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Watch as Michael Johnson and Steve Cram hit back at an interview with Justin Gatlin's agent Renaldo Nehemiah in which he accuses the BBC of being biased against his athlete.

BBC Sport's Michael Johnson explains how Usain Bolt's longer stride pattern helped him to victory over Justin Gatlin in the 200m at the World Championships.

Jamaica's double gold-medal winner Usain Bolt says he is "50-50" to compete at the London 2017 World Championships.

Usain Bolt, Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah receive the Blue Peter Sport Badge for inspiring people to get involved in sport.

There are obvious lessons to be drawn from any day by an observant person, such as "some people can throw things farther than others" and "be careful when driving a Segway and operating a steady-cam at the same time".

Five finals and the first half of the decathlon are on the agenda for Friday at the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015.

The 200m duel between Jamaica's defending champion Usain Bolt and USA's Justin Gatlin was the last event of Thursday evening and the highlight of the day.

Usain Bolt has a message for Michael Johnson, who the Jamaican felt had doubted his 200m chances before he claimed World Championship gold.

Christian Taylor wins the triple jump at the World Championships with a jump of 18.21 metres, eight centimetres short of Jonathan Edwards' world record.

Christian Taylor produced the second-longest jump in history to take his second world title in the triple jump on Thursday night.

World record holder Anita Wlodarczyk wins hammer gold for Poland with a games record of 80.85m at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

America's Allyson Felix takes the 400m title in a time of 49.26 seconds at the World Athletics Championships.

Usain Bolt defends his 200m World Championship title with victory over American Justin Gatlin in Beijing.

The women's 800m semi-finals on Thursday night provided personal bests galore, and gave an indication of the strong medal contenders for Saturday's final.

Shelayna Oskan-Clarke makes it into the 800m World Championship final, winning her semi-final with a personal best time of 1.58.86 seconds.

It took just two attempts for Anita Wlodarczyk to produce a mark that was almost three metres farther than any other woman in the world had managed this year.

Following Wednesday's drama-filled first round heats, the semi-finals on Thursday night served up the two fastest World Championship semi-finals in the history of the event to perfectly set up what is likely to prove a f...

Teenager Dina Asher-Smith wins her semi-final in the women's 200m with a personal best time of 22.12 seconds at the world championships in Beijing.

The IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 has reached its half-way point, but there are still many more titles yet to be decided.

World indoor 1500m champion Ayanleh Souleiman was the only big fish who will play no further part in the competition in an otherwise routine first-round qualification for the men's 1500m.

There was a time when the great David Rudisha pondered if he would ever return to past glories.

Ivana Spanovic led the qualifiers on Thursday morning with a Croatian outdoor record of 6.91m but the principal talking point was the redemption of Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson after her meltdown in the hept...