against reigning Boston Champion Rita Jeptoo and World Marathon Majors Leader Jelena Prokopcuka

Romanian 1500m star Cioncan dies
Maria Cioncan, the Romanian runner who took 1500m bronze behind Kelly Holmes at the 2004 Olympics, has been killed in a car accident in Bulgaria.

Running USA Announces Its 2007 Board of Directors
Running USA recently held elections for 11 Board of Directors seats and its members selected the following distance running industry leaders for the newly constituted 17 member board which is listed below with affiliation.

New Zealand to host IAAF Permit Meeting
Athletics New Zealand has been granted the right to stage a prestigious IAAF permit meeting. The meeting will be staged at QEII Stadium in Christchurch on 21 February.

UK athlete Paula Radcliffe gives birth to a baby girl
Monaco - Athlete Paula Radcliffe has given birth to a baby girl at 0943 GMT at the Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco.

Athletics Canada – Petitclerc named Outstanding Overall Athlete

Hall Shatters U.S. Record at Aramco Houston Half Marathon
HOUSTON - (January 14, 2007) - Ryan Hall separated himself from his competitors with a blistering 4:36 first mile, then ran the rest of the Aramco Houston Half Marathon alone on Sunday en route to a pending U.S. half-marathon record time of 59minutes 43seconds.

Gebrselassie, Tergat, Baldini, Gharib and Limo set for London
Last year’s fastest marathon runner Haile Gebrselassie will take on his great rival and world record holder Paul Tergat of Kenya, plus Italy’s Olympic champion Stefano Baldini, Morocco’s double world champion Jaouad Gharib, and the reigning London champion Felix Limo of Kenya, in one of the highest quality men’s fields ever assembled for a major city marathon.

Leaders of World Marathon Majors to run Boston 2007
BOSTON, MA, January 10, 2007—In its 22nd year as the major sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock Financial Services announced the return of two-time champion Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot of Kenya and last year’s runner-up Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia for the 111th running of the race on April 16.

Catherine Ndereba makes Canadian debut at MDS Nordion 10K

NZ: Nick Willis has stress fracture

UK Athletics announces new Chairman
UK Athletics (UKA) today announces that Edmond Warner, a city businessman, will take up the newly created post of Chairman with immediate effect. Warner, 43, is also a leading commentator on financial issues and a keen amateur runner, and will help lead UKA through its next phase of development into 2012.

AK boss disowns Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete
Athletics Kenya (AK) says it has nothing to do with the Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete whose citizenship has been revoked by his new country.

Francis Obikwelu wins European Athlete of the Year 2006

Territorial dispute at Zoo Lake turns violent
Being asked to run an extra three metres sparked a turf war between an eatery and top marathon runner Hendrick Ramaala and a group of fellow athletes, which led to one of them being stabbed.

Carolina Klüft wins European Athlete of the Year 2006

Wanjiru sets World half-marathon record in Dubai
Sammy Wanjiru regained the world half-marathon record in Dubai with a time of 58 minutes and 53 seconds. His winning time is 2 seconds faster than the time Hale Gebrselassie established in January 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona.

AK boss disowns Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete
Athletics Kenya (AK) says it has nothing to do with the Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete whose citizenship has been revoked by his new country.Jawher, formerly known as Mucheru, was stripped of citizenship after competing in Tiberius Marathon in Israel on Thursday last week.