Athletics

Available for over a year Geordie Beamish was involved in arguably the best race of the 2025 World Championships. In Tokyo, he timed his finish to perfection to upset the twice and reigning champion, Soufiane El Bakkali, in the men’s 3000m steeplechase. The Moroccan was looking for his third world …

Sprinter Louie Hinchliffe and 400m runner Charlie Dobson have withdrawn from England’s athletics team one day before the competition begins at the Commonwealth Games. Both runners won bronze medals in relay events at the 2024 Paris Olympics but now will not feature in Glasgow’s track and field competition, which starts …

Scotland’s Eilish McColgan is giving herself “every opportunity” to defend her Commonwealth Games 10,000m title in her home country on Monday as she recovers from a foot fracture, says mother and coach Liz. McColgan, 35, emulated her mum by roaring to gold in Birmingham four years ago in one of …

Great Britain’s Josh Kerr smashed the long-standing men’s mile world record with a spectacular performance at the London Diamond League. Having announced his intention to break Hicham El Guerrouj’s 27-year record in London back in March, Kerr delivered in emphatic fashion as he crossed the line in three minutes 42.66 …

Smith’s husband Mike has been by her side through her recovery, watching her train at Loughborough. “Psychologically, it’s hard, if not harder at times [to return to competition]. She’s shown that athletic resilience that she’s made a career out of,” he said. “I’m so proud of the journey she’s had …

Following discussions with the athletes the EBU has produced a ‘do’s and don’ts’ on camera angles. These include avoiding low camera angles underneath athletes in events such as the high jump or pole vault, which have a high chance of generating compromising images. “The sexualization of women athletes through selective …

“It’s a really complicated dynamic, I don’t know how we make it work, but we do. He fits into all the different roles.” Heptathlete Kate O’Connor has been coached by her father Michael from the age of 10. He has been there through the highs and the lows of his …

Emmanuel Wanyonyi broke the long-standing men’s 1,000m world record on his debut at the rarely run distance in Friday’s Diamond League meeting in Monaco, with Great Britain’s Jake Wightman finishing second. Wightman, 31, pushed Wanyonyi hard to the line but had to settle for the runners-up spot as the 21-year-old …

Buying shoes on eBay and balancing running with studying – Poppy Tank on competing for England at Glasgow 2026. BBC News

In October, UKA reported a profit for the first time since 2017, two years after it faced the risk of bankruptcy amid historic financial issues. Under the terms of governing body UKA’s 50-year lease to the London Stadium, athletics events can be held there for one month a year, with …

Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson was beaten for the second consecutive Diamond League race as she finished behind Lilian Odira in Eugene. The Kenyan athlete, who is the reigning world champion over the distance, surged past the Briton in the home straight to win in a time of one minute …

Essex 110m hurdler Sam Bennett is in the form of his life as he looks forward to next month’s Commonwealth Games. The 25-year-old was among 63 athletes added to the Team England squad on Monday after recently running two personal bests. He clocked 13.45 at a meeting in the Netherlands, …

Reigning Commonwealth Games heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson is among 63 athletes named on the England team for next month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. But Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson is not part of the squad for the competition, which takes place from 23 July to 2 August. The 24-year-old, who …

Great Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell ran a season’s best of 3:55:63 to win the 1500m at Diamond League Paris. BBC News

Great Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell stormed to her second Diamond League win of the year with a season’s best time in the women’s 1500m in Paris. The Olympic bronze medallist clocked three minutes 55.63 seconds to fight off a strong challenge from Ethiopia’s Freweyni Hailu (3:55.92), while France’s Agathe Guillemot …

Sunday’s Diamond League meeting in Paris will go ahead in an adapted format after local police asked for all sporting events to be cancelled because of extreme heat. Wednesday was the country’s hottest day on record, according to Meteo-France, with an average national temperature of 30C. Emergency “red alert” measures …

Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson says she feels “closer than ever” to breaking the women’s 800m outdoor record – the longest-standing world record in athletics. Jarmila Kratochvilova set the record of one minute 53.28 seconds in Munich in July 1983. But Britain’s Hodgkinson, who broke the event’s indoor world record on …

Great Britain’s Jeremiah Azu failed to successfully defend his world indoor 60m title, as he finishes fourth in the final with America’s Jordan Anthony winning gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland. READ MORE: GB’s Azu narrowly misses out on world 60m medal Available to UK users only. …

Dina Asher-Smith qualifies for the women’s 60m finals after running a national record, but team-mate Amy Hunt is edged out in the semi-finals at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland. Watch the World Indoor Athletics Championships Available to UK users only. BBC News

After an injury-blighted first season as Olympic champion, 2026 is about one thing for Keely Hodgkinson: “domination”. The 24-year-old captured her first world indoor title in commanding fashion as she claimed 800m gold in a championship record time on a historic night for Great Britain in Poland on Sunday. That …