Athletics News

BBC Introducing's Arlo pulls together the ultimate playlist for his school friend and Great Britain 4x400m relay runner Perri Shakes-Drayton.

Watch Poland's Pawel Fajdek win hammer gold with a throw of 79.81m at the World Athletics Championships.

Dafne Schippers wins 200m gold as Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith narrowly misses out on bronze at the World Championships in London.

Japan's 2004 Olympic hammer champion Koji Murofushi has been appointed as a special advisor for Asics.

Four cases of norovirus are confirmed at the athletics World Championships in London, with 50 people affected by illness.

Watch America's Brittney Reese win her fourth long jump world title with 7.02m, with neutral athlete Darya Klishina taking silver with 7.00m.

Watch Great Britain's Chris O'Hare finish fourth his 1500m semi-final to qualify for Sunday's final at the World Athletics Championships.

Great Britain's Lynsey Sharp reaches the 800m final after her disqualification from the semi-final is overturned at the World Championships in London.

When Dafne Schippers made her Olympic debut at the London Stadium in 2012 she was a bit-part player on what became known as Super Saturday.

Emma Coburn, Olympic bronze medallist in the women, earned the first ever global women's 3000m steeplechase title for the United States in a tumultuous and historic final here which also saw her compatriot Courtney Freri...

Watch as Australia's Sally Pearson powers through the women's 100m hurdles semi-finals in 12.53 seconds.

In the stadium where she won Olympic long jump gold five years ago, Brittney Reese of the United States claimed her fourth world title after a third-round effort of 7.02m earned her victory in a hugely competitive final.

World leader Elijah Manangoi and reigning three-time champion Asbel Kiprop finished first and second respectively in the same heat yesterday and they finished in the same order in the first of tonight's 1500m semifinals.

Sally Pearson has made no secret of the fact that she likes running in London. In 2012, she won Olympic gold in the city in 12.35. Earlier this year - her first season back after a torn hamstring kept her out of the 2016...

Kevin Mayer ended the first day of the decathlon exactly where he intends to be at the conclusion of the competition: at the top.

After four decathlon disciplines, Kevin Mayer is already 42 points up on the pace required to break the French record he set when taking the Olympic silver medal in Rio last year.

Mo Farah and Usain Bolt, two of the greatest track athletes in history will make their final appearances at a major championship on Saturday.

World champion Kori Carter, silver medallist Dalilah Muhammad and bronze medallist Ristananna Tracey will face off in a 400m hurdles showdown at the Müller Grand Prix Birmingham, the 12th IAAF Diamond League meeting of ...

More than fifty veteran journalists were honoured for their career-long work in covering athletics at a ceremony in London on Thursday (10).

Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz is through to the high jump final at the World Athletics Championships in London.

When Farah competes in his last major track race, at the world championships on Saturday, the support in the London Stadium will be deafening. But away from the roars of adoration, his career still invites scrutiny and s...

Watch as Great Britain's Robbie Grabarz qualifies for the World Athletics Championships high jump final with third-attempt clearance of 2.31m.