Athletics News

World indoor champion Juan Miguel Echevarria added two centimetres to his own world-leading mark to win the long jump at the jumps meeting in Bad Langensalza on Saturday (30).

World and Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya ran a race of brutal simplicity at the Meeting de Paris IAAF Diamond League stop at the Charlety Stadium on Saturday (30) to record her fastest ever time of 1:54.25 - puttin...

Qatar's Abderrahman Samba and South Africa's Caster Semenya produce some of the fastest runs of all time at the Diamond League meeting in Paris.

• Asher-Smith takes women's 100m in record 10.97secs • Prescod victory secures European Championship place When Reece Prescod arrived for breakfast on Saturday he wore a T-shirt with a solitary word on it - Berlin. I...

Reece Prescod edges out Zharnel Hughes and CJ Ujah to retain his British Championship 100m title in Birmingham.

Dina Asher-Smith dominates the field as she comfortably sprints her way to victory in the 100m at the British Championships in Birmingham.

Dina Asher-Smith sets a British Championship record as she takes the gold medal in the women's 100m in Birmingham.

Irena Szewinska, who won three Olympic gold medals between 1964 and '76, dies at the age of 72 after a long battle with cancer.

The IAAF is deeply saddened by the news that legendary Polish sprinter Irena Szewinska, widely considered one of the most successful and multi-talented athletes of all time, died on Friday (29) in Warsaw after a long bat...