Athletics

Despite setting a new personal best, Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson is beaten by Switzerland’s Audrey Werro during the women’s 800m at the Stockholm Diamond League. READ MORE: Hodgkinson stunned by Werro despite personal best Available to UK users only. BBC News

Painter and Meadows were crowned BBC Sports Personality Coach of the Year winners in 2024. They remain resolutely modest when it comes to their own achievements, while the results continue to speak for themselves. The demand for their attention is no surprise. When Hodgkinson joined Painter, she could run 400m …

Keely Hodgkinson will seek to prove she is still number one after a “tricky” outdoor season when she comes up against world-class rivals in pursuit of a third consecutive European 800m title in Birmingham. Olympic champion Hodgkinson, 24, has had much to celebrate in 2026, including breaking the long-standing indoor …

Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson has spoken publicly for the first time since Grand Slam Track went bankrupt, and has clarified details of payments to himself and competing athletes. Contracted runners were promised lucrative prize money and salaries in the competition’s inaugural season last year, but the final event in …

Ireland’s Sharlene Mawdsley has withdrawn from the European Athletics Championships after failing to recover from a hamstring injury sustained at the national championships last month. The championships get under way in Birmingham on Monday and run until 16 August. Mawdsley was set to race in the individual 400m and the …

Available for over a year Sweden’s Daniel Stahl grew up following the NHL and he started out playing ice hockey, but discus thrower Ricky Bruch was always young Daniel’s biggest hero. Bruch was like a rockstar, a real cultural icon as well as a sportsman. His admiration for Ricky, and …

The first European Athletics Championships to be held in Great Britain take place in Birmingham from 10-16 August. The Championships get under way at Alexander Stadium on Monday, just over a week after the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Among the British stars on show are defending champions …

London previously hosted the World Championship in 2017, while Birmingham will host the European Championships this August. Great Run Company CEO Paul Foster hailed London as “the world’s number one sporting city” while UK Athletics CEO Jack Buckner emphasised the importance of the event in the UK’s “Olympic legacy”. Buckner …

It was only when Arminio, from Gloucester, started sixth form in 2024 he first got a taste of athletics, having previously played football which he says he “never took too seriously”. “My coaches always knew I was quick but it wasn’t until I started track that I knew how quick …

Athlete Jazmin Sawyers has said she felt “incredibly lucky” to have had the support of her home city after winning a gold medal for England at the Commonwealth Games. The 32-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent came out on top in the women’s long jump on Saturday with a distance of 6.93m, ahead …

Ultra-runner Sophie Woods ran 2,000km across eight countries in only 29 days to break the record for completing the Via Alpina – one of the world’s toughest endurance challenges. The course follows the entire length of the Alps with elevation equivalent to climbing Mount Everest 12 times. The 42-year-old began …

England’s Jazmin Sawyers was finally able to put previous disappointments at major championships behind her by winning the women’s long jump at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 32-year-old bounced back from serious injury to celebrate a gold medal on a night when there was a silver for England’s mixed …

Georgia Hunter Bell is eyeing an ambitious sweep of gold medals in 2026 after winning the 800m Commonwealth Games title in Glasgow. England’s Hunter Bell dominated the field to add Commonwealth gold to the 1500m world indoor title she won earlier this year in Poland. The 32-year-old, a training partner …

Available for over a year At the age of 16, Innes FitzGerald turned down selection for the World Cross Country Championships because they were a long-haul flight away in Australia. The environmental impact of getting on that plane was more important to her than the experience of competing on the …

England sprinter Zac Shaw says winning Commonwealth Games gold in the T12 100m is “part of the grief journey” following the death of his mother last summer. Shaw’s mum, Evette, died “nearly a year ago to the day” as the 30-year-old clinched his first individual international gold medal in Glasgow …

The men’s mile final has long been slated as one of the defining moments of these Commonwealth Games. Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman just had to complete the formalites. Saturday night will the big-ticket event of these 11 days in Glasgow. Wednesday morning was the pre-show. Both in the blue …

Some athletes struggled in the conditions. England’s Morgan Lake did not clear the bar with any of her three efforts in the high jump. Similarly, Scotland’s Steven Stone had attempts with his glasses on his face and the top of his head in the men’s T20 long jump but did …

Sprinters Thomas Young and Sophie Hahn picked up gold medals for England on the opening night of athletics at the Commonwealth Games. Both won their races in the men’s and women’s 100m T38 finals in Glasgow with Young doing so to mark his 26th birthday in style. Young, who missed …

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 …