Svein Arne Hansen, the new European Athletics President, has today made good on his intention to include more women in the organisation in announcing the names of the 14 females appointed to Commissions following last weekend’s Council meeting in Oslo.

Media pressure on Mo Farah, whose coach Alberto Salazar was alleged to have engaged in doping violations by a BBC Panorama programme aired earlier this month, has continued to grow with a claim by the Daily Mail that he missed two random drug tests before he won his Olympic 5000/10,000 metres double at the London 2012 Games.

Ron Clarke, Australia’s revered Olympic distance runner and more recently Mayor of the Gold Coast, has died aged 78 after a short illness.

Usain Bolt, running at the Icahn Stadium at Randall’s Island where he set his first 100 metres world record in 2008, produced what he described as "one of the worst races I've run,” as he earned a narrow victory in the 200m at the International Association of Athletic Federations’ Diamond League meeting in New York City.

European Athletics’ new President Svein Arne Hansen has welcomed the Council’s approval of his plan to restructure the organisation’s Commissions – a key part of his election campaign – at the conclusion of its meeting in Oslo, where Hansen, meet director of the Bislett Games for 24 years, has also played a key part in the celebrations of the meeting’s  50th Anniversary.

Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) President Brian Lewis has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to speed-up the process to re-distribute medals from the London 2012 4x100 metres relay, claiming it is “not fair on clean athletes”.

Sergey Bubka paid a hastily-arranged visit to Kathmandu, at the invitation of the Nepal Athletics Association (NAA), as it was confirmed that the Olympic Movement has promised $500,000 (£322,000/€445,000) to help the nation rebuild in the wake of the devastating recent earthquakes.

On a special night that was supposed to belong to established names such as Mutaz Essa Barshim, Bohdan Bondarenko and Genzebe Dibaba, the 50th Anniversary running of the Bislett Games - watched by illustrious past performers such as John Walker, Ingrid Kristiansen, Roger Moens, Henry Rono, Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram - will be remembered instead for three unlikely victors in Britain’s 1500 metres runner Laura Muir, China’s high jumper Guowei Zhang and Israeli javelin thrower Marharyata Dorozhon.

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.