The world's fastest man Usain Bolt suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon during a charity football match in London. The Jamaican sprinter announced the incident on social media.more
Organisers of the Newport Marathon have apologised after discovering this year's course was almost 300 metres too long. Run 4 Wales said it had looked into "reports around the accuracy" of the marathon run on Sunday, 28 April.more
The London Marathon has broken a world record for the biggest one-day fundraising event, organisers say. More than £67m was raised as more than 53,000 people took part in the 26.2-mile race (42.2km) through the capital.more
Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir crushed the women’s-only world record in winning the 44th London Marathon on Sunday, while Kenyan compatriot Alexander Mutiso Munyao pulled away from Ethiopian distance great Kenenisa Bekele to win the men’s race.more
Three months after being released from prison, former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is sweeping church floors because he can't find steady work. In the summer of 2012, he was a South African national hero when he became the first disabled athlete in prosthetics to run at the London Olympics.more
Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a car accident late yesterday evening, Kenyan media reported. "Kenya has lost a special gem. Lost for words.." - wrote the country's sports minister Ababu Namwamba on Platform X.more
Former great Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world in 100 and 200 meters, believes that the second of these records will probably be broken sooner. However, he added that for now he is not afraid of any of them.more
Gymnastics coaches in the UK will no longer be able to force their young players to weigh themselves. This is the result of new rules introduced by British Gymnastic after detecting irregularities and abuses revealed in last year's report.more
Disabled athlete from South Africa, Oscar Pistorius, serving a 13-year prison sentence for the murder of his fiancée, will be able to leave prison in Pretoria on January 5, 2024, local judicial authorities announced.more
On the fifth day of the world athletics championships, Natalia Kaczmarek won silver in the 400 m run. This is the second medal of the Poles in Budapest after the silver medal of the hammer thrower Wojciech Nowicki. Yesterday, Anita Włodarczyk - a four-time world champion - was eliminated in the hammer throw qualifying rounds.more
Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei, who won the 10,000m race at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest and was the fastest at this distance for the third time in a row (before 2019 and 2022), admitted that he enjoyed his success "as never before".more
On the third day of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Ewa Swoboda took sixth place in the 100m final. The Polish sprinter was the best European. Natalia Kaczmarek in a spectacular style advanced to the final of the 400 m competition.more
On the second day of the athletics world championships in Budapest, thrasher Wojciech Nowicki won the silver medal and Paweł Fajdek came fourth. Natalia Kaczmarek posted the second qualifying time in the 400m run, as did Ewa Swoboda in the 100m.more
The women's competition in the 52nd edition of the prestigious New York City Marathon (5 November) promises great excitement at the end of the season at this distance. Kenyan defending champion Sharon Lokedi and Olympic champion, her compatriot Peres Jepchirchir, will be competing.more
Kenyan runner Faith Kipyegon received a house and $35,000 from Kenyan President William Ruto as a reward for breaking two world records in a week. "Faith has made Kenya proud," he commented.more
Kenyan athlete and 10km road race world record holder Rhonex Kipruto has been provisionally suspended for an anti-doping violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Wednesday.more
Kenijczyk Kelvin Kiptum zwyciężył w maratonie w Londynie, uzyskując drugi w historii rezultat 2:01.25. Do rekordu świata swojego rodaka Eliuda Kipchoge zabrakło mu 16 sekund.more
Tomorrow around 50,000 runners will take part in the London Marathon. This year, the organizers of the run joined forces with the Council for Responsible Sport (CRS) to measure its impact on society and the environment.more
It's that time of year again! After being delayed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the London Marathon is back, with the same commitment to raising millions of pounds for charity as well as offering the streets of London an elite athletic offering.more
A Scottish runner has been stripped of third place in an ultramarathon after data showed she had used a vehicle for part of the course, the director of the 80km Manchester to Liverpool run has said.more
Kenyan Evans Chebet won the Boston Marathon for the second year in a row. He obtained a time of 2:05.54, 10 seconds ahead of Tanzanian Gabriel Geay and 12th winner from two years ago Kenyan Benson Kipruto. Among the women, the fastest was Kenyan Hellen Obiri - 2:21.38.more
Olympic Games and World Championships long-distance runner Mo Farah is honing his form in Ethiopia ahead of the London Marathon (April 23). For now, it is unclear whether this will be his last career run of 42 km and 195 m.more
"We have two current Olympic champions, three world record holders and many national record holders. In addition, an incredibly strong British team, led by Eilish McColgan" - said its director Hugh Brasher about the exceptional cast of the London Marathon.more
Multi-medalist of the Olympic Games and the World Long Distance Championships Mo Farah has admitted that he will not go to the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 39-year-old Somali-born Briton announced that he was getting closer to making a decision to retire.more