Athletics News

Japan's Hideaki Yamauchi successfully defended his title at the IAU 100 km World Championship in Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia, on Saturday (8) as his country dominated the top placings, while Nikolina Sustic took women'...

Team Americas closed out day one of the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018 in fine style with a slick display of baton exchanges to seal an easy win in the men's 4x100m relay.

Emmanuel Korir of Kenya lived up to his billing as favourite in the men's 800m as he and his Team Africa team-mate, Nijel Amos of Botswana, ensured overall victory in finishing first and third respectively.

Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson says he is recovering at home after suffering a "mini-stroke".

With well-played jokers and a handful of surprise performances, the Americas team find themselves in the leading position at the end of the first day of the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018.

Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith ends her season with a second-place finish in the women's 100m at the IAAF Continental Cup in the Czech Republic.

Double Paralympic gold medallist Jonnie Peacock makes an encouraging return after a year-long break at the Great North City Games in Newcastle.

Great Britain's Greg Rutherford praises the "incredible send-off" from the Newcastle crowd as he completes the final long jump of his career at the Great City Games.

Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock jokes that he's 'probably still drunk' after a second place finish in his competitive return in the men's T44 100m after a year-long absence.

Great Britain's Laura Muir holds off competition from the Netherlands' Susan Krumins to take victory in the elite women's one mile at the Great North City Games.

Team Americas took a decisive victory in the women's 4x100m, the penultimate event of the first day of action at the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018.

The revised format of the discus competition at the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018 always had the potential to throw up a surprise and that's exactly how it turned out in Saturday afternoon's competition, with Yaime P...

Darlan Romani of Brazil caused somewhat of an upset to take the victory in the shot put on the first day of the IAAF Continental Cup in Ostrava with a best throw of 21.89m.

African champion Ruswahl Samaai was the well-deserved winner of the men's long jump competition at the IAAF Continental Cup. The South African came out on top at the preliminary, semifinal and final stages and had the fo...

There was no surprise in the men's 400m hurdles race, as the year's dominant man Abderrahman Samba of Qatar took a clear win, his ninth of the season in as many races. His time of 47.37 not only beat the closest contende...

World and Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto won maximum points for Team Africa.

In what was by far the strongest women's pole vault ever witnessed at the IAAF Continental Cup - and indeed the closest - Europe's Anzhelika Sidorova claimed victory on countback from teammate Katerina Stefanidi and Sand...

Bringing the curtain down on his season in fine style, Fedrick Dacres of Team Americas sealed victory with a performance that combined precision timing, superb strength and peerless power.

Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain was the expected winner for team Asia-Pacific in the women's 400m. The World Championships silver medallist, still only 20 years old, reached home in 49.32 to break the stadium record of 49.67,...

The Kenyan Winny Chebet emerged as the winner in the women's 1500m at the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018 after leading for most of the race. The African champion thus became only the second African winner of this even...

It's been a long, hard season for Marie Josee Ta Lou, but the Ivorian sprinter was bouncing up and down with excitement after beating a stellar field to secure maximum points for Team Africa in the women's 100m - and bec...

Caterine Ibarguen, the Rio 2016 triple jump champion from Colombia, faced down her competitive nemesis, Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan, to win for Team Americas and ensure that their gamble on playing their women's joker fo...