Athletics

In March 2023, World Athletics banned transgender athletes who had gone through male puberty from competing in the female category in international competition. Last month, however, a World Athletics working group recommended a revision to eligibility regulations for male-to-female trans athletes, on the basis of fresh evidence which it said …

Bahamas’ Devynne Charlton runs a season best 7.72 seconds to retain her 60m hurdle world title, despite a tight photo finish, at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing, China. FOLLOW LIVE: World Indoor Athletics Championships – day three Available to UK users only. BBC News

Lord Sebastian Coe tells BBC Sport that “you can’t take these things personally” after his IOC presidential election defeat to Kirsty Coventry. BBC News

‘You cannot take it personally’ – Coe after IOC defeat BBC News

Amy Hunt says “anything is possibe” following her fifth place finish in the women’s 60m final, her “fourth favourite event”, at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing, China. WATCH MORE: World Indoor Athletics Championship videos Available to UK users only. BBC News

Great Britain’s Molly Caudery is unable to defend her world indoor title after finishing fourth in a pole vault final that suffered delays due to faulty equipment. READ MORE: ‘Disappointed’ Caudery misses out on world indoor medal Available to UK users only. BBC News

The competition was delayed by around 40 minutes because of an issue with the technology that lifts the bar. Once it resumed, Caudery went over 4.70m – but she could not avoid catching the bar on her way back down in her attempts at 4.75m, despite appearing to have ample …

Live coverage of the 2025 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing, China. BBC News

However, the Dundalk woman immediately showed she remained in the form of her life by setting a new 60m hurdles personal best of 8.30 seconds. A high jump of 1.81m – only three centimetres down on the best she set in the Netherlands – was followed by another lifetime best …

Great Britain’s Amber Anning qualifies for the women’s 400m final with a “very impressive” time of 50.80 seconds at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. FOLLOW LIVE: Watch World Athletics Indoor Championships Available to UK users only. BBC News

Great Britain’s Jeremiah Azu sprints to 60m gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships to secure the first global title of his career. BBC News

Great Britain’s Jeremiah Azu wins the indoor World Athletics Indoor Championships 60m final in dramatic fashion to add to his European gold. BBC News

Great Britain’s Jeremiah Azu wins his heat with the third fastest qualifying time of 6.53 seconds, to qualify for the 60m semi-finals at the World Athletics Indoor Championship in Nanjing, China. BBC News

Black said he had been inundated with messages and well-wishes since surgery – including from Michael Johnson, who beat him in the 1996 Olympic final, with Black saying the American was among the first to contact him. After being diagnosed aged 11, Black had to get checked up every year …

Neil Gourley will captain Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Athletics Indoor Championship in Nanjing, China. The Scottish 1500m runner, 30, was fourth in the European Indoors last week, having come second in the 2023 event. In February he broke the British indoor 1,000m record in Birmingham. The …

The 2025 London Marathon is set to make history as the world’s largest field in the discipline. More than 56,000 runners are expected to complete the 26.2 miles on Sunday, 27 April. That would exceed the current record of 55,646 finishers set by the New York Marathon in November. Since …

Helen Fielding tells the story of how Bridget Jones’s Diary came to be. BBC News

Olympic bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell is in Great Britain’s team for this month’s World Athletics Indoor Championships in China. Hunter Bell claimed bronze in the 1500m on her Olympic debut at Paris 2024, three years after she returned to the sport. The 31-year-old has since left her job in …

The teenage brothers, like their father, have also played rugby. But they are now fully focused on their athletics ambitions. “[My aim] would be trying to get into Diamond Leagues or another huge goal would be the Olympics,” Donovan said. “That’s always a goal I’ve always had… to be able …

Despite her strong performance in the Netherlands, O’Connor was still outside the medal placings heading into the 800 metres.. The Newry-born athlete, who won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games for Northern Ireland in 2022, put in a storming run to win the race and edge O’Dowda to third …