Athletics

Kenya must demonstrate it can be a “clean” home of athletics if it is to retain its credibility as it prepares to stage the 2029 World Athletics Championships, according to Witold Banka, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), . Banka was speaking at the end of a three-day visit …

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed South Africa have shown an interest in becoming the first African host of the summer Olympics in 2036. Hungary, India, Qatar and Turkey are also working towards becoming first-time hosts, while Germany and South Korea are in discussions with the IOC having held …

Available for over a year Nadine Visser has made the last two Olympic finals in the women’s sprint hurdles, finishing fifth in Tokyo and then fourth in Paris. The Dutch athlete also has two European Indoor titles to her name amongst an impressive collection of medals won since her breakthrough …

For Korir, successful surgery offered a second chance, both on the track and in the classroom. As well as allowing her to run properly again, she continued her education through Gynocare’s Young Fistula Programme. “I have a family in GynoCare, a fistula home,” she said. “That is where I schooled …

A game of rock, paper, scissors was used to determine when the elite female and male races will take place at next year’s unique two-day London Marathon. Men’s world record holder Sabastian Sawe was beaten by women’s wheelchair world record holder Catherine Debrunner – both 2026 London Marathon champions in …

Available for over a year South Africa’s Sinesipho Dambile won the first big gold of his career in 2026, taking the Commonwealth Games 200 metres title in Glasgow. It was special for so many reasons. When he was growing up, he remembered vividly Akanni Simbine coming to his school to …

An injured Tigst Assefa hobbled over the line at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday after looking set to smash the women’s world record. The Ethiopian still won with the third-fastest time in history in two hours 11 minutes four seconds. But the 29-year-old, a silver medallist at the Paris Olympics …

The European Athletics Championships in 2028 will offer a record prize fund worth about £3m when they are staged in Silesia, Poland. Prize money will be awarded to athletes finishing in the top eight across all 50 events. Gold medal winners will earn 30,000 euros (£25,720), while silver and bronze …

Available for over a year Kenya is the second-most successful country in the history of the World Athletics Championships, but none of its 72 gold medals have been won on home soil. But in 2029, the tournament will head to Nairobi – and Africa – for the first time in …

Polish runner Klaudia Kazimierska edges ahead of Great Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell as they approach the finish line of the Athlos mile in London. BBC News

Polish runner Klaudia Kazimierska edges ahead of Great Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell as they approach the finish line of the Athlos mile in London. BBC News

Copenhagen hosts the fourth edition of the World Athletics Road Running Championships, external this September and you can follow all of the action across the BBC. The World Road Running Championships were first held in 2023 and feature mile races alongside men’s and women’s 5k events. Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen – …

It was the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and Ann Brightwell (nee Packer) had just crossed the finish line of the women’s 800m to take gold – and set a new world record. In doing so, Brightwell became the first British woman to win an Olympic gold on the track, in a …

Hodgkinson has endured two injury-plagued seasons since winning Olympic gold in Paris in 2024, waiting for more than a year to race again after suffering a hamstring injury the following February. Impressing on her return in August 2025 with back-to-back Diamond League wins, she went on to set a new …

The all-female track meet Athlos will make its London debut live on the BBC on Friday – and its founder hopes the competition can become the “Formula 1 of track and field”. Created by Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder and husband of tennis’ 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, Athlos …

British sprinter Amy Hunt says she is concerned about the controversial advert starring Sydney Sweeney being part of a “barrier” to girls’ participation in sport. The advert for a sports betting company features the American actress naked but covering parts of her body with various pieces of sporting equipment. After …

Whereas players in sports like football earn a salary based on a contract with the team that employs them, and athletes in individual sports like tennis and golf can earn a great deal from prize money at major tournaments, athletics competitors rely much more heavily on personal sponsorships and endorsements. …

A runner in the Great North Run says she was racially abused by a section of spectators. In a video on Instagram,, external running coach Emma Kirk-Odunubi said the incident happened at about the nine-mile mark of the 13.1-mile route from Newcastle to South Shields on Sunday. She said she …

British sprinter Amy Hunt is among the female athletes to speak out against a controversial sports gambling advert starring actress Sydney Sweeney. The advert has gone viral online and features American Sweeney naked but covering parts of her body with various pieces of sporting equipment. It has sparked a strong …

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks about his reasons for competing in the Great North Run. BBC News