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Michael Johnson has urged the world’s leading sports stars to take a stand in support of Black Lives Matter and play their part in stamping out the scourge of racism across the globe. The four-time Olympic champion admitted recent developments since the…
British Olympian Chris Lambert says the burden of change in the fight against racism has to be taken off individual sports people. Lambert praises Raheem Sterling, Jadon Sancho, Dina Asher-Smith and others for using their powerful sporting voices to campaign for equal…
Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ governing body, goes on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal. Prosecutors allege he solicited 3.45 million euros ($3.89 million) from athletes suspected…
The European Athletics Championships scheduled for Paris in August has become the latest high-profile event to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. A local organising committee (LOC) and the French Athletics Federation (FFA) had been looking at ways to hold the…
Four-time Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah says his “heart is broken” after former trainer Neil Black died suddenly at the weekend. Black, the former performance director of UK Athletics, is believed to have died from natural causes at the age of 60,…
Former UK Athletics performance director Neil Black has died. A statement from UK Athletics confirmed that Black, who resigned from his role last October, died suddenly at the weekend. The statement read: “British Athletics is shocked and saddened to confirm the loss…
This Sunday thousands of runners should have been taking part in the 40th London Marathon. Normally, it would have marked the end of months of hard winter training and in the process raised millions of pounds for charities. But because of coronavirus…
Sir Mo Farah has insisted all his career achievements pale in comparison with the extraordinary efforts of coronavirus fundraiser Captain Tom Moore. The 99-year-old has raised more than £25m for NHS Charities Together having initially targeted £1,000 by walking 100 laps of…
Paula Radcliffe announced on Thursday her father had died and praised coronavirus doctors and nurses. The three-times London Marathon winner, 46, posted a tribute to Peter and said he was the “best dad anyone could ever wish for.” Paula shared a photo…
The new head of UK Athletics (UKA) said the organisation’s finances would take “a hefty blow” if the coronavirus crisis meant it could not stage July’s Anniversary Games at London Stadium. Chief executive Joanna Coates told BBC Sport she is “not prepared…
Hundreds of doping cheats ineligible for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be able to compete in next year’s rescheduled Games as they will have served their bans. The World Anti Doping Agency confirmed yesterday that suspensions handed out were for “specific lengths…
Seb Coe has backed Britain’s golden girls to overcome the frustration of a postponed Olympics and dazzle at Tokyo 2021. Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson were crowned world champions only six months ago and had high hopes of surfing that wave of…