Athletics News

How many teachers are taking part in the London Marathon, how many bottles of water will be handed, and who is getting hitched on the route?

No fewer than 15,000 runners will gather in the Spanish capital to take part in the 38th Rock 'n' Roll Madrid Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday (26).

Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir says he is motivated by getting "beat badly" in last year's Lisbon half-marathon.

Ethiopia's sub-2:05 man Markos Geneti and Hayle Lemi Berhanu, the latter the fastest marathoner in the world this year, head the field at the Orlen Warsaw Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday (26).

The talk has been of records and reputations this week in the build-up to the 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, where a flurry of superlatives are being scattered around to describe the eve...

Defending champions Workneh Tesfa and Mestawet Tufa, both from Ethiopia, have returned to the Chinese city of Dongying and will be looking to notch up back-to-back wins at the Yellow River Estuary International Marathon,...

The IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015, was officially presented to Colombia's overseas ambassadors and consular officials at the Colombian Foreign Ministry in Bogota on Thursday (23).

BBC Sport picks some of the best London marathon records, including four world marathon records, in the lead-up to Sunday's race.

From foot surgery two years ago to an injury setback last month, Paula Radcliffe has trod a troubled path to her final marathon.