Athletics News

Jonnie Peacock says Rio 2016 was just a job and that winning at the World Para-athletics Championships in London would mean more to him.

Organisers have announced the four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah will be on the slate at the Müller Grand Prix Birmingham, the 12th stop of the IAAF Diamond League, on 20 August.

The second day of the IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 started on a cool, cloudy Thursday (13) morning with a session featuring qualifying rounds in six events and a number of quality performances.

US 400m sprinters Phyllis Francis and Josephus Lyles were in the spotlight at the International Meeting Sport e Solidariet in the Italian seaside resort of Lignano Sabbiadoro on Wednesday (12).

Sprinters Mizgin Ay of Turkey and Magdalena Stefanowicz of Poland stunned the favourites on Thursday night (13), with Ay coming out on top after a spectacular finish in the girls' 100m final in the last track event on da...

Liu Zhekai was the decisive winner of the boys' javelin with a personal best of 77.54m, becoming the first Chinese boy to win a world U18 title in the event.

At this stage, it should come as no surprise to witness another Cuban masterclass in the horizontal jumps, but there was no denying the feats of teenager long jumpers Maikel Y. Vidal and Lester A. Lescay proved the highl...

Steven Fauvel Clinch ended the decathlon the way he started it: in the lead.

As a contest, this was over not long after it began. When Germany's Timo Northoff walked into the throwing circle for the second round - having opened with a decent effort of 20.12m to seize the lead - it became clear th...