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

World Athletics Championships: Odira pips Hunter Bell and Hodgkinson in 800m final, USA top medal table – as it happened

Lilian Odira produced a storming finish to pass Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell to win the women’s 800m, while Cole Hocker won the men’s 5,000m

‘I thought I had it!’: Hodgkinson beaten to 800m gold by Odira as Hunter Bell takes silver

Keely Hodgkinson settled for bronze in the 800m behind Kenya’s Lilian Odira, who took gold, and GB teammate Georgia Hunter Bell

‘What the hell was that?’: Johnson-Thompson shares world bronze in remarkable finale

Katarina Johnson-Thompson shared third after finishing the heptathlon level with Taliyah Brooks, while Anna Hall took gold and Kate O’Connor third