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After the drama in the men's 4x100m when Bolt pulled up with cramp on the last leg, it was a similar story for Jamaica in the women's 4x400m, as second-leg runner Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby pulled up injured while in sec...

If there was one athlete likely to live up to a favourite tag at the IAAF World Championships London 2017, it was surely always going to be Caster Semenya.

Heading into these championships, the conventional wisdom was that the men's high jump title was Mutaz Essa Barshim's to lose. Arriving undefeated in six competitions and armed with the seven of the eight best clearances...

Great Britain's women win silver in the 4x400m relay to secure the nation's fifth medal of the World Championships, with the USA taking gold.

The early stages of the 5000m final played out in an almost identical manner to the 10,000m with Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana making a huge surge after a ponderous opening to proceedings but while the Kenyan challenge fettered...

Laura Muir tells BBC Scotland she will miss next year's Commonwealth Games as she will be preparing for veterinary medicine exams.

It's not often that team tactics are used at major championships. It's even rarer that they work.

Normal service was resumed on closing night of these unforgettable 2017 IAAF World Championships. In the discus circle, at any rate.

Kenya's Elijah Manangoi takes 1500m gold ahead of compatriot Timothy Cheruiyot and Norway's Filip Ingebrigtsen, with Britain's Chris O'Hare last.

Kenya's Hellen Obiri claims gold in the Women's 5,000m final as Britain's Laura Muir finishes sixth in her first major 5,000m final with Eilish McColgan 10th.

Olympic high jump champion Ruth Beitia of Spain received the International Fair Play award from The International Fair Play Committee (CIFP), with the support of the IAAF, at a ceremony in London on Sunday (13).

All good things come to those who work and wait as Eider Arevalo discovered in the 20km race walk.

A dramatic last 100 metres saw leader Lyu Xiuzhi disqualified, leaving Chinese team-mate Yang Jiayu to take gold in the women's 20km race walk.

Mo Farah accuses sections of the media for trying to "destroy" his legacy over his relationship with coach Alberto Salazar.

Britain's Tom Bosworth is disqualified in the men's 20km walk at the World Championships in London.

Great Britain's Daryll Neita takes you behind the scenes on her journey from training camp to winning a silver medal at the World Championships in London.

• Farah second after painful end to 5,000m at World Championships• Briton accuses press of trying to 'destroy' his legacy in athletics Mo Farah has accused sections of the media of trying to "destroy" his achievement...

Finally at the sixth attempt, Yohann Diniz became world champion on the same course that left him leaning on a tree in despair five years ago at the 2012 Olympics.

Bronze medallist Paul Chelimo defends his cut-throat gesture before the World Championships 5,000m in London.

Ines Henriques breezed home to become the first women's world 50km race walk champion - and at the same time pocketed a handsome $160,000 for her win and world record*.

Twelve months ago in Rio de Janeiro, after lying despondent on the side of the track for some time, Dafne Schippers got up, took off her spikes and flung them to one side in frustration.

Usain Bolt, who has captivated our attention for nine years, hobbled over the finish line with a pulled hamstring in the 4x100m and won't thank the IAAF This is how it ends then, with Usain Bolt face down on the track, 1...