Athletics

Meanwhile, Olympic and world champion Duplantis suffered his first Diamond League defeat in three years. In March, the 26-year-old broke the world record for the 15th time, with a jump of 6.31m slightly north of Stockholm in Uppsala. But the best he could muster on Sunday was 5.80m, second to …

An Olympic shot putter is retiring from athletics and taking up a team sport. Sophie McKinna, 31, from Bradwell, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, has spent the last six months playing rugby and hopes to join a Premiership team. The nine-time national champion had previously considered retiring when a serious elbow …

An Olympic shot putter is retiring from athletics and taking up a team sport. Sophie McKinna, 31, from Bradwell, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, has spent the last six months playing rugby and hopes to join a Premiership team. The nine-time national champion had previously considered retiring when a serious elbow …

All Diamond League events will be shown on the BBC until 2030 after a new multi-year deal was agreed last year. The total prize money remains the same as 2025, when it was increased to $9.2m (£6.8m) – including $500,000 (£370,000) at each of the 14 series meetings, and $2.2m …

The North Stand at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium will be renamed to honour Great Britain track star Matthew Hudson-Smith during August’s European Athletics Championships. Olympic silver medallist Hudson-Smith, who has won four European titles, was born in nearby Wolverhampton. The 31-year-old attended a surprise unveiling of the Matthew Hudson-Smith Stand, with …

Ja’Kobe Tharp broke the 110m hurdles world record during heats at the American college championships on Wednesday. The 20-year-old, from Auburn, Alabama, clocked 12.75 seconds at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) event in Eugene, Oregon. The previous record of 12.80 was set by fellow American Aries Merritt in Brussels …

Watch 17-year-old American Cooper Lutkenhaus stun Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the men’s 800m at the Diamond League meeting in Norway. BBC News

Former two-time world champion Gudaf Tsegay has been handed a four-month doping ban after admitting the presence of a prohibited substance in an out-of-competition test. The 29-year-old Ethiopian won the women’s 5,000m world title in 2022 and the 10,000m crown in 2023 after taking bronze over the shorter distance at …

British pole vault record holder Molly Caudery has been ruled out for the rest of the season after emergency spinal surgery. The 26-year-old world indoor champion required a microdiscectomy – a procedure to remove part of a spinal disc – after experiencing a “flare-up” last week. She will miss this …

“I think in life you make your own hope. I’m not going to let this cancer win.” Ciara Mageean has always been a fighter. Her athletics career was a portrait of resilience, battling adversity and never giving in. Now, in a battle that goes far beyond the track, those same …

World Athletics is asking every elite female athlete to help shape its rules on pregnancy, childbirth and the return to competition. The governing body has launched a new study it says can inform and improve its policies – and help to better protect and support female athletes. It is asking …

Audrey Werro missed out on her pursuit of the long-standing women’s 800m record as two-time 400m hurdles world champion Femke Broeders-Bol impressed in her first outdoor race at the distance. Swiss athlete Werro stunned Keely Hodgkinson two weeks ago in Stockholm by winning in a time of one minute and …

Olympic medallist Jenny Simpson is making “encouraging improvement” in hospital after collapsing at an event in Raleigh, North Carolina. The 39-year-old American was pacing a mile group at a Sir Walter Miler pop-up event on Tuesday when she reportedly collapsed and needed CPR. Her employer Fleet Feet says she is …

The London Marathon will be held across two days in a special one-off edition of the event in 2027. Organisers confirmed earlier this year that they were exploring ways to enable more people to take part, after a record 1.33 million people entered the ballot for next year’s event. The …

British two-time Olympic medallist Asha Philip has announced her retirement from athletics. The 35-year-old was part of the 4x100m relay teams that won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Games. After a 19-year career which involved Philip overcoming a serious knee injury in 2007, she leaves the …

Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson continued to work on her first-lap speed by competing in the 400m. Charlotte Henrich won her heat in a personal best of 51.20 but Hodgkinson’s time of 51.62 was enough for her to also qualify for Sunday’s final (16:06 BST). Matthew Hudson-Smith, the 2024 Olympic …

Amy Hunt retains her British 100m title in 11.01 seconds on day one of the UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham. BBC News

Romell Glave fends off the pursuit of Zharnel Hughes to win his first 100m title at the UK Athletics Championships, with a time of 9.98 seconds. BBC News

Neil Gourley is a man on a mission. The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow looms large this summer and the 31-year-old Scot is determined to cast off months of injury frustration with a starrring role. “I will be there if I have to crawl round the four laps of the track,” …

Zharnel Hughes wins the men’s 200m title at the UK Athletics Championships with a championship record time of 20.04. BBC News