Alex Yee runs second fastest British marathon time to trail only Mo Farah
Alex Yee, the Olympic triathlon champion, has become the second-fastest British marathon runner ever with a stunning 2:06:38 run in Valencia
‘Your column was very unfair’: what happened when I met World Athletics CEO
John Ridgeon believes I was downbeat about state of his sport. He may have a point … so we thrashed out our differences
Duplantis wins top award and takes aim at Grand Slam Track’s exclusion of field events
Armand Duplantis capped a remarkable 2025, in which he broke four world records and won a world title, by being named World Athletics’ male athlete of the year
Revealed: sports agent Jonathan Barnett’s three-year legal battle with John Regis and Jennifer Stoute
A leading agent and two Olympians fell out when their athletics talent agency was sold, leading to ‘three years of torture’ which came to a sudden end after the emergence of text messages sent to a phone registered to Barnett
Off with a bang: women’s 100m final moved up to LA28 opening day
The women’s 100m final will headline the first day of competition at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics as part of organisers’ plans to ‘open with a bang’
New York’s marathon of chaos and charm awaits Hassan and Kipchoge
The world’s top runners descend on the five boroughs for the city’s most unpredictable race – a test of grit, chaos and endurance
Women’s marathon world record-holder Chepngetich handed three-year doping ban
The women’s marathon world record holder, Ruth Chepngetich, has been banned for three years after failing a drugs test
Just redo it: inside Nike’s plans to put the swoosh back into its sales
The world’s largest sportswear company was wobbling amid complaints that it had become too safe. Armed with a provocative new slogan, the company reveals the innovations and strategy it hopes will turn its reputation around
Keely Hodgkinson crowned 800m queen of New York by Serena Williams
Britain’s Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson won the 800m to end her injury-hampered season on a high at New York’s all-female Athlos meeting
Laura Muir’s former athletics coach banned for three years for serious misconduct
Andy Young, who guided Laura Muir to world glory, has been given a three-year ban, backdated to April 2023, by an independent appeal panel
Noah Lyles: ‘The future of sprinting is hazy right now. Nobody knows which direction to go in’
The American sprint king on young emerging rivals including Gout Gout, his advancing years and uncertainty surrounding the sport
Diminished world championships return fails to cloud Australian optimism
The emergence of younger athletes like Gout Gout and success for the usual suspects provided reasons to be cheerful in Tokyo, says the team’s high performance director
Nicola Olyslagers beats rain delays to win high jump gold for Australia
Olyslagers won Australia’s first gold of the world championships in the high jump, while Matt Denny missed out on medal in the men’s discus
Golden 5,000m kick gives Cole Hocker solace after being ‘robbed’ in 1500m
The American, who was disqualified in the 1500m semi-finals, proved his pedigree with a devastating final surge to win the 5,000m