Athletics
How Marathon Runners Can Stay Focused And Feeling Good During COVID-19 Lockdown
There are many of us who should have been making our final preparations for a marathon right now. With the Boston and London [ ... ]
Team GB's Tom Bosworth May Not Travel To Olympics Over Coronavirus Fears
Team GB’s top racewalker Tom Bosworth may not travel to the Olympic Games this summer, if we do not see positive changes [ ... ]
Gender Balance Is A Reality At Tokyo 2020 Thanks To Flag-Bearer Rule Change
The Olympics Opening Ceremony is one of the most iconic events on the planet. Every country’s athletes walking around [ ... ]
Five Tokyo 2020 Stars Who Will Be Surfing, Skating And Climbing Their Way To Gold
157 days. That is all that is left between today and the opening ceremony at the Tokyo Olympics, the greatest sporting show [ ... ]
Dina Asher-Smith Will Welcome Fraser-Pryce's Decision To Do Double At Tokyo 2020
The stage is set. The gauntlet has been laid down. In Tokyo, Team GB’s Dina Asher-Smith will be aiming to turn her [ ... ]
Paula Radcliffe: ''Obsession'' Hit My Olympic Dream, Now Marathons Will Get Faster
Former world marathon champion Paula Radcliffe has admitted her “obsession” with running played a part in her [ ... ]
Book Review: The Runner By Markus Torgeby
As the publishing industry is the envy of the Premier League, in that it takes a midwinter break and hardly anything new [ ... ]
The Exo-Skeleton Suit That's Helping Smash Limitations And Break World Records
With all the criticism surrounding VAR in football at the moment, it is important to take a moment to consider the true [ ... ]
The Running Trainers So Good They Could Be Banned By World Athletics
Ever heard of the running trainer that made athletes too quick? Nike’s record-breaking running shoe is set to be banned [ ... ]
Taking The Knee & Hand Gestures Banned From ''Politically Neutral'' Tokyo Olympics
More than half a century after Tommie Smith and John Carlos created one of the most prevailing, iconic images in the [ ... ]
Alistair Brownlee Sets His Sights On A Tokyo 2020 Triathlon Comeback
The lure of Tokyo 2020 is just too much for Alistair Brownlee, who has said he aims to compete at this summer’s Olympic [ ... ]
With Lessons In Hygiene And Hydration, Team GB Targets Medal Record In Tokyo 2020
UK Sport are hopeful that the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will be the most successful of all time for Team GB as they target [ ... ]
Paris Olympics 2024: Surf’s Up...10,000 Miles Down The Road, As Tahiti Hosts Big Wave Contest
Excited for Tokyo 2020 yet? Well before we dive headfirst into athletics action in Japan there’s even more news about [ ... ]
Coaching US Runner Jordan Hasay Is The Next Chapter For Paula Radcliffe
Paula Radcliffe is remembered for many things, being a world record holder, crouching to relieve herself during the [ ... ]
Nick Butter Becomes First Person To Run 196 Marathons In 196 Countries
The Sportsman’s favourite marathon man Nick Butter has completed his incredible target of running 196 marathons in [ ... ]
''Going To The Olympics Blows My Mind'' - Britain's Most Successful Climber
Shauna Coxsey can climb quicker than most people can fall. Okay, that may be a tad hyperbolic, but it has been almost impossible [ ... ]
Groundbreaking Gene Testing Could Spell The End Of Doping In Sport
Doping has long been the scourge of sport. Some of the most high-profile names have been found out or instigated in [ ... ]
Top Athletes Left In Shock As 200m Is Cut From Diamond League ‘Core’ Events
The Diamond League has announced that the 200m will be one of four events cut from its core events in 2020 to the dismay [ ... ]
Conquering The World: Meet The Brit Who's Running 196 Marathons
Your average ‘bucket list’ might include vague ideas such as ‘run a marathon’ or ‘visit as [ ... ]
Meet David Goggins...The Elite Ultramarathon Runner Who Refuses To Be Beaten
“Some will second guess David Goggins for leaving the hospital to return to the mountains and finish what he started, [ ... ]
Hand Washing And The Marginal Gains Helping Team GB Succeed In Tokyo 2020
Hygiene will be a key component as Team GB look for marginal gains at Tokyo 2020. It may sound a little bizarre but as athletes [ ... ]
From Ali Shuffle To Fosbury Flop, The Sports Stars Honoured Like Simone Biles
Watching United States gymnast Simone Biles in competition is a privilege. Long may it continue. “Simone’s got [ ... ]
Exclusive: GB Star Talks Of Battling Back To Record World Championship Best
The elation Tom Bosworth felt as he crossed the line in Doha to record a personal-best seventh-place finish in the 20km [ ... ]
Nothing Left To Chance As Eliud Kipchoge Attempts First Two-Hour Marathon
This weekend, the fastest marathon runner ever will attempt to record an athletic achievement that will go down in history, [ ... ]
Five Things We Learned From The World Athletics Championships
The controversy-stricken World Athletics Championships came to a close on Sunday evening with Great Britain winning five [ ... ]
Katarina Johnson-Thompson's Journey from Imposter Syndrome To World Champion
Prior to this year, the World Athletics Championships has consisted of tears, despair and heartbreak for British heptathlon [ ... ]
Salazar Ban Will Have Long-Lasting Impact On Fragile World Of Athletics
The IAAF World Championships may well be in full swing in Doha right now, but the sport of athletics has once again been [ ... ]
Smooth And Efficient Noah Lyles CAN Beat Bolt's 200m World Record
“The man ran incredible times... I'm going to break that, and then I'm going to get even bigger than him." [ ... ]
Empty Seats Take Shine Off Dina Asher-Smith’s 100m Silver Medal
As Dina Asher-Smith took to the starting blocks for the women’s 100m final, silence descended on the Khalifa International [ ... ]
The Sprinters Trying To Fill Bolt’s Running Shoes
Two years after Justin Gatlin certified himself as the villain of athletics by beating Usain Bolt to the World Championship [ ... ]
Luvo Manyonga Made The Long Jump From Crystal Meth Addict To World Champion
Amongst all of the elite athletes gathering at the World Championships in Doha, not many have a story quite like South African [ ... ]
On This Day in 1936: Jesse Owens Wins 100m Gold In Front Of Hitler At The Berlin Olympics
Since assuming the role of Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Adolf Hitler had earmarked the 1936 Summer and Winter Olympic [ ... ]