Athletics

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 …

The European Indoor Championships begin on Thursday evening, with morning and evening sessions held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (all times GMT). Thursday, 6 March 17:00-20:00 BBC Two 20:00-21:00 BBC Three 17:00-21:00 BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app Finals: Mixed 4x400m relay (20:50) Friday, 7 March 08:00-13:30 & 18:30-21:00 …

The European Indoor Championships begin on Thursday evening, with morning and evening sessions held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (all times GMT). Thursday, 6 March 17:00-20:00 BBC Two 20:00-21:00 BBC Three 17:00-21:00 BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app Finals: Mixed 4x400m relay (20:50) Friday, 7 March 08:00-13:30 & 18:30-21:00 …

Britain’s former world champion sprinter Richard Kilty has announced his retirement from athletics. Kilty, 35, won 60m gold at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland in 2014 before claiming back-to-back European indoor 60m titles in 2015 and 2017. He was part of Team GB’s bronze medal-winning men’s 4x100m relay …

Proud dad Danny Mills tells BBC Sport his son George will have his day “sooner or later” after he won 3,000m silver behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the European Athletics Championships. WATCH MORE: Ingebrigtsen wins 3,000m gold as GB’s Mills takes ‘brilliant’ silver Available to UK users only. BBC News