Gold medallists and world record holders will be lined up for what could be a stunning women’s 5000m at the 2015 IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, after the 41st Prefontaine Classic meeting organisers announced an outstanding field on Wednesday (8).

The 108th edition of the NYRR Millrose Games, held at the New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory on Saturday (14), produced two world bests and five world-leading marks.

Ten more global medallists have been added to the array of big names competing at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting, in Boston on 7 February.

Statisticians Mirko Jalava and A Lennart Julin look back at the best long-distance running performances of the year.

Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Sally Kipyego is one of the world’s finest female distance runners, but what is the Kenyan like both on and off the track?

A new wave of the world’s best distance runners seeks to run the fastest women’s two miles ever on US soil at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene on 30-31 May. Most are young, and all will be the first women to race an American classic distance at the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field.

Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel, the London 2012 Olympic Games men’s 5000m silver medallist, has been added to the outstanding men’s 3000m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, organisers for the IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting announced on Thursday (30).

Josh McDougal of Liberty University and Sally Kipyego of Texas Tech won the men’s and women’s races in the NCAA XC Championships at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course on Monday (19).