Having swapped his football boots for spikes and recently formed part of the Scottish quartet to have run the Glasgow 2014 qualifier, Plenderleith is eagerly awaiting Scotland’s team announcement for this summer’s Games
Two years ago the th...

In sport you need to push faster, higher and further but this requires caution, as Steven Mann explains
The Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius” (faster, higher, stronger) captures the mood of continually having bigger and better goals. Howeve...

Lausanne 100m to form part of American sprinter’s return from his one-year doping suspension
American sprinter Tyson Gay is set to run at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on July 3 as he returns to competition following his one-year suspension...

Organisers admit “we got it wrong” on decision to only publish times for the top three finishers
Edinburgh Marathon organisers have made a U-turn and decided to publish full results from this year’s events online, saying they were wro...

Heptathlete sets a personal best 6682 points for victory in Gotzis
Katarina Johnson-Thompson added her name to the long list of greats to have won the prestigious Hypo Meeting in Gotzis on Sunday as the 21-year-old scored a world-leading 6682 points to...

European 800m champion Sharp, Helen Clitheroe and Jake Wightman among the winners at BMC Grand Prix meet
Lynsey Sharp ran her quickest 800m since 2012 at the BMC Grand Prix meeting in Manchester on Saturday, clocking 2:01.67 for ‘A’ race vi...

A round-up of the action on the second day of the Bedford International Games
With the 20th edition of the Bedford International Games spread over two days this year, Commonwealth Games hopefuls were using it as a final chance to post useful performanc...

World and Paralympic discus champion throws 48.69m at IPC Grand Prix meet in Grosseto
Aled Davies threw 48.69m to break the 12-year-old world F42 discus record in Grosseto, Italy, on Saturday.

The world and Paralympic champion bettered the previous wo...

Kirani James among athletes to set world leads on second day of Prefontaine Classic action in Eugene
There were a number of world leads and meeting records set on Saturday as Prefontaine Classic action continued in Eugene.

One of the biggest head-to-h...

A round-up of the action on day one of the Bedford International Games
The 20th edition of this popular meeting is being spread over two days this year, in order to give Commonwealth Games hopefuls final chances to post useful performances and impress ...