Global and GB stars set for Eugene Diamond League

The 2025 Eugene Diamond League gathering boasts 1 of nan champion fields this twelvemonth pinch 17 individual champions from nan Paris Olympics and 14 world grounds holders successful action.

Five events characteristic each 3 medallists from nan Paris Olympics, including nan women's 100m, which sees St Lucia's Olympic champion Julien Alfred return connected American duo Sha'Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden.

Among nan world grounds holders successful Oregon are Sweden's Armand Duplantis, who set a caller precocious of 6.28m successful nan men's rod vault successful Stockholm past month, and Kenya's three-time Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon.

You tin watch each nan action from nan meeting, which is besides known arsenic nan Prefontaine Classic, connected BBC iPlayer, nan BBC Sport website and nan BBC Sport app from 21:00-23:00 BST.

In nan men's 100m, Britain's 60m world indoor champion Jeremiah Azu and British grounds holder Zharnel Hughes spell up against Olympic metallic medallist Kishane Thompson of Jamaica, who pinch 9.75 seconds has nan fastest clip successful nan world this year, and American Trayvon Bromell.

Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith, who won metallic successful France past summer, and Charlie Dobson return connected Olympic champion Quincy Hall and Olympic bronze medallist Muzala Samukonga successful nan men's 400m.

Britain's Olympic bronze medallist Georgia Hunter-Bell faces nan situation of Kenyan awesome Faith Kipyegon and Australian prima Jessica Hull successful nan women's 1500m.

GB's world indoor champion Amber Anning is up against two-time Olympic 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone successful nan women's level 400m.

Other British athletes successful action see Dina Asher-Smith, Neil Gourley and Jake Wightman, but Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson, whose return from a hamstring wounded was delayed by a setback successful April, and Josh Kerr are not competing.

21:12 BST - men's 100m featuring Jeremiah Azu and Zharnel Hughes

21:43 BST - men's 400m featuring Matt Hudson-Smith and Charlie Dobson

21:51 BST - women's 400m featuring Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Amber Anning

21:58 BST - women's 1500m featuring Faith Kipyegon and Georgia Hunter-Bell

22:25 BST - men's 200m featuring Letsile Tebogo and Kenny Bednarek

22:34 BST - women's 800m featuring Mary Moraa and Athing Mu-Nikolayev

22:44 BST - women's 100m featuring Julien Alfred, Sha'Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Dina Asher-Smith

22:50 BST - Bowerman Mile featuring Cole Hocker, Neil Gourley and Jake Wightman

After stops successful Eugene and Monaco, nan bid visits nan UK for nan sold-out London Diamond League connected 19 July.

Injury permitting, Hodgkinson is expected to compete astatine nan arena wherever past summertime she improved her British grounds to 1 infinitesimal 54.61 seconds.

London is besides group to big nan latest section successful nan 1500m rivalry betwixt world champion Josh Kerr and Norwegian rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

Olympic and world 100m champion Noah Lyles, world 400m hurdles champion Femke Bol and British rod vaulter Molly Caudery are besides connected nan introduction lists, arsenic nan world's apical athletes build towards their changeable astatine World Championship glory successful Japan successful September.

Athletes compete for points successful 32 disciplines successful a bid to suffice for nan Diamond League Finals successful Zurich successful August.

That takes spot conscionable complete a fortnight earlier nan commencement of nan World Athletics Championships successful Tokyo.

All Diamond League events will beryllium shown connected nan BBC, which has agreed a woody to broadcast nan title for nan adjacent 5 years.

The Diamond League has accrued its prize money to nan highest level successful its history, pinch a full prize cookware of $9.24m (£6.95m) connected connection crossed nan series.

That includes $500,000 (£375,000) astatine each of nan 14 bid meetings, and $2.2m (£1.7m) astatine nan Diamond League final.

Athletes will compete for points astatine nan 14 regular bid meetings which started successful April and tally done to August.

Points are awarded connected a standard from 8 for first spot to 1 for eighth place.

After nan 14th gathering successful Brussels, nan apical six classed athletes successful nan section events, nan apical 8 successful way events from 100m up to 800m, and nan apical 10 successful nan distances from 1500m upwards suffice for nan final.

The two-day finals are a winner-takes-all title to beryllium crowned Diamond League champion successful each event.

26 April - Xiamen, China

03 May - Keqiao, China

16 May - Doha, Qatar

25 May - Rabat, Morocco

06 June - Rome, Italy

12 June - Oslo, Norway

15 June - Stockholm, Sweden

20 June - Paris, France

05 July - Eugene, USA

11 July - Monaco

19 July - London, England

16 August - Silesia, Poland

20 August - Lausanne, Switzerland

22 August - Brussels, Belgium

27-28 August - Zurich, Switzerland