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.