Athletics News

An athlete's career is short and full of sacrifice, so branding Mo Farah a money grabber seems wide of the mark Build them up, knock them down: it is the classic British one-two, as textbook as a Lennox Lewis combination...

More than 500 runners started the race, but Israeli authorities barred 26 Palestinian athletes from entering the West Bank If Bethlehem's vertiginous hills weren't enough of a challenge, hundreds of athletes braved sheet...

Thousands of runners are taking part in Sunday's London Marathon, amid tightened security following the Boston Marathon bombings.

Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede storms through late on to win the London Marathon for a second time.

GB's David Weir misses out on a seventh London Marathon victory, finishing fifth in the 2013 wheelchair race, which was won by Australia's Kurt Fearnley.

Kenya's Priscah Jeptoo says she is very happy with her "tough" 2013 London Marathon win in two hours, 20 minutes and 13 seconds.

Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah says the support he received from spectators while running half of the London Marathon was "unbelievable".

Watch live BBC coverage of the London marathon's finish line. (UK users only)

Olympic marathon champion Tiki Gelana collides with wheelchair athlete Josh Cassidy during the 2013 London Marathon.

Live BBC coverage of the 2013 London Marathon. (UK users only)