A row has erupted between an athletic coach and a top school over a star athlete who was allowed to play in a rugby match only weeks before a world athletic championship.

Olympic 1500m track champion Asli Cakir Alptekin of Turkey has been charged with doping and could be stripped of her gold medal.

Women of all ages and abilities are encouraged to take on the inaugural Wild Woman Waiheke walk and run tomorrow as the island welcomes a new series of running events.

Extra police and security staff will be stationed along the route of the London Marathon tomorrow as one of many extra measures being taken by race organisers after consultations with the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor's office.

There was a dose of double delight for New Zealand athletes in Boston yesterday.

Valerie is determined to dominate and Steven drops college to aim for NBA draft.

Thousands of people of all ages, down to toddlers in pushchairs, swarmed across Takapuna Beach yesterday for one of Auckland's largest community sports events.

Tauranga's Joseph Millar can now boast of being New Zealand's fastest man, blitzing his way to the 100m title at the track and field nationals with a time that ranks him among the country's all-time best.

If you were looking for a school that lives and breathes North Harbour's biggest annual community sports event, then look no further than Willow Park School in Hillcrest.

It won't be gold, but Valerie Adams has the chance to upgrade a medal won at the 2005 world championships after her nemesis Nadzeya Ostapchuk failed a retrospective drugs test from those championships.

It took exercise-mad Garth Barfoot some time to find a sport he could succeed in. In fact it took nearly six decades, but nowadays Barfoot and triathlon go hand-in-hand.

It's the day where Auckland comes out to run. The Round the Bays run is New Zealand's largest mass participation sporting event.

Nick Willis is aiming to meet the 1500m qualifying standard for this year's world championships in Moscow on home soil tomorrow night with a one-off race in Auckland.

The husband of Olympian Anne Hare has taken aim at the leaders of two of the country's biggest sports organisations, accusing them of not doing enough to bridge the gender gap in sporting boardrooms.

Mahe Drysdale will continue to broaden his sporting horizons by running the Queen St Mile in April - and he might not be the only Olympic gold medallist to take part.