Athletics News

Taking firm control of the competition from the third round, Julia Ritter claimed a well-deserved victory at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 in the girls' shot put to become the second to win this event at ...

Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba produces a stunning run at the Monaco Diamond League meeting to set a new 1500m world record of 3:50.08.

Justin Gatlin continued his fine Diamond League form by winning the 100m in 9.78 seconds in Monaco.

Mo Farah says he may not run the 5,000m and 10,000m double at the World Championships after finishing fourth in a 1500m in Monaco.

It is perhaps with a hint of irony that Abdul Hakim Sani Brown cites sleeping as among his favourite hobbies.

After a thrilling end to the decathlon on Thursday, it was the turn of the girls' multi-event exponents to start going through their paces at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 and, slightly surprisingly, it w...

Anguilla-born British 200m champion Zharnel Hughes thinks winning medals is the only way to answer his critics.

Australian athletics great Cathy Freeman is reunited with her Olympic ceremony bodysuit, 15 years after it went missing.

Capping what may be remembered as the most rapid rise of these championships, Maribel Vanessa Caicedo powered her way to a wholly unexpected victory in the girls' 100m hurdles at the IAAF World Youth Championships on Thu...

With a mighty boom of his javelin arm Niklas Kaul clinched a back-from-the dead victory with a world youth best with the current implement standards on a dramatic second day of action at the IAAF World Youth Championship...

With pressure and expectation heaped on her young shoulders, Candace Hill stayed composed, relaxed and turned in one of the classiest, most commanding performances of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Thur...

Haruka Kitaguchi caused a major surprise at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 to deliver Japan's first ever women's throws gold on the global stages by adding more than five metres on to her pre-competition l...

In eight previous editions of the IAAF World Youth Championships, there had never been an eight-metre jump but on Thursday night, it was done twice as Cuba's Maykel Demetrio Masso and Australia's Darcy Roper served up a ...