Athletics News

Teenager is youngest ever US athlete at world champsTexan finishes seventh in heat, well of personal bestCooper Lutkenhaus must have the best excuse for missing class of any high school junior, given he has been in Japan...

Former Scottish 1500m runner Chris O'Hare thinks Josh Kerr, Jake Wightman and Neil Gourley have a chance of winning all three medals in Wednesday final at the World Athletics Championships.

The Enhanced Games is a "reckless" venture that could dissuade future athletes from competing, says the athlete commission of UK Anti-Doping.

National champion is really proud after gritty run against triple Olympic winner, while Peter Bol fails to get through 800m heatsJess Hull took it to middle-distance legend Faith Kipyegon in the womens 1500m final at the...

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team looks at the world record-breaking claw shoes worn by Armand Duplantis at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.

Australia teenager must match or beat his fastest 200m times to make sure his World Athletics Championships debut lasts more than just Wednesdays heatAustralian teenager Gout Gout must first prove himself against sprinti...

New Zealand's Olympic champion Hamish Kerr takes high jump gold with a first-time clearance of 2.36m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Great Britain's world silver medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith and team-mates Samuel Reardon and Charles Dobson all fail to make the men's 400m finals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Cordell Tinch wins 110m hurdles gold for the USA with time of 12.99 seconds at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Great Britain's Max Burgin and Ben Pattison qualify for the men's 800m semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team looks at why athletes competing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland wear different coloured kits at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Steve Cram explains why Olympic champion Cole Hocker was disqualified from the men's 1500m semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Updates and news on the fourth day of action from TokyoDuplantis hits new heights with 14th WR | Email Daniel - konnichiwa - and welcome to the World Athletics Championships - night four!And, of course, its another nicky...

The Kiwi steeplechaser says a potentially disastrous fall in the heats may have been a blessing in disguise before he went on to make history in TokyoHe is the straight-talking, big-kicking and now giant-killing star of ...