Athletics News

With no fewer than nine men owning season's bests of 5.88m or better, the men's pole vault promises to be one of the most keenly contested events at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

There is an unfamiliar feeling of unease that hits Ethiopian athletes when they prepare to make their indoor debuts. With no severe winter at home to necessitate indoor running venues, it is not unusual for them to fret ...

Mutaz Essa Barshim, the 2017 IAAF world male athlete of the year, will be one of the biggest stars in action at Arena Birmingham this week.

For 12 months now, Katerina Stefanidi has been untouchable in the women's pole vault.

For the second straight major championships, the men's long jump has shaped into a battle between South Africa's Luvo Manyonga and Jarrion Lawson of the USA.

Following her two-year hiatus of 2014-15, the Brittney Reece world-title-winning bandwagon is gathering momentum once again.

When Almir dos Santos made his international debut at the 2012 World U20 Championships, he competed in the high jump. At last year's South American Championships, he competed in the long jump. And now he heads to the IAA...

Although she hasn't competed since last August, Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas will defend her world indoor triple jump title.

IAAF World Indoor Tour winner Tomas Stanek is enjoying a rich vein of form this winter with victory in four out of five competitions in addition to an eye-catching 22.17m Czech record in Dusseldorf earlier this month.

Ashton Eaton's shoes - all 10 pairs of them - are big ones to fill, but a world indoor title would be another step towards combined events greatness for Kevin Mayer in the post-Eaton era.

The last time Katarina Johnson-Thompson contested a pentathlon, at the 2015 European Indoor Championships in Prague, she finished a tantalising 13 points shy of Nataliya Dobrynska's world record tally of 5013.

When considering the contenders for the men's 4x400m title at any global championships, it's always hard to look past the USA.

A fierce squad which includes three of the four women who carried their team to gold in the 4x400m final at last year's World Championships will be gunning for the USA's third straight victory.