Top marks returned to the men s Javelin as big throws were needed to win medals. And overlooking the fact that the winning mark was achieved in round one, the competition was also quite eventful and included some surprises along the way.

The women s 4x400m Relay final got the biggest cheers of the championships with an epic battle between hosts Russia and the United States, who had won the past three World titles in this event with Russia being the previous country on the top podium in...

Usain Bolt saw the daylight when he turned out for the heats of the 200m at Luzhniki Stadium on Friday morning. After what was the equivalent of a brisk, early-morning stroll (for him), the defending champion was through to the semi-final round to be h...

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who added the 200m title here to the 100m version she regained earlier in the week, did not see four-times winner Allyson Felix drop out of contention after 40 metres of the final, but the Jamaican definitely did hear her.

Russia s defending women s Javelin champion Maria Abakumova showed that she will not be giving up her title without a fight and has arrived at these IAAF World Championships in terrific form as she threw 69.09m with her first throw in Friday morning s ...

Two years ago, David Storl shocked the Shot Put hierarchy in Daegu when he won the competition on the very last throw to become the youngest World champion in his discipline.

The top four women s teams in the 4x400m seemingly qualified with ease to tomorrow s final, but it later emerged that one of the big contenders had been disqualified.

It s the sort of conversation that will no doubt be the subject of endless debate in British pubs and bars.

Ezekiel Kemboi fulfilled his reputation as the king of the 3000m Steeplechase by winning his third World title in a row, holding off his compatriot and reigning World junior champion Conselus Kipruto in a dramatic sprint finish in 8:06.01.

The IAAF Ambassadors Press Conference, marking 30 years of the IAAF World Championships, featured two IAAF Ambassadors, Great Britain s 1983 1500m champion Steve Cram and Russia s 1996 Olympic Games 800m and 1500m champion Svetlana Masterkova. US hurdl...