BBC Sport - Athletics

Rome Diamond League: Armand Duplantis sets new pole vault outdoor mark at 6.15m

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:46:38 GMT

Armand Duplantis produces the highest outdoor pole vault of all time as he clears 6.15m at the Diamond League in Rome.

Armand Duplantis sets new outdoor pole vault mark

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:33:52 GMT

Armand Duplantis produces the highest ever outdoors jump in the pole vault as he leaps 6.15m at the Diamond League meeting in Rome.

Jemma Reekie beats training partner Laura Muir in Rome Diamond League 800m

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:03:36 GMT

GB's Jemma Reekie finishes first in the women's 800m race at the Diamond League meeting in Rome with training partner Laura Muir finishing third.

Lamine Diack: Former IAAF head found guilty of corruption and jailed

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:53:54 GMT

Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics' governing body, is sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of corruption.

Wayde van Niekerk wins on international return saying he 'almost forgot how to race'

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:06:57 GMT

Olympic 400m champion and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk quips "he forgot how to race" as he wins on his international return.

Mo Farah to focus on 10,000m at Tokyo Olympics

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:42:33 GMT

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah confirms he will skip the 5,000m at the rescheduled Tokyo Games next summer to focus on the 10,000m.

Laura Muir: Scot runs world-leading 1500m time in Berlin for fifth straight win

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 16:24:23 GMT

Laura Muir runs a world-leading time of three minutes 57.40 seconds in the women's 1500m at the ISTAF Berlin meet to claim her fifth straight victory.

Chris Bennett: Scottish hammer thrower feared for career amid Covid-19 pandemic

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:11:29 GMT

Hammer thrower Chris Bennett "wondered if I had any future in the sport" after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mo Farah wins Antrim Coast Half Marathon but misses British record

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 11:08:18 GMT

Mo Farah follows up last week's world record run in Brussels by winning the Antrim Coast Half Marathon in Northern Ireland.

Farah impressed with 'beautiful' Antrim Coast Half Marathon route

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:26:52 GMT

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah praises the Antrim Coast Half Marathon route as he targets victory in Saturday's event.

Caster Semenya: 'Once I though she was cheat. Now I'm sure she belongs in women's athletics'

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:33:18 GMT

Australian runner Madeleine Pape - once a rival of Caster Semenya who thought the South African should not be allowed to compete - now defends her.

Tokyo Olympics: Jake Wightman not banking on GB place despite top times

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:28:29 GMT

Jake Wightman thinks he faces a battle to make the British team for the Tokyo Olympics despite being talked about alongside the likes of Seb Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram.