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A runner in the Great North Run says she was racially abused by a section of spectators.

Its not a given, thats the reality, Kerr says in BudapestAthletes cautious over BBCs informal shortlist policyIt should be the biggest no-brainer of the sporting year. After a summer where athletics has captured hearts a...

Its not a given, thats the reality, Kerr says in BudapestAthletes cautious over BBCs informal shortlist policyIt should be the biggest no-brainer of the sporting year. After a summer where athletics has captured hearts a...

British sprinter Amy Hunt is among an array of female athletes criticising the controversial betting advert starring actress Sydney Sweeney.

British sprinter Amy Hunt is among the female athletes to criticise the controversial betting advert starring actress Sydney Sweeney.

British sprinter Amy Hunt is among the female athletes to criticise the controversial betting advert starring actress Sydney Sweeney.

A runner in the Great North Run says she was racially abused by a section of spectators.

As the inaugural Ultimate Championship concludes, athletics has taken its first strides in a new direction.

Scot wins with ease ahead of Nuguse and MyersHenrichs final leg earns Britain silver in mixed relay Throughout Josh Kerrs perfect season, he has made the sublime look routine. So when the bell rang for the final lap of t...

Josh Kerr ends a sensational season by winning the Ultimate Championship 1500m title as the inaugural edition of athletics' new global event concludes.

Josh Kerr ends a sensational season by winning the Ultimate Championship 1500m title as the inaugural edition of athletics' new global event concludes.

Great Britain's Josh Kerr powers ahead on the final corner to win the men's 1500m, becoming the event's Ultimate Champion in Budapest.

Jamaican says athletes loving Ultimate ChampionshipFormer sprinter proposed to Kasi Bennett last monthA year ago, Usain Bolt revealed he had stopped running and got out of breath whenever he went up the stairs. But now t...

Sebastian Coe says that World Athletics' stance on sanctions imposed on Russian athletes "will not change".

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei wins the women's race at the Great North Run as Eilish McColgan drops out early with injury, while American Zouhair Talbi wins the men's event.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks about his reasons for competing in the Great North Run.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks about his reasons for competing in the Great North Run.

Swiss wins $150,000 with dominant display in 800mGeorgia Hunter Bell second to Kazimierska in 1500mThis season has witnessed an extraordinary arms race between three of the greatest female 800m runners in history. But, a...

Keely Hodgkinson is again denied a major prize by rival Audrey Werro - but reveals she had to overcome a torn hamstring to make the start line at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship.

Audrey Werro beats Keely Hodgkinson and Femke Broeders-Bol in a commanding women's 800m final victory, becoming the Ultimate Champion after charging clear at the final stretch.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen will not contest the men's 1500m final at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship, putting his reunion with rival Josh Kerr on hold.

The Ultimate Championship is posed as something different in athletics, but some things stay the same - pole vault star Armand Duplantis taking centre stage.