The European junior 800m champion is Beijing bound and one of the youngest members of GB’s World Champs team
Barely a few years go by without a young Briton being labelled as the next Coe, Cram or Ovett.

It is a mantle that is viewed as a burden...

A round-up of World Masters Championships action in France
As the World Masters Championships entered the final few days, Britain had a very successful time in the 1500m events on Friday.

The UK won four gold medals and eight other medals too on an ex...

Supermarket chain pulls out from four-year partnership two years early
A four-year sponsorship deal between British Athletics and Sainsbury’s has been cut short, leaving the federation with one fewer core partner less than a year out from the Rio...

A look ahead to the event in Aberdeen held August 15-16
This year’s Scottish Seniors Championships has a healthy list of entries and a number of GB and Scotland internationals are set to compete.

Held in Aberdeen on August 15-16, it is believed ...

We focus on the women’s triple jump as part of our IAAF World Championships history series
The triple jump made its debut in Stuttgart in 1993 and was won by Anna Biryukova, who had failed to make the long jump final and was in her first season a...

A round-up of World Masters Championships action
While it’s hard keeping up with all the events at four stadiums, Britain had won 31 golds and 72 medals at the World Masters Championships in Lyon to lie third in the table to Germany and France as...

European cross country champion hopes to see out-of-stadium running boosted after IAAF elections
Gemma Steel has backed Seb Coe’s plans to help boost the image of out-of-stadium running events a week before the International Association of Athlet...

Olympic track champion will look to become only the third man to win the half-marathon event two years in a row
Mo Farah is set to return to Tyneside to defend his title at the Morrisons Great North Run half-marathon on September 13.

At last year̵...

Disciplinary action against a further 28 athletes has commenced following the retesting of samples taken at the 2005 and 2007 IAAF World Championships
Reanalysis of samples taken at the Helsinki 2005 and Osaka 2007 World Championships has revealed 32 a...

Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce both named for 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay events
Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are both set to defend their three world titles as they have each been named for the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay events at t...