Piastri intrigue, Picklum magic and Gout goes global: reflections on a year of Australian sport

Australians shone on the global stage in 2025, while there was more myth-making and dynasties born closer to home

Gout Gout turns 18 as whirlwind year ends amid high hopes for even faster 2026

Athletics’ breakout star of 2025 is taking a gap year before university and says the break will help him focus more on the track

‘As perfect as it can get’: pole vault superstar Mondo Duplantis on his stellar 2025

The world record holder tells Sean Ingle about his stellar year, that viral kiss and why he’s serious about music

Global anti-doping chief admits drugs cheats in sport are escaping detection

One of the most senior figures in global anti-doping has warned that too many drug cheats in sport are evading detection – and criticised the current system as ‘ineffective’

Sabastian Sawe: the marathon star on a mission to be drug tested as much as possible

This year’s London Marathon winner deserves credit for offering more than enough proof he is clean while setting a new standard for other athletes to follow

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