Athletics News

Qatar's Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla underlined his status as favourite for the men's 800m title when coasting to victory in 1:47.61 during the qualifying heats on Friday afternoon (18).

Canada's 2014 world indoor runner-up Brianne Theisen-Eaton maintained her lead after the high jump, but Ukraine's world leader Anastasiya Mokhnyuk and 2014 world bronze medallist Alina Fodorova follow her closely in seco...

Reigning champions Duncan Maiyo and Pennina Wanjiru will return to defend their titles at the 2016 Brighton Marathon on Sunday 17 April, the organisers of the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race announced on Friday (18).

Ashton Eaton may have been slightly down on his best in the 60m, but he made up the deficit in the long jump, the second event of the heptathlon.

Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha and Morocco's Abdalaati Iguidar decided to make statements by going through the gears over the final 400m of their heats of the men's 3000m and post wins, showing off that they have come to Port...

Asian record-holder Oluwakemi Adekoya was the fastest woman in the 400m heats, winning the first of four races in a well-controlled fashion but still clocking 52.27.

All medal favourites advanced to the 400m semifinals later this evening, including Czech Republic's defending champion Pavel Maslak and world leader Bralon Taplin of Grenada.

While it wasn't exactly a sluggish start from Ashton Eaton, it was certainly a cautious one.

Canada's 2014 world indoor silver medallist Brianne Theisen-Eaton got off to a great start in her quest to win her first world title by dominating the pentathlon 60m hurdles in a personal best of 8.04.

Local favourite Ding Changqin and Kenya's Michael Kiprop Tiony will be looking to defend their titles at the 2016 Chongqing International Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, on Sunday (20).

Jenn Suhr won her first world title in front of a sold-out crowd at the Oregon Convention Center and she did so in spectacular fashion by clearing a championship record of 4.90m.

For all his dominance, it had been almost four years since France's Renaud Lavillenie last won a global championship title, but the world record holder re-asserted his superiority in supreme fashion on the first day of t...

Kenyan runners have not dominated the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon in quite the same way that they have other international races over this distance, but with Leonard Komon and Sammy Kitwara on the start line, they look set ...

Being called The Italian Stallion is an over-used English language nickname for any talented high profile sportsman representing the Azzurri but Gianmarco Tamberi would certainly be another deserving recipient of the epi...

Most athletes wouldn't spend several days of their own time in the week before a major competition to mentor young athletes. Most athletes would also probably pass up the opportunity to attend a formal dinner on the eve ...

For Ajee Wilson, this weekend will offer a chance at redemption.

It has been 20 years since Kim Collins made his debut in a global event. Twenty years on from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and after 12 World Championships indoors and out and four Olympic Games, the St Kitts sprinter is h...