Sale’s all-rounder looks set to hit the combined heights, as AW discovered
After winning the English Schools junior girls pentathlon title in September last year, Grace Bower is aiming high, with her dream being to take part in the World Junior...

Olympic and world 100m gold medallist is the latest athlete to feature in the Sports Life Stories series
Linford Christie talks about his positive drugs tests, his tough upbringing and his Olympic triumph in the next edition in the series of Sports Lif...

While Mo Farah was record-breaking at the Lisbon Half Marathon there were a number of other top performances around the world including a PB and win for Lily Partridge at the Reading Half
The major performance of the weekend came in Lisbon with Mo Fara...

Double Olympic, world and European track champion becomes first Briton to go sub-60:00 for 13.1 miles
Mo Farah clocked 59:32 to win the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon on Sunday, becoming the first British athlete to break an hour for the distance as he also ...

A look ahead to the European Masters Indoor Championships in Torun
Great Britain’s veteran athletes will be seeking to outdo their senior counterparts at the European Masters Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, from March 23-28.

Among the 233...

The first in a four-part series by respiratory physiotherapist Robin McNelis on learning how to breathe correctly as an athlete and how it can improve your performance
Breathing is something we all do naturally and most of us do not think much about it...

Martin Duff speaks with former footballer-turned-runner Chris Greenwood
AW caught up with Chris Greenwood soon after he placed a fine second overall in the South of The Thames 7.5 miles championship race, despite being a veteran.

The 41-year-old is a ...

A new book tells the extraordinary story of Aussie javelin thrower Reg Spiers, writes Julie McSorley
During the run-up to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi an article in the sports section of the Guardian suggested a reluctance on the part of some athlet...

Double Olympic, world and European champion races outdoors for the first time this year in Portugal on Sunday
Mo Farah makes his 2015 outdoor debut on Sunday as he returns to road race action at the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon.

The double Olympic, world ...

Top fields set to include the likes of Susan Partridge, Alyson Dixon, Lily Partridge and Paul Martelletti
The Vitality Reading Half Marathon returns this weekend and will be run on a new route that organisers boast is “flatter and faster than eve...