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Media playback is not supported on this device The trial of Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ world governing body the IAAF, has been delayed until June. The 86-year-old Senegalese faces corruption and money-laundering charges linked to the Russian doping…
Mo Farah has stepped up his criticism of his former coach Alberto Salazar and said he would have terminated their relationship earlier had he been aware of the American’s doping violations. The 61-year-old Salazar received a four-year ban following a US Anti-Doping…
Lord Coe says he will not “risk or imperil the careers of clean athletes” and admit Russian track and field competitors to the Tokyo Olympics next year unless he is “absolutely comfortable” they are drug-free. Any Russian athlete wishing to compete in…
Dubai: Chad Perris, Madison de Rozario, Rhiannon Clarke and Guy Henly have added to Australia's medal tally on day seven of the world para athletics championships. Four medals were collected from the five finals featuring Australians: silver for Perris (men's T13), silver…
Media playback is not supported on this device Eliud Kipchoge is among five finalists for the Male World Athlete 2019 award. The Kenyan, 35, became the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours at in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge…
Australian sprinter James Turner has won 100m gold in world record time at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai. Along with Turner's gold on day four, Sarah Edmiston (discus) and wheelchair racer Rheed McCracken both took silver, lifting Australia to fourth…
Dina Asher-Smith has endorsed Christian Taylor’s new athletes’ union in the wake of the decision to cull four events form the Diamond League. The American triple jumper founded The Athletics Association – a group tasked with ensuring athletes have a greater say in…
American runner Mary Cain was destined for global stardom until her youth, her health and her career were ruined by a Nike athletics program that was recently shut down in disgrace. Cain, 23, has courageously told her story to the New York…
Eliud Kipchoge broke down one of sport’s great barriers on Saturday when he ran the marathon in less than two hours. It was a stunning achievement, a feat of humanity that had for a long time seemed if not impossible then many,…
Eliud Kipchoge tackles Ineos’s 159 Challenge on Saturday in his second bid to break the two-hour barrier in the marathon. The Kenyan is feeling confident he can succeed two years after his narrow miss in 2017 at the Nike Breaking2 project, where he failed by just…
Laura Muir suffered more World Championship heartbreak as she missed out on a medal despite a hugely gutsy run in a remarkable 1500 metres final. The Scot ran three minutes 55.76 seconds to finish fifth at the Khalifa International Stadium. Alberto Salazar-trained…
Media playback is not supported on this device Katarina Johnson-Thompson will now feel complete. She has been among the best heptathletes in the world for several years and touted as a star of the discipline since winning the World Youth Championships a…