It has been a busy few days of team selections for next month’s SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Hyères and this weekend is one of the final chances athletes have of qualifying.

As part of the IAAF s Athletics for a Better World social responsibility programme, 500 entries for the IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff 2016 have been purchased and will be distributed free of charge, the local organis...

Promising sprinter Charmont Webster-Tape hopes to follow in the footsteps of the UK senior record-holder, writes Emily Moss
Having won English Schools, England Athletics under-17 and Sainsbury s School Games 100m titles this year, it is fitting that 15...

Do athletes need more sleep than the average person? Peta Bee sifts through the findings
Two recent studies have cast doubt on the idea that the average person needs a solid eight hours of sleep every night. It s a myth, the sleep scientists suggested,...

Ashton Eaton and Genzebe Dibaba were named the 2015 IAAF World Athletes of the Year on Thursday (26) after outstanding and memorable seasons which saw both athletes break world records and strike gold at the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015.