Sebastian Coe, one of the honoured guests here for the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Bislett Games, has today unveiled details of a 100 Day Plan that he would put in place immediately if he is elected President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on August 19.

Awarding hosting rights for two championships and a new structure for European Athletics’ commissions will top the agenda during a landmark occasion for the sport this weekend here when President Svein Arne Hansen welcomes the Council to his home town for its first full meeting since its election in April.

Henry Carr, the United States sprinter who won two Olympic golds at the 1964 Tokyo Games before switching careers to American football, has died aged 72.

In a move that taps into one of his great passions but which should not impose unduly on his overcrowded schedule, double Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe has been invited to join the Board of the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Two days after UK Athletics issued a statement saying it had “absolutely no concerns” about Britain’s world and Olympic 5000 and 10,000 metres champion Mo Farah continuing to work with coach Alberto Salazar, who is the subject of doping allegations, the UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner has suggested it might be best if the relationship ended, at least for the moment.

A stupendous javelin throw of 91.39 metres from Kenya’s Julius Yego and a sub-10 second 100 metres from Britain’s Adam Gemili - albeit at the price of an injured hamstring - offered spectators at the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in Birmingham value for money, despite the morning’s withdrawal of “an emotionally and physically drained” Mo Farah.

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, one of Asia's biggest athletics stars, could finish only third in a rainy high jump competition on the final day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Wuhan as Japan's Takashi Eto claimed a shock gold medal.

Chinese pole vaulter Li Ling broke the Asian record to send the home crowd into raptures on the third day of competition at the Asian Athletics Championships in Wuhan.

An angry and upset Mo Farah insisted today that he will not end his relationship with Alberto Salazar after saying he has "not seen any clear evidence" that his coach has been involved in doping.

Justin Gatlin beat Usain Bolt’s three-year-old track record in Rome tonight, winning the 100 metres at the International Association of Athletics Federations’ Diamond League meeting in 9.75sec.

Nike has stepped into the controversy over allegations carried in last night’s BBC Panorama programme that Alberto Salazar and one of the athletes he coaches at the Nike Oregon Project in Portland, Galen Rupp, had been involved in doping violations.

Femi Ogunode set an Asian record to claim gold in the men’s 100m on the second day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Wuhan, China.

Alberto Salazar, coach to Britain’s world and Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres  champion Mo Farah, has refuted allegations of anti-doping violations made in a BBC documentary, which implicate Galen Rupp, the United States 10,000m record holder and Olympic silver medallist.

Hosts China secured half of the gold medals on offer as the Asian Athletics Championships began in the city of Wuhan, including securing both men's and women's sprint hurdles events.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Presidential candidate Sebastian Coe has spoken of Asia's "enormous untapped athletics potential at elite level" during a visit to China ahead of the continental athletics championships.