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Welcome to the Premier Marathons Press Room. This is where you'll find the latest top 5 Newsdesk stories below along with access to our fully searchable Archive News Section (members only).

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The world running organisation the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) are proud to announce the opening of permanent headquarters for AIMS in offices...

Background: At the 2011 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, the IAAF Congress passed a motion to change the...

The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority have announced that Saturday March 3rd 2012 will see the return of the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon - the third time the event is hosted in the...

AIMS (the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races) took the opportunity, on the occasion of the 31st BIG 25 Berlin race, to honour the winners of the previous year's...

Kenyan athlete Patrick Makau Musyoki has been awarded one of the most highly coveted accolades in world road running, the AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Award. This is the first...

We were shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden and tragic death of Kenyan Olympic Marathon Champion Sammy Wanjiru at his home (16 May) aged 24. Sammy was considered by his peers to...

Twenty years after she amazed everyone by winning a world title at the age of 13, Lydia Cheromei of Kenya has won the Volkswagen Prague Marathon on Sunday morning in 2:22:34, a personal...

AIMS (Association of International Marathons and Distance Races) is deeply saddened by the news that Norwegian icon and pioneer of women's Marathon running, Grete Waitz, passed away on...

The 2011 Comrades Marathon to be run on Sunday, 29 May, from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, is set to exceed all expectations. With runners of all calibers and even more international...

Portuguese soccer manager Jose Mourinho likes to describe himself as "The Special One"; well now maybe this tiny corner of the United Arab Emirates should describe itself as just that....


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