Yesterday at a meeting of the General Assembly of IAAF Diamond League held in Berlin, Germany, the 2010 Calendar was confirmed. 12 meetings were confirmed in Monte-Carlo on 2 March when the new circuit of elite Athletics Meetings was originally announced. However at the time there were 3 other cities, Berlin, Doha and Rome which had expressed an interest in becoming part of the IAAF Diamond League. Of this trio, only the meetings in Doha and Rome fulfilled the necessary criteria of membership and were accepted into the IAAF Diamond League.

An official launch of the 2010 IAAF Diamond League will take place on Saturday 22 August in Berlin, the penultimate day of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 15-23 August 2009.

IAAF Diamond League

2010 Calendar:

Doha QAT - Fri 14 May
Shanghai CHN - Sun 23 May
Oslo NOR - Fri 4 June
Rome ITA - Thu 10 June
New York USA - Sat 19 June
Eugene USA - Sat 3 July
Lausanne SWI - Thu 8 July
Gateshead GBR - Sun 11 July
Paris FRA - Fri 16 July
Monaco MON - Thu 22 July
Stockholm SWE - Fri 6 August
London GBR - Fri 13 and Sat 14 August
Zurich SWI - Thu 19 August
Brussels BEL - Fri 27 August