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IAAF MAKES GOLDEN LEAGUE CHANGES

Next year's Golden League athletics meetings will start in Oslo on June 2, the sport's ruling body (the IAAF) said.

Only one Golden League meeting will take place during soccer's World Cup in Germany - in Paris on July 7, two days before the final in Berlin.

The full programme is: June 2 - Oslo, July 7 - Paris, July 14 - Rome, August 18 - Zurich, August 25 - Brussels, September 3 - Berlin.

The IAAF has added the 400m and long jump events to next year's schedule, but dropped the 800m.

Athletes who win their event in each of the six IAAF Golden League meetings between June and September will be eligible for a jackpot to be split among winners.

The men's events are the 100m, 400m, 1500m, long jump and javelin.

The women's Golden League events are the 100m, 400m, 3,000m or 5,000m, 100m hurdles and high jump.