Athletics News

Memories of London 2012 live on among the crowd at Olympic Stadium - even if doping scandals leave many calling for a reality check Four years on, the red, white and blue Team GB T-shirts are starting to look a little fa...

Can any event on the athletics programme boast such diverse global representation as the men's javelin?

Few expected the US women to be challenged in Saturday evening's 4x100m final, given that they had won this title at the past six editions of these championships and were sending a formidable quartet into action for the ...

Visually-impaired sprinter Libby Clegg won the T11 200m in record-breaking time at the Anniversary Games in London.

Bydgoszcz 100m champion Noah Lyles anchored the US to a thrilling --and fast-- fifth consecutive victory in the 4x100m relay where they narrowly edged an inspired Japanese Quartet.

Individual 100m champion Noah Lyles anchored the US to a thrilling - and fast - fifth consecutive victory in the 4x100m relay where they narrowly edged an inspired Japanese quartet.

In a thrilling battle over the final 150 metres, Selemon Barega outsprinted Djamal Direh of Djibouti to take a well-deserved 5000m victory, the third straight for Ethiopia and ninth overall.

There are many ways to respond to a challenge. Producing a world age-group record is perhaps one of the better methods.

As he was introduced to the crowd shortly before the men's 400m hurdles final on Saturday evening (23), Jamaica's Jaheel Hyde turned around, looked to his teammates and fans in the stands, and smiled.

Sandra Perkovic will defend her Olympic discus title in Rio knowing she has an almost unassailable lead in the 2016 Diamond Race after winning her fifth straight IAAF Diamond League contest at the Müller Anniversary Gam...

Ivory Coast sprinter Marie-Josee Ta Lou wins the women's 100m at the Anniversary games in London in a time of 10.96 seconds.

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah wins the 5,000m at the Anniversary Games in London with the quickest time in the world this year.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins the long jump at the Anniversary Games, beating British rivals Shara Proctor and Jessica Ennis-Hill.

In the end, consistency won the day for Norway's Beatrice Nedberge Llano.

Great Britain's Shelayna Oskan-Clarke wins the women's 800m at the Anniversary Games in London's Olympic Stadium.

Double amputee Richard Whitehead and visually-impaired sprinter Libby Clegg both set world records at the IPC Grand Prix Final in London.

Great Britain come first and second in the men's 4x100m relay, with the A team running the fastest time in the world.

Great Britain's Richard Whitehead sets a new world record as he wins the men's 200m T42 at the London Anniversary Games at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London, obliterating the rest of the field in a time...

It's a sunny afternoon in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Three men are waiting to receive their medals. Medals they have all worked really hard to get. And sometimes it's difficult to tell just how hard the journey has been to make ...

Former Olympian Lee McConnell believes Laura Muir can lower the British 1500m record she set on Friday.

Kalkidan Fente arrived in Bydgoszcz with limited international experience to her name but any winner of an Ethiopian middle or long distance title - be it at U20 or senior level - should be respected heading into a globa...

Laura Muir breaks the British 1500m record previously held by Dame Kelly Holmes at the Anniversary Games.