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British sprinter Adam Gemili feels he "let so many people down" after missing out on a medal in the men's 200m final in the World Athletics Championships.

When Christian Taylor cut the sand 17.86 metres from where he had taken off on his fourth attempt in the triple jump final, he did more than deprive his teammate and career-long rival Will Claye of another - yet another,...

A mother is always as good as gold in her children's eyes, but for three new mothers at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, that saying will take on a new meaning after this week.

Twenty-two year old Donavan Brazier earned his first major 800m medal tonight, and a time of 1:42.34 - breaking the 32-year-old Championship and 34-year-old United States records - ensured it would be golden. He also bec...

Noah Lyles earned the first of what will surely be a sequence of global sprint crowns here tonight as he won the world 200m title with efficiency rather than flamboyance in a time of 19.83.

Britain's Dina Asher-Smith underlines her status as favourite for the 200m world title as she effortlessly qualifies for Wednesday's final.

Noah Lyles caps off a marvellous season with victory in the world 200m final in 19.83 seconds but Briton Adam Gemili narrowly misses out on a medal.

Another night, another mammoth jumps showdown. This time it was the men's pole vault where Sam Kendricks became just the second man to successfully defend a world title in the event after a captivating battle with teenag...

Noah Lyles takes the men's 200m gold for USA as Britain's Adam Gemili narrowly misses out on a medal in Doha.

Donavan Brazier sets a new American record as he wins gold in the men's 800m final at the World Championships in Doha.

Updates including men's 200m and women's javelin finals Richard Williams: empty seats reveal warped priorities And you can contact Tumaini by email or Twitter 8.24pm BST Sam Kendricks wins the pole vault world title. 19 ...

Britain's Dina Asher-Smith eases into the 200m final after dominating her semi-final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha.

There is no evidence that Mo Farah cheated - but sometimes people are judged by the company they keep Shortly after revelations first surfaced about Alberto Salazar being investigated by the US Anti-Doping Agency in 2015...

BBC athletics commentator Steve Cram says Mo Farah "has done nothing wrong" and should not be seen as guilty by association with banned coach Alberto Salazar.

Nike was not founded in Eugene by chance: it was founded there to make shoes for track and field athletes, notably those at the University of Oregon, where one of its co-founders was the track coach, writes Adam Williams...

Ethiopia's Takele Nigate suffers a steeplechase to forget after following up an awkward fall by crashing headlong into the water jump during the 2019 World Athletics Championships.

Steve Cram says four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah should not be seen as guilty by his association with banned coach Alberto Salazar.

When Qatari 400m hurdler Mariam Farid sets her blocks for this evening's opening round, she'll be doing so hoping to continue breaking barriers. As an athlete and ambassador for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doh...

Panorama journalist Mark Daly recounts how he first started looking into Alberto Salazar and takes us through each step of the six-year investigation.

All athletes accredited for IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 are being urged to vote in the IAAF Athletes' Commission elections, which opened on Sunday (29).

Alberto Salazar, Mo Farah's former athletics coach, has been banned from the sport for four years after being found guilty of doping violations.

Can we really be approaching the half-way point already? Time-wise it may be all downhill from here but there's so much more to come before the lights go down for the last time on the IAAF World Athletics Championships D...