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• Sprinter is first Briton to win three world championship medals• GB men and women teams each take second place in 4x100m Dina Asher-Smith put one last dollop of icing on her stunning week in Doha by winning another...

An emotional Sifan Hassan defends herself and says she is a clean athlete after her coach Alberto Salazar was banned for doping violations.

China's 4x100m women's relay team make a mess of the final baton change but run back to the changeover zone to complete the passing of the baton and finish the race to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.

Great Britain claim silver after finishing behind USA in the men's 4x100m relay at the World Championships in Doha.

Individual 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce added yet another gold medal to her collection by helping Jamaica to victory in the women's 4x100m.

With the opening effort of the men's shot put final, Ryan Crouser produced the longest throw in World Championships history with 22.36m

Sifan Hassan completed the unprecedented 1500m and 10,000m double at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 by obliterating the championship record performance and climbing to sixth on the all-time list in a mi...

Dina Asher-Smith wins her third medal of the World Championships as Great Britain take silver behind Jamaica in the 4x100m relay.

Dina Asher-Smith becomes the first Briton to win three medals at a major global athletics championships as the 4x100m relay team win world silver.

Yulimar Rojas continues to fly. Tonight, at just 23, the Venezuelan won her second consecutive world title in the triple jump, and did so in impressive style.

World 1500m champion Sifan Hassan hits back at critics after her coach Alberto Salazaar was banned for doping violations but Michael Johnson says she must expect to be under scrutiny.

Britain's Laura Muir produces a gutsy display in the 1500m final as she finishes fifth behind winner Sifan Hassan at the World Championships in Doha.

Laura Muir says she is "proud of herself" after running 3:55:76 and finishing fifth in the World Athletics Championship in Doha despite missing a lot of training in 2019.

Neil Gourley unconcerned by Nike Oregon Project runners Simpson: 'Anyone shocked isn't involved in the sport' Not even in the halcyon days of British middle-distance running did three men from the UK reach the same world...

If you build it, the fitness will come. At a time of crisis, that's what Conseslus Kipruto had to tell himself.

Olympic champion Brianna McNeal is disqualified for a false start in the women's 100m hurdles heats at the World Championships.

Two-time Olympic champion David Rudisha says he is "moving forward" after his recent struggles off the track.

Not too many people get the chance to be crowned a world champion in front of their friends and family in their home city, and even fewer deliver; but Mutaz Barshim - Doha born and bred - added his name to that small lis...

Dalilah Muhammad calls it her epiphany, the moment that set off a chain reaction for all that came next: Olympic gold, world record and - on Friday night at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 - a long-await...

Successes of athletes such as Asher-Smith is inspiring but take-up of activity is more complex Children should be taught "physical literacy" in the same way they learn to read and write if the gold medal successes of ath...

Japan completed a glorious men's race walking double at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 courtesy of a commanding performance by world leader Toshikazu Yamanishi.

Dina Asher-Smith's hopes of a third 2019 World Championships medal remain intact as both Britain's 4x100m relay teams qualify for Saturday's finals.