Great Britain’s George Mills sets a new personal best in the 1500m, but has to settle for third as Frenchman Azeddine Habz sets a new national record in Paris. BBC News
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GB's Hughes takes second place as Thompson wins men's 100m
Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes makes a late burst to take second place at the Diamond League event in Eugene, Oregon and finish behind Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson. BBC News
Read More »Eugene Diamond League: Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet break world records
Matt Hudson-Smith was the highlight on a mixed evening for British athletes, posting a season’s best 44.10 to win the men’s 400m ahead of American duo Christopher Bailey and Jacory Patterson. British record holder Zharnel Hughes also ran a season’s best of 9.91 to finish second in the men’s 100m, …
Read More »'Brilliant' Kipyegon breaks women's 1500m world record
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins the women’s 1500m with a world record at the Diamond League event in Eugene, Oregon. BBC News
Read More »Ciara Mageean: European champion and two-time Olympian diagnosed with cancer
European champion and two-time Olympian Ciara Mageean has been diagnosed with cancer. The middle-distance runner, from Portaferry in Northern Ireland, said the diagnosis has “been a lot to take in”, but added she is “ready to face this with the same fight I’ve always brought to the track”. Posting on …
Read More »Glasgow 2026 ‘unlikely’ but Zoey Clark ‘not ready to give up’
With this year “pretty much a write off” due to another major injury, Zoey Clark admits her chances of competing at Glasgow 2026 are slim but is not ready to give up on a home Commonwealth Games. The 30-year-old relay specialist from Aberdeen had been working her way back from …
Read More »European Athletics Team Championships: Great Britain finish fifth in Madrid
Great Britain finished fifth overall at the European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid. The GB team, captained by discus thrower Lawrence Okoye, finished on 381 points, 3.5 points behind the Netherlands in fourth and three points ahead of sixth-placed Spain. Sarah Tait, making her international debut, was one of the …
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Mackenzie Little – global Javelin medallist and full-time doctor BBC News
Read More »Faith Kipyegon mile record attempt: Kenyan fails to become first woman to run sub-four-minute mile
It was that record performance in Monaco which made Kipyegon believe sub-four – once considered physiologically impossible for a woman – was within reach. But the three-time Olympic 1500m champion still had a chasm to bridge, being required to run two seconds per lap faster than she had before. Kipyegon …
Read More »Kirsty Coventry: IOC president says female category has to be protected
Kirsty Coventry, the new president of the International Olympic Committee, says its members have shown “overwhelming support” to protecting the female category in sport. Speaking on Thursday, she said the IOC must “play a leading role” in discussions on gender eligibility. At her first news conference since taking over the …
Read More »Amol Rajan travels to India on a deeply personal pilgrimage
Amol Rajan makes a personal pilgrimage to the largest religious festival in history. BBC News
Read More »Who is Gout Gout? Profile, records, and best quotes from teenage Australian sprinter
Gout Gout is a teenage sprinter from Australia whose scintillating speed has drawn huge interest from fans and pundits around the world. Aged 17, Gout competes over 60m, 100m, 200m and 400m and has set a series of impressive records at youth level. Videos of Gout’s dominant performances have gone …
Read More »Annabelle Fasuba: The record-breaking 13-year-old aiming for the Olympics
However those who are familiar with Annabelle’s family will know she does have genetics on her side. Her father Olusoji was World Indoor 60m champion in 2008, won Olympic bronze in the 4x100m relay in 2004 and was a Commonwealth Games silver medallist in 2006. His personal best over 100m …
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Hamish Kerr, the Olympic High Jump champion, on winning a jump-off to claim gold BBC News
Read More »Diamond League Paris: George Mills betters Sir Mo Farah as he runs second fastest British 1,500m
George Mills ran the second fastest time by a Briton in the men’s 1500m as he finished third at the Diamond League in Paris. After beating Sir Mo Farah’s long-standing British 5,000m record in Oslo last week, Mills, 26, again bettered Farah to climb to second in the all-time UK …
Read More »Hunt second behind Battle in Paris Diamond League 200m
Great Britain’s Amy Hunt finishes second behind in-form American Anavia Battle in the 200m at the Diamond League meeting in Paris. BBC News
Read More »Post-apocalyptic thriller starring Cillian Murphy
28 days after a killer virus spreads through the UK, a group in London try to survive. BBC News
Read More »David King: British Olympic hurdler retires from athletics
Olympic hurdler David King has retired from athletics. The 31-year-old six-time British champion from Plymouth reached the semi-finals of the 110m hurdles at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He reached the final of the 2022 World Indoor Championships, having drawn lots after recording an identical time to Japan’s …
Read More »Chalmers feels he is 'one of the world's best'
Alastair Chalmers says he feels he has progressed to the world’s elite in the 400m hurdles. BBC News
Read More »Gethin Jones: TV presenter takes Team Wales role at Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Television presenter Gethin Jones has been named Team Wales’ chef de mission for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Jones was the Team Wales attache at the Gold Coast 2018 Games, a role that inspired him to return to university to complete a master’s degree in sports directorship. Commonwealth Games Wales …
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