Athletics News

Kenyan Alice Aprot made a statement ahead of next week's Kenyan Olympic trials, shattering her personal best to win the women's 10,000m title at the African Championships in Durban on Saturday (25).

Running in sizzling and humid conditions, Kenyans Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany cruised to dominant victories at the seventh Mattoni Olomouc Half-Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Saturday (25).

Indian 100m sprinter Dutee Chand secures Rio 2016 berth a year after successfully appealing against an IAAF suspension over gender testing.

Jamaica's reigning Commonwealth 100m champion Kemar Bailey-Cole claims he has been diagnosed with the Zika virus.

British sprinters James Dasaolu and James Ellington secure their places at the Olympics in Rio after finishing first and second respectively in the British 100m trials in Birmingham.

Jessica Ennis-Hill and Kai Kazmirek are the overnight leaders after the first day of action at the Stadtwerke Ratingen Mehrkampf-Meeting, an IAAF Combined Events Challenge meeting, on Saturday (25).

Andrew Butchart surges clear of the field to comfortably win the 5,000m at the Olympic trials in Birmingham.

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill leads after four events in her first heptathlon since winning gold in last year's World Championships.

Former world and Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu withdraws from the British Championships - also the Olympic trials - with a virus.

In-form South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya shattered her 1500m personal best to take gold at the African Championships in Durban on Friday (24).