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Australian hurdling great Sally Pearson won the 100 metres hurdles world title for the second time on Saturday in the same stadium where she clinched 2012 Olympic gold. The 30-year-old... Read More

Allyson Felix won her 15th world career medal on Saturday as the United States won the women’s 4×100 metres relay. The Americans timed 41.82 seconds with 100m world champion Tori Bowie bringing... Read More

Usain Bolt’s glittering career swansong came crashing to an end when he pulled up injured on the anchor leg of the world 4x100m relay won by Britain on Saturday. Bolt... Read More

British athletics legend Mo Farah narrowly failed to complete a fifth successive global double on Saturday when he finished second behind Ethiopian Muktar Edris in a thrilling 5,000 metres world final. The... Read More

Wayde van Niekerk says he is building his own “image and brand” and doesn’t want to be tagged as the successor to track and field legends Usain Bolt and Michael... Read More

Poland’s Pawel Fajdek defended his world hammer throw gold in a thrilling competition in London on Friday. Fajdek threw a best of 79.81 metres while Russian Valeriy Pronkin, competing as... Read More

American Brittney Reese won a fourth world gold when she claimed victory in the women’s long jump at the IAAF World Championships on Friday. Reese, who previously won in 2009, 2011 and... Read More

Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers held on to retain her world 200m title on Friday as the United States had another night to savour at the London Stadium and two experienced... Read More

This is the world championships at which anything goes.The competition has become more unpredictable by the day. Last night a wrong turn at the water jump almost certainly cost one... Read More

Norway’s Karsten Warholm and Phyllis Francis produced sublime performances to stun the favourites and take gold at the athletics world championships on Wednesday. Warholm, a baby-faced 21-year-old, led from start to finish to... Read More

China’s Gong Lijiao made the most of the absence of reigning champion Christina Schwanitz and four-time champion Valerie Adams to win gold in the women’s shot put at the IAAF World Championships... Read More

American Phyllis Francis ripped up the form book to claim a shock gold in the women’s 400m at the IAAFWorld Championships on Wednesday. The race had been billed as a straight... Read More

American Sam Kendricks capped his memorable, unbeaten season by wining the pole vault at the World Championships on Tuesday as the title once again eluded world record holder and former... Read More

Czech Barbora Spotakova added a second world javelin gold to her trophy cabinet in London on Tuesday. Spotakova, the 36-year-old two-time Olympic champion who also has a world gold (2007)... Read More

Kenyan Conseslus Kipruto mastered the threat of American favourite Evan Jager to win the world men’s 3000m steeplechase gold on Tuesday. The Olympic champion kicked with 300 metres remaining and... Read More