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A surprise world indoor record* for Poland, a third world indoor title for Renaud Lavillenie and a hometown hero taking gold were among the final highlights of the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018.

Seven weeks ahead of his scheduled return to London for the Virgin Money London Marathon, Mo Farah warmed up with an assured victory at the inaugural Vitality Big Half on Sunday (4).

British distance running legends Steve Cram and Lord Sebastian Coe pay tribute to British athletics' icon Sir Roger Bannister who has died, aged 88.

Great Britain's 4x400m women were disqualified from their final at the World Indoor Athletics Championships for "bumping and barging".

Great Britain's Shelayna Oskan-Clarke overtakes Ethiopia's Habitam Alemu on the final bend to take bronze in the women's 800m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.

An incredible final surge by Jakub Krzewina saw him sweep past USA's Vernon Norwood in the final metres to take the 4x400m title for Poland, setting a superb world indoor record* of 3:01.77 in the process.

The US quartet dominated the women's 4x400m as expected, flying to a championship record of 3:23.85 to secure their third straight victory.

Andrew Pozzi whipped the British crowd into a delighted frenzy, as the local athlete stormed to a popular and frantically-tight victory in a dramatic final over the USA's Jarrett Eaton, for Britain's first gold medal on ...

With the bar at 5.90m and three men clear at 5.85m, Renauld Lavillenie stood on the runway as the final man to make a second attempt, knowing that a clearance would likely secure him a third world indoor title.

On the day the track and field world bade a sad goodbye to the man who achieved the most celebrated middle distance feat of all time, Sir Roger Bannister, it seemed fitting that a new talent should emerge into the global...

• Farah wins London race in 61min 40sec ahead of Daniel Wanjiru• Athlete aims to compete in next year's world championships Mo Farah has set his sights on beating Steve Jones's 33-year-old British marathon record aft...

Not since the days of the Maria Mutola has there been a successful title defence in the women's 800m at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha successfully defended his 3000m title with a powerful display of front running over the final kilometre of a tactical final.

Welcome to day four of the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018.

First athlete to run a mile in under four minutes and an eminent neurologist On a blustery spring evening in Oxford in the 1950s, Roger Bannister, who has died aged 88, became an athlete of world renown, establishing him...

The IAAF is deeply saddened to hear that Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile within four minutes, died on Sunday (4) at the age of 88.

The first man to run a mile in under four minutes, Sir Roger Bannister, has died. He set the record in 1954 managing a time of three minutes 59.4 seconds Sir Roger Bannister, first athlete to run a mile in under four min...

Chris Black was suspended from coaching by UK Athletics last year pending an investigation.

Breaking away from his final pursuer just before the 40-kilometre mark, Kenyan Joseph Macharia Ndirangu took a 2:07:53 victory at the 73rd Lake Biwa Marathon in Otsu, Japan, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Sunday (4).

Pearson's worst performance since 2006 Games Ryan Gregson also failed to qualify for 1500m semi-final Sally Pearson has downplayed any form concern a month out from her hometown Commonwealth Games after crashing out in t...

Three championship records, two other world leads and drama aplenty: just another night at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018.

Still the wait goes on for Katerina Stefanidi. The 28-year-old might have come to Birmingham as the Greek with the Midas vaulting touch - on a role of European outdoor, Olympic, European indoor, and world indoor titles -...