Court urged to jail Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father for ‘regime of repeated abuse’

The father of the Norwegian track and field superstar Jakob Ingebrigtsen should go to prison for two and a half years for ‘a regime of repeated abuse’ that spanned a decade, prosecutors have told a court in Norway

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