Athletics






Bolt and Fraser-Pryce win World Athlete of the Year awards

By Mike Rowbottom at La Salles des Etoiles in Monte Carlo

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Usain Bolt have been named as the International Association of Athletics Federations' best female and male World Athletes of the Year for 2013 ©AFP/Getty ImagesNovember 16 - Usain Bolt's confirmation tonight as World Athlete of the Year for the fifth time was accompanied by his announcement of two new targets - to break his own 200 metres world record this season, and, perhaps, to run at the 2017 World Championships in London.





Cardiff awarded 2016 IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships

By Mike Rowbottom at the Fairmont Hotel in Monte Carlo

Cardiff has been awarded the 2016 World Half-Marathon Championships by the International Association of Athletics Federations @Lloyds Bank Cardiff Half MarathonNovember 15 - Cardiff were officially confirmed here today as hosts of the 2016 World Half Marathon Championships – and organisers revealed getting Mo Farah to take part would be "top of the list" of their targets for the event, which is due to be held in March, a month before the London Marathon.



Kenyan professor to head doping taskforce

By Duncan Mackay at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg

Professor Moni Wekesa is to investigate claims that Kenyan runners have been using banned drugsNovember 11 - Kenya today named a 12-person taskforce to investigate allegations that its top runners have been involved in widespread doping, a topic set to be near the top of the agenda when the World Conference on Doping in Sport opens here tomorrow.