‘Never think you’re too old’: meet the world’s fastest 75-year-old woman

Sarah Roberts is a grandmother and global record holder but only took up the sport after a parkrun eight years ago

From TikTok to the track: gen Z are driving running’s third great boom

At the heart of running’s new explosion in popularity is the digitally native generation making the sport fashionable, communal and more diverse than ever

Athletes warn against potential health risks of ‘dangerous, unethical’ Enhanced Games

Sport Integrity Australia takes aim at event planned for May 2026 as Australian body calls on clean athletes to resist the lure of prize money

Pro-doping Enhanced Games to debut in Las Vegas with Trump Jr backing

A controversial new Olympics-style sporting event where athletes will be permitted to use drugs is set to debut in Las Vegas next year

Jakob Ingebrigtsen tells court he has ‘had no motives for lying’ as father’s trial closes

The Norwegian Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen testified that he found it ‘embarrassing to be a victim of domestic violence’ as his father’s trial ended

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