Athletics News

Many IAAF Member Federations in Europe staged their national indoor championships this weekend and the highlights on Sunday (22) included Renaud Lavillenie going over 6.01m and world-leading marks for long jumper French ...

Reigning Olympic, world and European 5000m and 10,000m champion Mo Farah returned to London's former Olympic Stadium on Sunday (22) to launch the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games, part of the 2015 IAAF Diamond League, which...

For the first time since 1995, European runners took both the men's and women's titles at the famous Almond Blossom Cross Country in Portugal, the penultimate fixture on the 2014-15 IAAF Cross Country Permit calendar, wi...

Kenya's Lawrence Cherono and Portugal's Filomena Costa triumphed at the Zurich Maraton de Sevilla, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, clocking 2:09:40 and 2:28:01 respectively on Sunday (22).

Ethiopian runners Endeshaw Negesse and Berhane Dibaba took the honours at the 2015 Tokyo Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, winning in 2:06:00 and 2:23:15 respectively on Sunday (22).

Double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah says athletics is "moving in right direction" despite recent doping scandals.

On a busy weekend of indoor action, numerous national indoor championships got underway on Saturday (22), the highlight of which was a world-leading national high jump record from world indoor champion Kamila Licwinko.