World athletics championships
Record-breaking Duplantis soars at Eugene worlds
Armand Duplantis wrapped up the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in stunning fashion on Sunday, setting a new world record in the pole vault as the...
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Lyles defends 200m title, Jackson trumps Fraser-Pryce
Close on the heels of Fred Kerley leading a 1-2-3 for Team USA in the men's 100m, Lyles made no mistake over the longer sprint, racing home in 19.31 seconds in Eugene.
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Jeruto storms world steeple, Feng claims discus
While day five of action at Hayward Field featured only two finals, South African heavyweights Caster Semenya and Wayde van Niekerk were trackside along with 400m hurdles stars Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad in a series of high-calibre heats and semi-finals.
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Dos Santos dethrones Warholm, Wightman shocks Ingebrigtsen
Dos Santos ran the third fastest time of all time and a championship record of 46.29sec to win gold ahead of Americans Rai Benjamin and Trevor Bassitt.
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Semenya welcome at world champs, says Coe
Caster Semenya was forced to switch from her favoured distance to the longer event due to gender eligibility rules that required her to take testosterone-reducing drugs to compete in races between 400m to a mile.
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Rojas leads familiar cast to world golds
Day four of action at Hayward Field in Oregon saw experience count as multiple gold medallists from the Tokyo Olympics followed up on their efforts in the Japanese capital with more podium topping.
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ASA names preliminary squad for World Champs, hopes more athletes qualify
The final ASA team will be announced after the qualifying window is closed.
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Mokoka favourite for SA half-marathon title as he gears up for world champs
Stephen Mokoka has shortened his season this year to avoid fatigue as he aims to be in peak condition at this year’s World Athletics Championships in July.
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Asian pole vault king Obiena sets SEA Games record
The 26-year-old Filipino, ranked the sixth-best men's pole vaulter in the world, eclipsed his own previous Southeast Asian Games record 5.45m he set in winning gold in 2019.
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Asher-Smith seizes golden opportunity
Dina Asher-Smith proved the class act in the field, powering home in a national record 21.88 seconds to add gold to the silver she won in the 100m.
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Heat forces delayed start at World Championships
The IAAF said the forecast WetBulb Globe Temperature -- a measure of the heat stress which combines temperature, humidity, wind speed and other factors -- was expected to be 28 degrees Celsius at the new start time.
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Kenya's Chepngetich wins women's marathon world gold
The 23-year-old, who has run the third-fastest marathon of all time, came home in 2hrs 32minutes 43 seconds to give Kenya their fifth win in the event.
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Botswana miss out on 4x400 meters relay final after baton drop
Botswana missed out on the men’s 4x400 meters relay final at the World Athletics Championships after dropping the baton in their semi-final heat.
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Semenya strides smoothly into 800m final
Caster Semenya, who won bronze in the 1,500 on Monday, as usual looked as if she was out for a weekend jog.
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Botswana's Makwala cleared to run in 200 metres after U-turn
Makwala was prevented from running in Monday's opening 200 metres heat and Tuesday's 400m final after falling victim to an outbreak of sickness
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London 2017 set to break world championships attendance records
The world athletics championships in London next month are expected to have the highest attendance figures in the event’s history.
