Running: Faster times expected with course change
The adidas Auckland Marathon could be the fastest in many years with the organisers confirming they are working on a proposed course change for this year's event.
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Athletics: Rising star pins qualifying hope on Swiss meeting
Kiwi shot putter Tom Walsh will line up for Friday's Diamond League meeting in Lausanne confident he can make up the single centimetre needed to qualify for the world championships.
All that glitters is not gold, athletes learn
Some returned with silver, some returned with bronze. Some returned on top of the world with discs of gold and memories of vanquished rivals. Some came home with dreams of greater glory next time.
Athletics: Adams wants inquiry into rival's win
Two-time Olympic shot-put champion Valerie Adams wants officials to look into Nadzeya Ostapchuk's win at the 2010 world indoor championships after it emerged yesterday Ostapchuk is facing a life ban for two failed drugs tests.
Kiwi athlete dies in Tahiti
A New Zealand athlete who collapsed after winning a race in Tahiti this week has died in hospital.
Life ban awaits Ostapchuk
Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Valerie Adams' great shot put rival, is expected to be slapped with a life ban by the IAAF for failing two drugs tests.
Kiwi athlete in critical condition
New Zealand athlete Lesley Cantwell remains in a critical condition in hospital in the Tahitian capital after collapsing following a 5000m walking race.
Pistorius judge cries 'trial by media'
Oscar Pistorius' court hearing was adjourned until August 19 after a brief appearance last night in which the magistrate railed against media coverage of his case.
Val Adams keeps streak alive
Valerie Adams has continued her long winning streak with a victory at the Diamond League meeting in Oregon today - but her lead was only 3cm
Row erupts over schoolboy rugby star
A row has erupted between an athletic coach and a top school over a star athlete who was allowed to play in a rugby match only weeks before a world athletic championship.
Turkish champions face doping charges
Olympic 1500m track champion Asli Cakir Alptekin of Turkey has been charged with doping and could be stripped of her gold medal.
Running: Challenging trail course first of many
Women of all ages and abilities are encouraged to take on the inaugural Wild Woman Waiheke walk and run tomorrow as the island welcomes a new series of running events.
Extra police to safeguard London Marathon route
Extra police and security staff will be stationed along the route of the London Marathon tomorrow as one of many extra measures being taken by race organisers after consultations with the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor's office.
Athletics: Double delight for flying Kiwis Smith and Willis
There was a dose of double delight for New Zealand athletes in Boston yesterday.
Multisport: Couple who run together stay together
More than 2000 athletes will converge on the Blue Lake next Saturday for the Xterra Rotorua Festival.
Sporting stars: Adams family
Valerie is determined to dominate and Steven drops college to aim for NBA draft.
Family fun at beach run
Thousands of people of all ages, down to toddlers in pushchairs, swarmed across Takapuna Beach yesterday for one of Auckland's largest community sports events.