Ahead of the World Cross Country Champs in Tallahassee Dave Holmes looks at a part of the sport with a rich and lengthy background.
Of all forms of running, cross country arguably remains the most elemental. Away from the roads and synthetic tracks, it’s a return to nature. While...
This year has shown athletics to be robust and fast-paced enough to deal with the major slings and arrows that have headed its way.
Athletics hasn’t been without its challenges in 2025 but, when I think back on the past 12 months, I’m left with the strong feeling that...
Italian looks back on the European 10,000m final in Stuttgart in 1986 which he won ahead of fellow countrymen Alberto Cova and Salvatore Antibo in 27:56.79.
I was very young when I went to my first major championships, the 1982 Europeans, where I ran the 1500m. When I was...
Thursday 18th December 2025
Sing-up for our webinar
scottishathletics are hosting another off road education session early in 2026.
Coach Lewis Walker will look into Trail Running in the webinar on Wednesday 28 January (7pm).
The webinar can be signed up for via google form above.
Here’s a few more details around the...
As AW’s 80th birthday year draws to a close, we go 'back to the future' and ask what the sport might look like in another 80 years’ time.
The year is 2105 and the scene is the 60th World Athletics Championships in a packed Seb Coe Memorial Stadium in...
A total of 5,871 young athletes on Sunday, December 21, concluded the second edition of the National Sports Talent Week at Groupe Scolaire Officiel de Butare (GSOB) in Huye District, Southern Province.
The talent search initiative is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Sports, implemented in partnership with...
A host of top sports stars and governing bodies have expressed fears that playing fields across England could be built on and disappear if proposed planning reforms come into force.Former Lioness Jill Scott, and Olympic champions Sir Mo Farah and Alex Yee are among those to sign an...
Monday 22nd December 2025
By Peter Jardine, Head of Communications
Coaching is a privilege whereby the individual embarks on an emotional journey with their athletes and helps guide them through sport and life itself.
That’s the opinion of two of our leading female coaches, Nichola Crawford and Kirsty Davis, as revealed...
Heptathlete has drawn inspiration from Jessica Ennis-Hill plus current training partner Katarina Johnson-Thompson, writes Stuart Weir.
Remember Super Saturday at the 2012 London Olympics, when three British athletes – Jess Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah – won gold medals in the space of just 45 minutes? A 12-year-old...
