Athletics News

Decker and Budd are perhaps best known for their collision on the track at the Olympics in 1984. But more than that, they were trailblazers for women in sport, and in running especially For an arena that bills itself as ...

Indian and Asian shot put champion Inderjeet Singh believes there is a conspiracy against him after he failed a drugs test.

Who are the big names competing? What's new in athletics for Rio 2016? And what are Team GB's prospects?

The critical youth age group in athletics was the key focus of the 2nd IAAF World U20 Coaches Conference which involved more than 80 coaches from 40 IAAF member federations attending the one-day seminar in in the Polish ...

The eighth episode of the current season of IAAF Inside Athletics is available to watch online now and features an exclusive interview with Britain's 2014 world U20 high jump and heptathlon champion Morgan Lake.

Jamaica's world indoor champion Omar McLeod is one of several top hurdlers confirmed for Lausanne's Athletissima meeting on 25 August, the 11th stop of this year's IAAF Diamond League.

There aren't many athletes who can upstage Usain Bolt in all his pomp. Think David Rudisha and his audacious 800m world record on the night of the 200m at the London 2012 Olympics. And ... no, that's about it.

Olympic 10,000m runner Jo Pavey says the entire Russian team should be banned from competing at the 2016 Olympic Games.

BBC Sport continues the countdown to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games with the 1968 Mexico City protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at their treatment in the United States.