Russia’s athletics federation announces suspensions handed to five athletes for doping offences
Marathon runner Maria Konovalova is among five athletes to have received doping suspensions, the Russian athletics federation announced on Thursday (N...

The European Athlete of the Month voting for October is underway through our European Athletics Twitter and Facebook pages. Athletes with the most combined Twitter 'retweets' and Facebook 'likes' will be named winners.

Sergey Shubenkov and Zuzana Hejnova have earned the most votes in the hurdles category in the first round of voting for the 2015 IAAF World Athlete of the Year award.

As he prepares to defend his Olympic 5000m and 10,000m crowns in Rio, Mo Farah s first test of 2016 will come when he spearheads Britain in the team challenge at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country on Saturday 9 January.

Double Olympic, world and European track champ is announced for his first cross-country race since 2011
Mo Farah’s first test of 2016 is set to come at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country, with the double Olympic, world and European t...

The IAAF is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Themba Makhanya, president of the Swaziland Athletics Federation, who died on Wednesday (4) after collapsing at work. He was 45 years old.

It’s autumn and the hills are beckoning, but how best to run up them? Matt Long explains
Hills matter. Whether you are a runner, jumper or thrower, uphill training should be an integral part of your periodised training programme at this time of y...

Jose Luis Cuenca Cadenas updates the often controversial story of world high jump record-holder Javier Sotomayor
The life of a top-flight jumper usually lasts no more than 10 years. The nature of the events leads to damage of the ankles and knees and i...