Gaborone — Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo and World 400m champion Collen Kebinatshipi have qualified for the newly introduced World Athletics Ultimate Championship meet.
The inaugural event to be held in Budapest, Hungary from September 11-13, 2026, will offer a record-setting prize pot of US$10 million, the largest ever...
In response to the study by Climate Central, Coe said: "The era of 'business as usual' for athletics and other endurance summer and winter sports is over."Rising heat, rising seas and unpredictable conditions are no longer exceptions - they're the new normal. "At World Athletics we recognise that...
Tuesday 28th October 2025
BBC Scotland piece on Jake Wightman
Scotland’s top performers at the recent World Athletics Championships are the first athletes to be selected for Team Scotland for next summer’s Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Megan Keith will make her Commonwealth Games debut in the 10,000m, while Jake Wightman and...
Welcome to our weekly round-up from the roads of the UK and Ireland.
IRISH LIFE DUBLIN MARATHON, October 26
Victories at the Dublin Marathon on Sunday went to Daniel Mesfin of the United States and Eebbissee Addunyaa of Ethiopia but much of the post-race coverage in Ireland centred on Ava...
Fast-rising tarmac sensation Javed Lota claimed victory at the Mombasa Motor Club (MMC) Night-Cross race, thrilling fans with exhilarating displays "under the stars."
The event, held at the Mombasa Cement track in Vipingo over the weekend, drew top drivers from the Coast region.
In a nail-biting finish, Javed clocked a...
Triathlete Imogen Simmonds has not competed competitively since December amid a doping suspension but she has managed to avoid a long-term ban despite a positive testImogen Simmonds has not competed since December(Image: Getty Images)Triathlon star Imogen Simmonds has expressed her “indescribable amounts of relief” after avoiding a doping...
The far-flung and inaccessible Lakshadweep islands have no proper stadium, and track-and-field athletes there run on mud tracks. Despite the lack of infrastructure, 19-year-old Mubassina Mohammed, daughter of a coconut plucker, has become the first international athlete from the Union Territory (UT) and is fast emerging as a...
Monday 27th October 2025
Best foot forward . . . Central AC’s Aidan Thompson races first leg at Cumbernauld minus his left shoe (photo by Bobby Gavin)
From grassroots to elite – Olympians leave us enthralled by Cumbernauld
By Peter Jardine
Like so many of our Scottish athletes, Aidan Thompson always gives...
All the news from the BMAF Open Masters Cross Country Relay Champs at Long Eaton in Derbyshire.
Salford Harriers dominated the main men’s age groups while Gemma Steel again led Charnwood to the youngest women’s team award on Saturday (Oct 25) at a meeting which was stated to be...
World Athletics (WA) has announced that the selection of Lagos, Nigeria's bustling commercial hub, as the host city for its inaugural Africa Road Running Conference was influenced by its extensive commercial connections across the African continent and beyond.
Mr Alessio Punzi Cisternino, WA's head of road running, revealed this...
