Promising young athlete robbed teenagers at gunpoint near Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium
Birchfield Harriers athlete Abdi Abdi has been jailed for four years following a string of gunpoint robberies.

The teenager, pictured above on his way to wi...

European champion joined by Renaud Lavillenie, Valerie Adams, Genzebe Dibaba and Tatyana McFadden in being shortlisted for prestigious awards
Jo Pavey is among the athletics stars nominated for the 2015 Laureus World Sports Awards.

The European champi...

The two cities are to co-host the event over the next five years, while the annual Glasgow International Match is no more
The Sainsbury s Indoor Grand Prix is to alternate between two venues in Birmingham and Glasgow over the next five years, while the...

The London 2012 Olympic 5000m and 10,000m eighth-placer shares her top five places to train
Some of my favourite training locations are simply stunning. Watching the sunrise illuminate the mist-blanketed valleys of the vast landscape beyond Sululta, im...

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The London Marathon’s first female winner tells AW how she progressed with the sport
The Virgin Money London Marathon this year celebrates its 35th anniversary and while one running great Paula Radcliffe prepares to enjoy what could potential...

A round-up of some of the top performances from the past week including another 60m hurdles PB for Lawrence Clarke and a 1.89m high jump by Morgan Lake to equal the British U20 indoor record
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For Emma Jackson, rehab is helping her return to full fitness and become stronger than ever. Matt Long visited her in Burton-on-Trent to find out more
After a European junior championship silver medal over 800m in 2007 and a tantalising fourth place at...

Round-up of Cross Challenge action at Teardrop Lakes
While Adam Hickey strengthened his stranglehold on the men’s Cross Challenge series with victory over second favourite Andy Butchart, there was a maiden victory for Jenny Nesbitt in the women&#...

The ground-reaction forces of world-class race walkers has been recently studied by sports scientists
Recent research published by sports scientists at Leeds Beckett University has analysed the ground-reaction force of world-class race walkers. The stu...