Tony Lett explains how club sprinters can make sure they get out of their blocks quickest
In a sprint, at the starter s command, an athlete takes up a position with their hands just behind the line, arms vertical and feet placed to their best advantage...

Commonwealth Games athletics tickets to go on sale Thursday as part of phased release following last week’s ticket sale suspension
Tickets to watch the athletics at this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will go on sale on Thursday (Ma...

World and Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft among a number of world record breakers at IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland
Hannah Cockroft broke not one but two world records at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.

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Jo Pavey runs BMC members’ record and world W40 best as a number of qualifying marks are met at Watford
A BMC record, world W40 best, two World Junior Championships qualifying standards and four Commonwealth Games qualifying marks were achieved a...

England top team standings at Loughborough International Athletics meet ahead of the hosts
Two UK junior records, a host of Commonwealth qualifiers and PBs and signs of some frenetic battles to come this summer added extra heat to a sun-kissed Loughbor...

Michael Painter, Adam McBraida and Alice Kaye among winners at Oxford versus Cambridge varsity match
It was a fairy tale ending for the Oxford Men s Blues team on their home track in the 150th staging of the Oxford versus Cambridge varsity match, as th...

Blessing Okagbare, Wenjun Xie and Justin Gatlin among winners at the second meeting of the Diamond League series
Blessing Okagbare and Yenew Alamirew were among those to set meeting records while there were world leading performances from the likes of ...

Ethiopians dominate over 10km as Gemma Steel and Nick McCormick are best of the Brits
Kenenisa Bekele outkicked Wilson Kipsang to win the Bupa Great Manchester Run on Sunday as Tirunesh Dibaba dominated the women’s race to successfully defend her...

A round-up of National Masters Road Relay Championships action at Sutton Park
It was all change at the National Masters Road Relay Championships on Saturday as eight of the nine age groups yielded first time championship victories for their clubs as, a...

Yohan Blake wins 150m while hurdler Meghan Beesley is among Brits to impress at street athletics event in Manchester
He came to Manchester with Usain Bolt’s 150m world mark in his sights and although he was some way off Bolt’s best Yohan Bl...