IAAF president Lord Sebastian Coe is adamant the Gold Coast will host a brilliant Commonwealth Games and has lauded Australia for buying into his vision of being "brave and creative" when it comes to exploring new ways to make athletics more spectator-friendly.

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From Australia's fastest boys they are becoming Australia's fastest men. A new generation of sprinters coming through in a wave could be Australia's best.

There's a reason Australian hurdler Sally Pearson's the world champion.

Lauren Wells is a step closer to a Commonwealth Games double after a brilliant effort on Saturday.

Australia's rising sprinters went head to head at the AIS on Friday in a mouthwatering battle on the track.

Queanbeyan's Andrea Thompson will race the world champ as part of her heptathlon preparations.

The moral to this story is that it is perfectly OK to passionately kiss your mate, even if he or she has a sinus infection.

Canberra masters sprinter Adam Farlow will hide his grey hairs from the young guns of Australian sprinting.

Teen sprint star Jack Hale might have been the fourth-fastest Australian man over 100m in history but for a blunder by West Australian athletics officials.

Two-time world champion Sally Pearson can attract "Usain Bolt-like" crowds.

Real estate agent Cameron Crombie is volunteer firefighter training for the Commonwealth Games shot put.

If it wasn't for the Commonwealth Games, Canberra sprinter Evan O'Hanlon wouldn't be the reigning world champion.

Neil and Kerry Boden will be athletics officials on the Gold Coast, giving them a perfect chance to watch their daughter.

Now Canberra's Beki Smith has her fingers crossed she'll compete at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

Justin Gatlin's previous drugs tests are to be re-run in the light of an investigation by the London Telegraph, sources have revealed.

Justin Gatlin, the world 100 metres champion, is at the centre of a new doping scandal after members of his team offered to illicitly supply performance-enhancing drugs.

These new allegations regarding doping in sport show two things: how far we have come in the fight against doping in sport and how far we have yet to go, writes former WADA president Dick Pound.

Justin Gatlin is at the centre of a new doping scandal after an undercover investigation by the UK's The Daily Telegraph - but how did they do it?

Superstar Sally Pearson and rising star Rohan Browning have recorded impressive 100m wins at a track meet in Brisbane.