Diamond League 2015 Halfway
The 2015 IAAF Diamond League season has reached its halfway point and the Diamond Race tables are beginning to take shape. It looks set to be a nail-biting second half of the season in many...
View ArticleEugene Diamond Results 2015
An enthralling Prefontaine Classic track meeting took place in Eugene, Oregon, USA this weekend. The meeting is part of the IAAF Diamond League series and a number of the performances at the meeting...
View ArticleIndoor Champs for Poland
In just two weeks’ time, the focus of the athletics world will fall on Sopot, Poland as the 15th edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships gets underway on 7 March. Much of the spotlight will be...
View Article2014 IAAF Indoor Meetings
There is just over a week to go until the start of both the 2014 IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting season and the 2014 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. Saturday 1 February sees the German city of Karlsruhe stage...
View ArticleFarah shortlisted for Athlete of the Year
Mo Farah has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2013 World Athlete of the Year award. The 30 year old, who won double gold over 5,000m and 10,000m at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow in August,...
View ArticleBirmingham Indoor Thriller 2013
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team enjoyed six victories as the British Athletics Grand Prix returned to Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena, in arguably the world’s finest indoor event this...
View ArticleLemaitre takes on Ellington in London
Christophe Lemaitre, the 22-year-old French sprint sensation and Europe’s fastest man this year, will run in London for the first time ever as he takes on a host of global Olympic contenders over 200m...
View ArticleWilliams 2011 Euro Women Rising Star
Jodie Williams voted women’s 2011 European Athletics Rising Star British sprint sensation Jodie Williams is the 2011 winner of the women’s European Athletics Rising Star award presented by MONDO. The...
View ArticleMinimum Doping Ban increased to four years
Minimum Doping Ban – As of the 1st January, 2015, drug cheats in sport will now face a minimum of a four year ban under the new rules which have come into effect. There have been calls for the term to...
View ArticleMedals reallocated after doping violations
The IAAF World Championships London 2017 will rightfully see the reallocation of a number of world championship medals including two golds. These upgrades follow the disqualification of the results of...
View ArticleDewi Griffiths Frankfurt Marathon debut
Frankfurt Marathon – After running the fastest marathon by a Briton in three years with 2:09:49 for fifth place in Frankfurt; and on his debut at the distance, Dewi Griffiths laughs when asked if his...
View ArticleUK win Mixed Relay title in Samorin
Samorin – Late replacement, Tom Marshall, led Great Britain to an historic gold medal in the inaugural mixed relay at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships. Marshall anchors team to inaugural...
View ArticleKnowles-Jones wins Gold in Samorin
Samorin – Harriet Knowles-Jones gave Great Britain a glorious start to the European Cross Country Championships, finally landing the individual gold medal that she has spent the winter aiming for....
View ArticleIAAF Heritage collection to be launched
On the last day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 (1 to 4 March), historic athletics artefacts from the ancient Olympic Games to the modern era will be donated to help establish...
View ArticleBirmingham Indoor Thriller 2013
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team enjoyed six victories as the British Athletics Grand Prix returned to Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena, in arguably the world’s finest indoor event this...
View ArticleHistory Maker – Roger Bannister Dies
On May 6, 1954, Bannister wrote himself into track and field history when he became the first man to break the four minute barrier for the mile. In the same year, he would also win the European 1500m...
View Article4 Ways To Motivate Yourself To Train Regularly
A lot of us tend to rely on internal factors as motivation for training programs. We recognize the benefits of regular exercise and sustained fitness efforts, and in many cases we assume that...
View ArticleYasemin Can retains title in Samorin
Slovakia – Turkey’s Yasemin Can gave herself the best possible birthday present as she became only the second woman to retain the senior women’s title at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships...
View ArticleJornet, Gerardi win Glen Coe Skyline 2018
Spain’s Kilian Jornet and American Hillary Gerardi battled the worst of the weekend’s weather in the Scottish Highlands to triumph in the Salomon Glen Coe Skyline race yesterday (Sunday). Kilian Jornet...
View ArticleEnnis fans UK favourite 2012
Jessica Ennis (Coach: Toni Minichiello) and David Weir (Jenny Archer) have been voted British Olympic and Paralympic Athlete of the Year for 2012 by athletics fans across the country. Ennis secured 48%...
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