Athletics News

Elaine Thompson made good in her new role as the world's premiere female sprinter after her dominating 100m victory at Lausanne's famous Athletissima meeting, the 11th stop in the 2016 IAAF Diamond League, on Thursday (2...

Ayanleh Souleiman became the fifth-fastest 1000m performer of all time to highlight the middle distance action at Lausanne's Athletissima meeting, the 11th stop in the 2016 IAAF Diamond League, on Thursday (25).

Olympic bronze medallist Sam Kendricks soared to a meeting record of 5.92m in the pole vault to produce the main field event highlight at Lausanne's Athletissima meeting, the 11th stop in the 2016 IAAF Diamond League, on...

Kenyan athletes are stranded in a Rio shanty town where gunshots can be heard, after the closure of the Olympic village, the team captain says.

With the series having been concluded with the race walks at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, China's Wang Zhen and Mexico's Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez have been confirmed as the overall winners of the 2016 IAAF Race Walking Ch...

Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski donates his Olympic silver medal to raise funds for a three-year-old boy with cancer.

After a while, Vivian Cheruiyot started to think she was cursed.