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Final entries confirmed for Bergen 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships
Image: Courtesy of European Athletics The Bergen 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships will be streamed live in its entirety through...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 82 min read


Governor Koike opens MOWA exhibition as Tokyo is awarded Heritage Plaque
Image: Getty Images The Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, officially opened the MOWA Heritage Athletics Exhibition Tokyo 2025 on Sunday...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 64 min read


Chebet breaks world 5000m record in Eugene with history’s first sub-14-minute run
Image: Getty Images Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet became the first woman in history to cover 5000m inside 14 minutes, clocking...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 61 min read


Kipyegon breaks world 1500m record in Eugene
Image: Mathew Quine, courtesy of World Athjletics Just 80 minutes after compatriot and fellow Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet made...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 61 min read


Ratified: world records for Assefa, Stano and Dunfee
Image: Getty Images, courtesy of World Athletics Women’s marathon (women-only) 2:15:50 Tigist Assefa (ETH) London, 27 April 2025 Men’s...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 42 min read


Global champions at every turn in Eugene
Image: Getty Images, courtesy of World Athletics Organisers of the Prefontaine Classic have pulled out all the stops in ensuring that the...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 45 min read


Mohamed Attaoui thrills Spanish crowd with championship record in men's 800m
Image: Getty Images, courtesy of European Athletics Spain’s Mohamed Attaoui oozed confidence as he took a superb victory in the men’s...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 282 min read


Nadia Battocletti clinches 5000m hat-trick at European Athletics Team Championships
Image: courtesy of European Athletics Reigning Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Nadia Battocletti managed a hat trick of 5000m victories...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 282 min read


20.41m! Schilder sets championship record to beat Olympic champion Ogunleye
Image: courtesy of European Athletics Reigning European outdoor and indoor champion Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands and Germany’s...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 281 min read


Championship record! Femke Bol blitzes to 49.48 to win 400m at Madrid 2025
Image: Getty Images, courtesy of European Athletics In the scorching Spanish sun, Femke Bol turned up the heat even further as she...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 282 min read


Dominant Iceland crowned European Athletics Team Championships 3rd Division winners
Image: courtesy of European Championships Iceland topped the standings of the European Athletics Team Championships 3rd Division with a...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 262 min read


Iceland amass a commanding lead after day one in Maribor 2025
Image: courtesy of European Athletics Iceland lead the standings by a significant margin after the first day of the European Athletics...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 252 min read


Olympic Gold Medalist, World Record-Holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone to Compete at 50th Edition of The Prefontaine Classic
Image: Courtesy of Wanda Diamond League Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone , the reigning Olympic gold medalist and current 400-meter Hurdles...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 252 min read


Olympic history at the IOC: Thomas Bach passes presidency to Kirsty Coventry
Image: IOC/Greg Martin Olympic history was written today in a highly symbolic and emotional ceremony at Olympic House in Lausanne,...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 237 min read


Bidding process for 2029 and 2031 World Athletics Championships launches
Image: Annice Lyn for World Athletics The bidding process for the 2029 and 2031 editions of the World Athletics Championships is now...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 231 min read


Meeting records tumble in Paris
Image: Marta Gorczynska, courtesy of Wanda Diamond League Meeting records by Azeddine Habz, Rai Benjamin, Marileidy Paulino and Grace...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 215 min read


Jornet, Muthoni Njeru and Kipngeno headline stellar fields for Broken Arrow
Image: Scott Rockis Photography/WMRA, courtesy of World Athletics Mountain running great Kilian Jornet and defending champions Joyce...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 192 min read


Olympic champions Mahuchikh, Benjamin and Holloway ready for Paris return
Image: Christel Saneh for World Athletics Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Rai Benjamin and Grant Holloway are among the six reigning individual...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 194 min read


Duplantis breaks world pole vault record with 6.28m in Stockholm
Image: Chiara Montesano / Diamond League AG Sweden's Mondo Duplantis raised his own world pole vault record once again at the Wanda...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 151 min read


WCH Tokyo 25 announces additional ticket release and new seating category
Image: courtesy of World Athletics With just three months to go until the world’s greatest athletes take centre stage at the iconic Japan...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jun 141 min read
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