Athletics News

Usain Bolt is a genius and has had as big an impact on athletics as Muhammad Ali did on boxing, says IAAF president Lord Coe.

Fans from the following territories and countries will be able to watch the IAAF World Championships London 2017 live stream on the IAAF's official Facebook page and YouTube channel from 4-13 August.

Fans from the following territories and countries can tune in to coverage of the IAAF World Championships London 2017 from 4-13 August.

Defending champion and 800m world record holder David Rudisha pulls out of next month's World Athletics Championships through injury.

The 210th IAAF Council Meeting is being held in London on 31 July 2017.

Michael Johnson tells his story of recovering from the disappointment of the 1992 Olympic Games to breaking the 400m world record in 1999.

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) and UK Athletics (UKA) today announced their plans for a robust anti-doping programme at the IAAF World Championships London 2017, which takes place from 4-13 August.

In a somewhat low key season in the men's high jump, there's one jumper who's clearly been head and shoulders above the field. Indeed, barring major catastrophe, Mutaz Essa Barsim seems well on his way to collecting his ...

Since winning the world high jump title in Beijing two years ago, Maria Lasitskene has won 33 of her 36 competitions indoors and outdoors and arrives in the British capital having amounted a win streak of 24 competitions...

With both Olympic and European pole vault titles secured last season, Ekaterina Stefanidi heads to London knowing that she can complete the set of senior championships gold medals with victory.

Having taken the silver medal at last year's Olympic Games, missing out on gold by just one centimetre, South Africa's Luvo Manyonga should be heading to this year's World Championships with high hopes of going one bette...

At the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, despite the damp, cool conditions that beset so much of that particular athletics gathering, 19-year-old Tianna Madison of the United States produced a shock victory in t...

In one respect at least, Christian Taylor looks set to go one step beyond Jonathan Edwards, the great British master of the triple jump.