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Zoey Clark: Scottish athlete has 'joy for racing' back before European Indoors

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:47:20 GMT

Zoey Clark's "joy for racing" has been reignited by being able to compete at her first major international athletics championships for 17 months.

European Indoors 2021: Five things you need to know

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:22:50 GMT

A record number of athletes will take part in the four-day competition - here is a comprehensive guide of what to expect in Torun, Poland.

Neil Gourley out to 'right wrongs' at European Indoor Championships

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:19:29 GMT

Neil Gourley hopes he can "right the wrongs" of his 2019 European Indoor Championships disappointment in this year's event.

Alberto Salazar: Banned coach's appeal takes place in Lausanne

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:28:22 GMT

Banned athletics coach Alberto Salazar's appeal against his four-year suspension will be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday.

Generation Next: U18 200m world record holder Amy Hunt hopes to emulate Dina Asher-Smith

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 08:47:36 GMT

Great Britain's Amy Hunt tells BBC Sport about breaking the under-18 200m world record and why she wants to emulate world champion Dina Asher-Smith on and off the track.

Amy Hunt column: Training in Dubai, Olympic event decisions and the late-night essay grind

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 07:02:29 GMT

Tokyo 2020 hopeful Amy Hunt on warm-weather training, late-night essay writing and a big call on her Olympic target.

Covid-19: Sprinter urges BAME groups to 'have conversation' about the jab

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 18:35:56 GMT

Track sprinter Eugene Amo-Dadzie says he has overcome his own hesitancies about the vaccine.

Athletics doping: Plan for Russia's readmittance to World Athletics approved

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 19:16:03 GMT

Russia moves closer to having its suspension from World Athletics for doping offences lifted after the sport's international governing body approves plans for reform.

European Athletics Indoor Championships: How to follow live on the BBC

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:23:07 GMT

The BBC has live coverage of this week's European Indoor Championships on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, the Red Button and the BBC Sport website.

Elliot Giles out, but Morgan Lake in for European Indoors

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:41:41 GMT

In-form Elliot Giles withdraws from next week's European Indoor Championships, but high jumper Morgan Lake joins the Great Britain team.

Birmingham canalside assault leaves athlete 'in shock'

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:57:05 GMT

The international runner has her backside grabbed while training for the Olympics.

Caster Semenya takes appeal to European court over testosterone levels in female runners

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:11:43 GMT

Caster Semenya will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against the restriction of testosterone levels in female runners.

World Indoor Tour: Grant Holloway breaks Colin Jackson's 60m hurdles record

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:26:08 GMT

American Grant Holloway breaks the indoor 60m hurdles world record at the final World Indoor Tour event in Madrid, Spain.

UK Athletics chief Joanna Coates wants life ban for abuse coaches

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 06:18:35 GMT

Coaches found guilty of physical or sexual misconduct should receive a mandatory lifetime ban from the sport, says UK Athletics' chief executive Joanna Coates.

European Indoor Athletics: Elliot Giles, Tiffany Porter in GB squad

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:30:47 GMT

Elliot Giles, Keely Hodgkinson and Tiffany Porter are among the names in Britain's European Indoor Championships squad.

Holly Mills & Sophie McKinna: Britons impress in European Indoor trials

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:00:49 GMT

Holly Mills sets a personal best of 4,557 points to win the women's pentathlon at the British Athletics European Indoor selection trial event in Manchester.

Eilish McColgan gets closer to mother Liz's record in California

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:18:03 GMT

Eilish McColgan moves closer to her mother's Scotland record by setting a new personal best in The Ten 10,000m race.

World Indoor Tour: Elliot Giles claims British record with second-fastest indoor 800m in history

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:49:17 GMT

Great Britain's Elliot Giles ran the second-quickest indoor 800m in history as he set a new British record at the World Indoor Tour in Torun, Poland.

World Athletics Indoor Tour: 'An astonishing run' - Elliot Giles breaks British 800m indoors record

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:59:41 GMT

Watch Great Britain's Elliot Giles break the British 800m record with the second-quickest time indoors in history.

Danil Lysenko: Five Russian athletics officials banned for anti-doping violations involving ...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:57:55 GMT

Former Russian Athletics Federation president Dmitry Shlyakhtin and four other senior officials are banned for four years for anti-doping rule breaches.