Holly Bradshaw saw her World Athletics Championships dreams disappear after a freak accident. The 30-year-old, who won pole vault bronze at last year’s Olympics, snapped her pole in her final practice jump on Friday in Eugene and was forced to retire injured. It broke as she planted it in the box and Bradshaw landed awkwardly on the back of her […]

Keely Hodgkinson will make her debut at the World Championships The World Athletics Championships get underway in Eugene’s Hayward Field on Friday, kicking off 10 days of international competition that will see Great Britain’s track and field stars attempt to make their mark on the global stage. Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson are among those defending their titles from Doha […]

Eugene’s Hayward Field hosts the World Championships which start on Friday. Here, the PA news agency looks at five global stars who are expected to make an impact in Oregon. Faith Kipyegon The Kenyan has been unbeaten since retaining her 1500m Olympic crown and is looking to upgrade the silver she won three years ago when she had just returned […]

Some sports stories are more than just sports stories. Cathy Freeman winning the 400m at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games as the nation cheered itself hoarse was a case in point. Just 400m for her, a small step, but a mighty leap forward for us as a country. Ian Roberts becoming the first active rugby league player in the world […]

The four-time Olympic champion will run the London Marathon in October Sir Mo Farah has cast doubt over his long-term racing future and insisted he will know when to quit. The four-time Olympic champion will run the London Marathon in October, a month after competing in the Big Half in the capital. They are his only races left this year […]

The Diamond League rolls into Stockholm tonight with the return of Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs. Great Britain’s Reece Prescod goes up against the Italian, who is coming back from an injury-hit 2022, in the men’s 100m. While Team GB queen Dina Asher-Smith is also in action in the women’s 200m with a fascinating head-to-head against Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji. Look […]

Jakob Ingebrigtsen headlines the Diamond League in Oslo this week with Norway’s 1,500m Olympic champion targeting a sensational performance in the Dream Mile. Norway’s other track superstar, Karsten Warholm, is out injured following a hamstring issue in the Rabat Diamond League earlier this month. But there promises to be plenty of intriguing races on Thursday evening, with Steve Cram’s 37-year […]

Zharnel Hughes is disqualified after a false start in the Men’s 100m From a grimace to a grin, Trayvon Bromell was resigned to his fate at Saturday’s Diamond League: a false start in the men’s 100m prevented the American from racing in Birmingham. A long-haul flight for a 10-second race and the obsolete one-and-done rule rendered his trip a total […]

Dina Asher-Smith insists she is just warming up as she plots her world title defence. The world 200m champion held off the challenge of Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson to win the 100m Diamond League race in 11.11 seconds Daryll Neita was third at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Saturday. Asher-Smith is gearing up to defend the 200m title she won […]