‘I wish we’d taken the train’: athlete Innes FitzGerald welcomes Thunberg comparisons
The 18-year-old British runner looks up to ‘inspirational’ activist but plans to do talking on track this weekend
‘There’s a dark side’: 1500m star Georgia Hunter Bell calls for online abuse to stop
Georgia Hunter Bell, Britain’s Olympic 1500m bronze medallist, has revealed she no longer goes online before races because of the ‘really dark side of social media’
‘Stop the abuse’: Liz McColgan hits back at online criticism of daughter Eilish
The Olympic silver medallist Liz McColgan has hit out at the '“demeaning and abusive comments” received on social media by her daughter Eilish
Like landing on Mars: can a woman really run a sub four-minute mile?
A new study suggests it’s possible, but even with gains in shoe technology it may be out of reach – for now
Armand Duplantis hits high notes before soaring to 11th pole vault world record
Olympic champion clears 6.27m at meet in Clermont-Ferrand after releasing his first song Bop under nickname ‘Mondo’ earlier on same day
Innes FitzGerald, ‘Greta Thunberg of sport’, in first senior athletics squad
Innes FitzGerald hopes to repeat Keely Hodgkinson’s burst on to the athletics scene in the European Indoor Championships next week
Blow to British hopes as injury forces Emile Cairess out of London Marathon
Briton who was third in last year’s raced had hoped to break Mo Farah’s British marathon record
Keely Hodgkinson shows her Klassic formula can inspire new generation
Olympic champion’s event blended music and athletics in perfect riposte to critics who believed her ambition to interest young fans was unlikely to succeed
Olympic 400m silver medallist Roger Black reveals open heart surgery
Roger Black, who won Olympic 400m silver for Britain in 1996, has revealed he has had open heart surgery
Shock injury prevents Hodgkinson from attempting world record at Keely Klassic
Keely Hodgkinson has pulled out injured of event in Birmingham where she was due to attempt the short-track 800m world record
Eliud Kipchoge offers to mentor Alex Yee for Briton’s first London Marathon
Eliud Kipchoge has revealed he would ‘love to know more’ about Alex Yee before the Olympic triathlon champion’s first London Marathon this year
Sifan Hassan rejects greatest-ever claim and confirms London Marathon entry
The Dutch distance runner Sifan Hassan won three medals at the Paris Olympics to add to her glittering career but she said: ‘I don’t think I am the Goat’
Money or the starter’s gun? AFL and NRL riches remain a lure for Olympic hopefuls
Athletics Australia has lost more talent tug-of-love cases than it has won – but Brisbane 2032 can be a new temptation for the next generation
A vision of sport in 2050: robot leagues, chips in brains and players in their 50s
Many experts’ predictions for the next 25 years may seem outlandish but so did much of what has happened since 1999
Generation TikTok: how sportswomen set the bar higher than the men
Female athlete power on social media became ever more strident in 2024 – but the backlash also damaged careers and wellbeing