Elite athletes warned to avoid one-night stands over risk of failing drug tests
Athletes warned to ‘watch who you kiss’ as top lawyers and anti-doping experts debated contamination cases in sport
‘Your social life will be non-existent’: Gout Gout coach Di Sheppard on guiding the sprint sensation
The Australian athletics outsider has overcome adversity and backed her own methods to find success as a mentor to a stable of rising stars
Marathon great Des Linden’s last dance: what happens when an 18-year career ends?
One of America’s greatest distance runners is excited about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead after a job she modestly describes as ‘cushy’
London Marathon sets world record for number of finishers
Total surpasses previous record of 55,646 set in New York, and event also broke record for crowd numbers
London Marathon 2025: Tigst Assefa and Sabastian Sawe win elite races – as it happened
Tigst Assefa won the women’s race and Sabastian Sawe the men’s, while Catherine Debrunner and Marcel Hug took the wheelchair events for the third and seventh times
‘The secret is trusting the process’: Sawe wins London Marathon as Assefa digs in
Sabastian Sawe won the men’s London Marathon with a staggering injection of pace, while Tigst Assefa claimed victory in a gruelling women’s race
‘After 26.2 miles of sheer hell …’: John Barnes to hand out drinks at London Marathon
The former England international will be supporting runners on Sunday before cheering Liverpool on in their quest to clinch the title
‘The costume develops its own microclimate’: what it’s like to run a marathon in a novelty outfit
From stocky rhinos to mighty oak trees, dragging these costumes over 26 miles can be a punishing experience
Inside the dirtiest race in Olympic history: ‘It wasn’t fair. I wasn’t on a level playing field’
How did the women’s 1500m in the 2012 London Olympics get its unenviable reputation? Athletes who were cheated out of medals talk about what happened that day – and how the results have slowly unravelled
London Marathon 2025: route, runners and everything else you need to know
Our guide to the elites, record breakers and ever presents as 56,000 brave souls race in largest one-day fundraising event
Will Jacob Kiplimo be the first to run a marathon in less than two hours?
Hugh Brasher, the London Marathon race director, certainly thinks so but the Ugandan faces stiff competition from Eliud Kipchoge and Tamirat Tola
‘It’s a step towards hope’: a refugee’s journey from wartorn Eritrea to the London Marathon
Hagos Kidana Abrha’s ability to run helped him to escape conflict in Africa, before a perilous trip to the UK
Eilish McColgan calls for passport ID to combat ‘faceless’ social media bullies
Before her London Marathon debut, Eilish McColgan called for people who body-shame on social media to be held accountable
Faith Kipyegon’s audacious bid to be first woman to run sub four-minute mile
Faith Kipyegon plans ‘to make the impossible possible’ by becoming the first woman to run a sub-four-minute mile this summer