World hammer champion moves to 10th on world all-time list with best throw in the world since 2008
A round-up of some of the top athletics performances from the past week, including a hammer throw of 83.93m by Pawel Fajdek and a time of 11.11 by Desire...

Check it out for news, event history, results, reports and more
Get set for the IAAF World Championships with Athletics Weekly s dedicated ‘hub’.

Check it out for the latest news, event history and an event schedule, plus a results table ...

A look back at the women’s 200m at the IAAF World Championships
Olympic 400m champion Marita Koch decided she wasn t quite fit enough to contest her best event at Helsinki in 1983, so entered the sprints and, after a silver at 100m, won the longe...

As Beijing beckons, we continue our event-by-event World Championships history series by looking at the women’s 100m
The 100m at the first World Championships, in Helsinki, was billed as a match-up between Marlies Gohr and Evelyn Ashford as both ...

Our World Championships analysis series continues with a look at the decathlon
The Olympic champion Daley Thompson had dominated the event over the previous four years, but suffering from groin and back injuries, he wasn t at his best for the inaugural...

World Anti-Doping Agency says it is “committed to protecting the confidentiality of athletes”
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is to begin an investigation “with urgency” following widespread doping allegations against intern...