Lagat challenges the Chairman in New York
Both men have won World championships at 5000m (Coghlan in 1983, Lagat in 2007), both have run a mile faster than 3:50 indoors (the second- and third-fastest of all time, respectively), and both have won the climactic event of the Millrose Games, the Wanamaker Mile, seven times. Lagat's attempt to top Coghlan with an eighth win might be the most dramatic event of the 103rd Millrose Games, the first IAAF Indoor Permit meeting of 2010, to be held Friday evening (29) at New York City's Madison Square Garden.Click here to read the article
Australia's Commonwealth Games hopes have taken another blow, with national 1500m record holder Ryan Gregson withdrawing from next month's event due to injury. 
Commonwealth Games 5000m representative Ben St Lawrence has shattered his personal best in the 3000m at the Notturna Di Milano meet in Italy. 
Matt Shirvington has backed the Commonwealth Games boycott of John Steffensen - convinced Athletics Australia must make significant changes before again becoming a "super power" in track and field. 
AA chief executive Dallas O'Brien said Steffensen would be required to front a tribunal after being charged with breaching the organisation's code of conduct with his comments at April's national championships. 
It will take another generation of athletes to dip under the brand new 800 metres world record of one minute, 41.01 seconds. 
Outspoken athlete John Steffensen has reportedly chosen to quit the Delhi Commonwealth Games team as a protest against Athletics Australia. 