LIVE STREAM OF DOHA AND SHANGHAI PRESS CONFERENCES TO LAUNCH 2015 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE

The 2015 IAAF Diamond League gets underway this week with Doha (15) and Shanghai (17) playing host to the first two meetings in the series.

The dual nature of this season’s launch means that all 32 Diamond Race disciplines will be contested this week between the two Asian legs of the IAAF Diamond League. The series will then continue later this month with the remaining 12 fixtures divided between the USA and various European countries.

Press conferences from both Doha and Shanghai – featuring a selection of the top athletes set to compete this week – will be streamed live on the IAAF Diamond League website the day before each competition.

Doha press conference
14 May 11:30 local time (GMT +3)

IAAF President Lamine Diack, Asian Athletics President Dahlan Al Hamad and Qatar Athletics Federation General Secretary Mohamed Jassem Al Kuwari will be joined by double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah, Olympic 200m champion Allyson Felix, Olympic 100m hurdles champion Sally Pearson and Asian Games sprint champion Femi Ogunode.

LIVE STREAM OF DOHA AND SHANGHAI PRESS CONFERENCES TO LAUNCH 2015 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE photo credit IAAF/ © Errol Anderson

Shanghai press conference
16 May 14:00 local time (GMT +8)

Meeting director Jos Hermens will be joined by world 110m hurdles champion David Oliver, Olympic 110m hurdles champion Aries Merritt, Asian Games 110m hurdles champion Xie Wenjun and double world sprint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

Both press conferences will be streamed on this page of the IAAF Diamond League website. The streams will begin a few minutes before the start time of each conference.

2015 IAAF Diamond League calendar

Doha, QAT – 15 May
Shanghai, CHN – 17 May
Eugene, USA – 30 May
Rome, ITA – 4 June
Birmingham, GBR – 7 June
Oslo, NOR – 11 June
New York, USA – 13 June
Paris, FRA – 4 July
Lausanne, SUI – 9 July
Monaco, MON – 17 July
London, GBR – 24-25 July
Stockholm, SWE – 30 July
Zurich, SUI – 3 September
Brussels, BEL – 11 September

Delta State Hosts the 4th Annual Warri Relays/ Confederation of African Athletics Golden Grand Prix.

The Delta State Government in conjunction with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) stages the 4th Edition of the Warri Relays. This event which has a Golden label from the Confederation of African Athletics is scheduled to hold in Warri Delta State on Friday 13th of June.

This year’s event promises to showcase an array of top Nigerian and African athletes including Commonwealth gold medalist Tosin Oke, Amaechi Morton, Former 400m World Champion, Amantle Montsho of Botswana, Femi Ogunode of Qatar, Kineke Alexander of St. Vincent and a host of other world-class athletes.

According to the AFN President, Chief Solomon Ogba, the meet will surpass all other one-day meets ever organized on the African continent.

“This 2014 Warri Relays will be the biggest of all one-day meets ever organized in Africa, and we are especially proud to be the host”, he said.

He continued, “We have one hundred and one athletes coming from all over the world including Nigerian-born Asian champion, Femi Ogunode who represents Qatar. We also have Amantle Montsho of Botswana, a former 400m World Champion, confirmed for this event.”

The organization of this year’s event has been handed to Soloo Sports Management & Marketing, who has promised to give this one-day event a World Class outlook by introducing a bunch of fun activities, alongside the athletics competition. Performances by popular music acts, Tekno, Seyi Shey and SeleBobo will add spice to the enjoyment of the spectators.

Event holds on Friday 13th of June at the Warri Township Stadium.