February 

 Further Information  

• 2008/09 TEAMelbourne memberships now available
  Five sports. One membership. As a valued Athletics Australia subscriber purchase your membership for a special price.
• Athletics in contention for Australian Sport Awards
  Athletics has been nominated in eight categories for the 2008 Australian Sport Awards.
• Q & A with Coach Francis
  Sports coaches and athletics enthusiasts have the opportunity to hear from the man behind world record holder Asafa Powell.
• Fearnley, athletics.com.au win Australian Sport Awards
  Kurt Fearnley of Newcastle has won the Sportscover Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability for the second consecutive year at the Australian Sport Awards, while athletics.com.au has been presented the SportingPulse Information Technology Award.
• Judo and the ballet dancer
  The return of Queensland's six-time national shot put champion Justin Anlezark sets up a mouth-watering clash with Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Scott Martin of Victoria in Saturday's Australian Athletics Cup in Brisbane.
• State pride on line at Australian Athletics Cup
  Victoria's claim as the nation's premier athletics state will be on the line this Saturday night in the second edition of the Australian Athletics Cup in Brisbane.
• Sydney, Wariner to make John Landy Lunch Club debuts
  Athletics Australia's John Landy Lunch Club will make its Harbour City debut to preview the Sydney Grand Prix and the prospects of this Olympic year.
• Lagat edges out Buster in Wanamaker Mile
  Bernard Lagat's reign over the Wanamaker Mile continued in New York today, the dual world champion edging out Craig Mottram for the second year in a row to collect his sixth title at the 101st Millrose Games.
• Martin and Lewis lead Vics to Cup win
  Not Dean and Jerry, but Scott and Tamsyn who combined to have the last laugh for Victoria at the Australian Athletics Cup in Brisbane.
• Deakes to walk in Melbourne
  World champion Nathan Deakes will compete for the first time in Australia since his 50km walk triumph in Osaka, tackling Melbourne's Fawkner Park course over 20km on February 23.
• HFL's back for season 08
  athletics.com.au's free podcast has returned for the 2008 season, providing visitors to the site with interesting insight into some of the sport's big names.
• Mottram and Hooker head indoors for world title chase
  A strong six-member team led by Craig Mottram and Steve Hooker has been selected to represent Australia in the 12th edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships next month.
• NSW set for State Championships
  Athletics NSW are proud to announce the start lists for the 105th NSW Track & Field Championships, which will be held this weekend at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre.
• Kenyans and Chinese on show
  As the world counts down to the Beijing Olympics, 21 nations will be represented at next weekend's Sydney Grand Prix with Kenya and China confirming their athletes to compete on our shores over the next three weeks.
• State titles on the line
  With just three weeks until the 86th Australian Championships, which double as the Selection Trials for the Olympic Games, athletes along the eastern seaboard of Australia will not only be vying for a state title this weekend but that all-important A and B Olympic qualifier.
• Ten reasons to be at Sydney
  Spectators are virtually assured of a cracking night at next weekend's Sydney Grand Prix, with some of the strongest fields seen in years to be unveiled in the first of the season's three big meets.
• A-qualifiers for Milburn and Samuels at NSW titles
  Olympic A-qualifiers from Joel Milburn and Dani Samuels were the highlight performances of the second day of the NSW Track & Field Championships.
• Grant the highlight of Queensland's day one
  Gold Coast athlete Dylan Grant set the Queensland State Championships alight on Saturday when he covered the men's open 400m in a brilliant 45.69 seconds.
• Zamel-Paez leads quality Queensland high jump
  The quality of performances at the weekend's Queensland State Championships continued throughout the last day's program, especially when it came to the men's open high and long jump events.
• False start for the world's fastest man
  A cut to his left knee as a result of a fall on the stairs of his Jamaican home last week has forced the world's fastest man, Asafa Powell, to withdraw from this Saturday night's Sydney Grand Prix.
• Last call for John Landy Lunch Club Melbourne
  Those wishing to attend the John Landy Lunch Club in Melbourne have until close of business on Thursday, February 14 to reserve their place.
• A labour of love
  Munching a sandwich with her feet up in the grandstand at the Griffith University Athletics Centre at Southport, Sharon Hannan is content.
• Cole craves competition for qualifiers
  Brendan Cole has already ticked one box this year. Now it's time for the rest.
• August can wait
  Robbie Crowther is a patient young man. Patient in a sport so competitive it could just be - or become - his biggest strength.
• It's a knockout
  Josh Robinson is never short of a word.
• Adams to lead World Uni Cross
  One of the strongest teams to ever represent Australia at the World University Cross Country Championships has been selected for its 16th edition.
• Williamson ready to take on red hot Aussies
  World Indoor and Olympic relay spots will be on the line this Saturday night, when Australia's best one-lappers take to the blocks in the Sydney Athletics Grand Prix.
• Passion keeps Clarke on the track
  Never underestimate the power of passion.
