Veteran distance runner produces one of the moments of the Games with brave 5000m run
Supermum strikes again. Jo Pavey, the 40-year-old mother-of-two, had no intention of making up the numbers in the 5000m final on the last night of the Commonwealth Ga...

After gold medal-winning Commonwealth appearance, Jamaican said he hopes to add to his eight world outdoor titles
Usain Bolt confirmed he plans to be back for the next major event in Britain, the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, before probably...

England grab gold in men’s 4x400m as Usain Bolt performs for Hampden crowd and Jo Pavey bags bronze on last night of the Glasgow Games
Athletics action at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games ended on a high with some thrilling battles and passion...

Glasgow 2014 high jump silver medallist Isobel Pooley used extreme methods to block out news of rivals’ progress during final
Taking “being in the zone” to the extreme, Isobel Pooley said putting her hands over her ears and singing so...

Former world champion provisionally suspended after failing doping test taken following women’s Commonwealth 400m final
Amantle Montsho of Botswana has been provisionally suspended after she failed a doping test at the Commonwealth Games in Glasg...

Ahead of representing Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, Luke Caldwell spoke to AW about his training in the United States
Having graduated from Oxford University with a degree in physics two years ago, Luke Caldwell went to study for a Masters at New...

Scotland’s Lynsey Sharp wins Commonwealth 800m medal despite spending night before final in hospital on a drip
After running all year with a gammy leg and scraping through to the 800m final as one of the fastest losers, the odds of Lynsey Sharp w...

Pole vaulter leads England jump-off one-two as Lynsey Sharp secures 800m silver for Scotland and Moses Kipsiro retains title in thrilling 10,000m
Having won Commonwealth pole vault bronze in 2006 and silver in 2010, Steve Lewis completed the full set o...

Sprint superstar anchors Jamaica team through to 4x100m final before joking with journalists after the race
Cheers, not jeers, drowned Hampden Park on Friday evening when Usain Bolt made his much-anticipated debut at the Commonwealth Games. The world r...

Two contrasting characters, Nijel Amos and David Rudisha have the potential to push each inside 100 seconds for 800m
Despite their fierce rivalry on the track, David Rudisha and Nijel Amos are good friends off it. It s said that opposites attract and t...