Gaborone — Preparations for the upcoming World Relays Gaborone 2026 continue to gather momentum as the Botswana National Stadium transforms into a world-class arena poised to host one of the most prestigious events on the global athletics calendar.
Recent developments concerning the stadium's track and event coordination shows Botswana's...
In an excerpt from his book "The Run of Life", Steve Till offers advice on rediscovering your training mojo.
“Not this hill again.”
“I’m so bored with this route.”
“During Covid, when we couldn’t go out, I was desperate to. Now I can’t be bothered.”
During the Covid pandemic, lots of people...
Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky clocked the second-fastest women's 1500m freestyle time in history on Wednesday to launch the US Pro Swim Series event in Austin, Texas, with a dominant victory.
Ledecky was untouchable as she cruised to victory in 15min 23.21sec, more than a minute in front...
As a form guide to set the scene for this summer's big event, here are the top performers from the Commonwealth during 2025 courtesy of statistician Stan Greenberg.
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100m
9.75 Kishane Thompson (JAM)
9.77 Oblique Seville (JAM)
9.82 Bryan Levell (JAM)
9.84 Abdul-Rasheed Saminu (GHA)
9.87 Eugene Amo-Dadzie (ENG)
9.87 Gift Leotlela (RSA)
9.88 Ackeem Blake...
A strong international field, including 2024 Olympic champion, will compete at the World Athletics Gold Label marathon in Qatar.
The start of a new year brings fresh marathon opportunities for the world’s best distance runners, with the Doha Marathon by Ooredoo taking centre stage on January 16.
Now in its...
We kick off with the Stubbington Green 10km and Weston Prom 5 in our round-up from recent days.
STUBBINGTON GREEN 10km, Hampshire, January 11
Overall: 1 H Smith (Soton) 30:50; 2 J Domoney (Salis) 31:15; 3 M Port (Win RC) 31:15; 4 J Copeland (SC Vets, M40) 31:19; 5 C...
Florida, Usa — Agnes Ngetich ensured that a 10th successive senior women's title for Kenya never looked in doubt as she secured a processional victory at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Tallahassee 26 on Saturday (10).
Winning by 42 seconds, the world 10km record-holder achieved the second-biggest winning...
Monday 12th January 2026
Nikki Manson leaps to Native Record (photo by Bobby Gavin)
National Open results
Jax Thoirs soared to a Glasgow 2026 qualifying standard and Nikki Manson leapt to a new Scottish Indoor Native Record at the 4J National Open on Sunday.
As the name suggests, the event stands as...
University of Leeds study, funded by the British Heart Foundation, finds men over 50 are at risk of abnormal heart rhythms if they already have scarring caused by intensive training during their life.
Veteran male athletes who have spent years training at high intensity may be at greater risk...
The government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Sports and Recreation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) for hosting of the 24th edition of the Africa Senior Athletics Championships. The championship, expected to be held from May 12-17, is to...