• Highlights all night at Sydney Athletics Grand Prix
  The Australian athletics season heats up tonight at the Sydney Athletics Grand Prix and you can listen live here at athletics.com.au.
• Lewis, Pape make memorable Sydney Grand Prix
  Eight years on from the Olympic Games, track and field returned to its rightful atmosphere of excitement and drama in Sydney on Saturday night.
• Birmingham inspires fast finish
  He was third but Victoria's Collis Birmingham can take a lot of the credit for Saturday night's ripping 1500 metres at the Sydney Grand Prix.
• Dent's running brave
  If Martin Dent doesn't make this year's Olympic team, it won't be through lack of effort.
• One-lap wonder seeks sub-45 in Melbourne
  The World Athletics Tour meet in Melbourne will celebrate its 21st birthday with a bang at Olympic Park this Thursday, February 21.
• Asafa wants to rise to the occasion
  'Asafa' is an African name meaning 'rise to the occasion' and that is what the world's fastest man wants to do at the IAAF World Athletics Tour meeting at Melbourne's Olympic Park tomorrow night.
• Men's 5000 to provide thrilling closer
  Defending champion Craig Mottram will headline the World Athletics Tour Melbourne's final event, the men's 5000m, at Olympic Park on Thursday night.
• Plenty of candles to light for 21st birthday
  The celebration begins at Melbourne Olympic Park tonight, as the world's best athletes congregate for the 21st birthday of the Melbourne edition of the IAAF World Athletics Tour.
• Powell pleases packed house in Melbourne
  Will he or won't he? Yes, he did.
• Re-live the highs and highs of the World Athletics Tour Melbourne
  SBS will televise a 90-minute highlights package of the World Athletics Tour Melbourne from 11:30am this Sunday, February 24.
• It's a walk-off for the 20km
  Following on from the success of the 50km walk trials in December, where the top five finishers all produced A-qualifiers, a quality contingent will line up in the Beijing Olympic 20km walk selection trials and Australian Championships tomorrow morning.
• Tallent and Wapshott Beijing bound
  AIS-based walkers Jared Tallent and Kellie Wapshott both produced sparkling performances to earn automatic Olympic nomination with victories in the Australian 20km walk championships at Melbourne's Fawkner Park today.
• Martin hails support as Olympic prospects firm
  New Australian record holder Scott Martin was quick to acknowledge some important people after his mammoth throw at last week's World Athletics Tour meet in Melbourne.
• Batman returns
  In an Australian season that has lacked the usual prominence of its sprinters, Daniel Batman is more than enjoying the run.
• Stage set for combined events cracker
  The 2008 edition of the Australian Combined Events Championships, held in conjunction with this week's national titles, is shaping up to be one of the best across all age groups in many years.
• Shirvo wants to bound to Beijing
  A rejuvenated Matt Shirvington has returned to form this summer and will chase his sixth Australian 100m title (his first since 2002) at the Olympic Selection Trials and 86th Australian Championships which commence in Brisbane tomorrow.
• Buster signs off on World Indoors preparations
  The odds of a medal for Craig Mottram at next weekend's World Indoor Championships have tightened even more after a very solid showing concluded day one of the Selection Trials and 86th Australian Championships in Brisbane.
• Fight for Olympic berths begins in Brisbane
  Olympic Games selection and national titles are on the line in Brisbane this weekend as the nation's best athletes compete in the 86th Australian Championships.
• One jump and Thornell's flying
  John Thornell even surprised himself when he earned a spot in Saturday night's long jump final after just one leap.
• Bannister launches to record, Beijing
  Four athletes have all but secured their place in Australia's 2008 Olympic team after an action-packed day two at the Selection Trials and 86th Australian Championships in Brisbane.
• Westcott runs B in Beppu
  Commonwealth Games representative Scott Westcott has claimed a B-qualifier in his quest for Olympic Games selection, finishing third in Sunday's Beppu-Oita Marathon.
• Again, Walsham shoots to top of State
  Suzy Walsham and New York's Empire State Building are quickly building an enviable relationship, with the 34 year-old defending her run-up title on Tuesday.
• Australia third as Greatest Race closes
  The final event of the 2007-08 Greatest Race on Earth was held on Sunday with the running of the Hong Kong Marathon.
• Warm up with the world champions in Sydney
  Wear your green and gold, bring an Aussie flag or anything typically Australian and support the Aussies at the Sydney Athletics Grand Prix.
• Peacock does the math right
  Seventeen year-old Hamish Peacock is an athletics development success story. Better still, his book is still being written.
• Warm up for the Australian Championships in Brisbane
  In an exclusive opportunity, the first 150 Little Athletics participants to register will join Nathan Deakes in a fun warm-up session on the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre track.
• Running in the blood
  When Lauren O'Sullivan won the 2007 All Schools 200m in December in a record 23.54 seconds, the Queensland athletics community was delighted but not surprised.