Less than a month away from his 47th birthday, the fire and hunger is burning again for Ukrainian hammer thrower Oleksandr Dryhol.

At the 1950 European Athletics Championships in Brussels, Jean Desforges was a member of the triumphant British 4 x 100m relay team and four years later in Berne, a leap of 6.04m took her to the top of the podium in the long jump.

Emilia Gorecka, the 2011 European cross country junior champion, promised she would do her best, and that is exactly what she did as Great Britain's junior women team flew the European flag in style on Sunday at the IAAF World Cross Country Championshi...

It will be cold and the course is likely to be full of snow, yet that will do nothing but enhance the drama in Bydgoszcz on Sunday for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

In a modern era where Usain Bolt can stop the clock at 19.19 for the 200m, a run of 19.72 would almost go unnoticed.

After two tricky years, when injuries have rocked the career of Ariane Friedrich, the German high jumper can report good news. Her sights are set on the World Championships in Moscow.