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The Latest Breaking News from British Athletics

Josh Kerr relieved to banish ‘demons’ with victory in 3000m world indoor final

He struck gold in seven minutes and 35.56 seconds, enacting revenge on Cole Hocker.

The Independent UK

Dan Pembroke completes miraculous recovery to win remarkable World Championship gold

Pembroke claimed an incredible F13 javelin gold in New Delhi despite tearing his hip adductor just four weeks before the event

The Independent UK

Tesco worker Victoria Levitt claims shock gold at World Para Athletics Championship

Levitt surged to T44 100m glory in New Delhi but will be returning to Tesco for pre-Christmas work in the coming months

The Independent UK

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Scottish teenager Finlay Menzies seals World Championships bronze

The 19-year-old sealed a podium place with a personal best time in New Delhi

The Independent UK

Scots frame runner hopes World Championship bronze can catapult profile of sport

Frame runner Finlay Menzies hopes his brilliant World Championship bronze can help catapult the profile of his discipline to greater heights.

The National (Scotland)

Sabrina Fortune breaks world record to seal fourth straight world gold

The 28-year-old Paralympic champion hopes her performances will inspire youngsters in host country India

The Independent UK

Hannah Cockroft ‘let down’ by lack of competition as she scorches to 17th world title

Cockroft only had to overcome three other athletes as only gold and silver medals were awarded

The Independent UK

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Great Britain dealt double blow after medal hope forced to withdraw

Molly Caudery sustained an ankle injury in the warm-up, while Emile Cairess battled through the heat before bowing out

The Independent UK

World Athletics Championships: Matt Hudson-Smith has hip problem in 400m heats

Hudson-Smith still qualified for Tuesday’s semi-final, but faces questions over his fitness.

The Independent UK

Charlie Dobson shocks Matt Hudson-Smith to win 400m in London

Dobson swooped through to claim the win in a new personal best time of 44.14 seconds.

The Independent UK

British runner Ben Connor rejects GB selection after being asked to pay

British Athletics required athletes to pay a fee of up to £1100 to compete

The Independent UK

Great Britain’s Neil Gourley wins world indoor 1500m silver

Britain’s Neil Gourley was thrilled after winning a silver medal in the men’s 1500 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

The National (Scotland)

Fire delays start of British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham

The Utilita Arena had to be evacuated after the incident on Saturday morning.

The Independent UK

Geoff Capes: Athlete and strongman was ‘giant in heart and spirit’

The British shot put record holder and twice World’s Strongest Man has died aged 75.

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Geoff Capes: British shot put record holder dies aged 75

Capes was crowned the World’s Strongest Man in 1983 and 1985

Evening Standard

Geoff Capes, two-time world's strongest man and iconic GB athlete, dies aged 75

Geoff Capes, the British shot put record holder and two-time world's strongest man, has died at the age of 75.

The Independent UK

Former world’s strongest man and British Olympian Geoff Capes dies aged 75

The Lincolnshire-born athlete won Commonwealth shot put gold in 1974 and 1978.

The Guardian - UK

Geoff Capes, Britain’s greatest shot putter and two-time World’s Strongest Man, dies aged 75

Geoff Capes, Britain’s greatest shot putter, has died aged 75

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The National (Scotland)

Josh Kerr breaks 39-year-old national record in Diamond League mile race win

Josh Kerr smashed Steve Cram’s 39-year-old national record to claim victory in the mile race at the Diamond League meet in Eugene, Oregon.

The Guardian - UK

Emile Cairess: ‘I definitely want to break Mo’s record. I can run a lot quicker’

Quiet man of British athletics tells Sean Ingle about overhauling Farah, taking a risk in running London and Olympic hopes for Paris and beyond

The Guardian - UK

Richard Kilty: ‘I’ve got the venom back in me – I’ve taken a gamble’

Sprinter is having one last crack at making the Olympics after his silver medal in Tokyo was snatched away, he tells Ben Bloom

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s fastest man confident ‘spicy’ TV series can boost profile of athletics

Zharnel Hughes believes a new behind-the-scenes Netflix show can have a similar impact on track and field as Drive to Survive did for Formula One

The Independent UK

British Athletics chief Stephen Maguire excited by Olympic medal prospects

Great Britain won 10 medals at the World Championships in Budapest.

The Guardian - UK

Keely Hodgkinson seeks gold – and same recognition as friend Ella Toone

The fastest woman over 800m this year is heading to the world championship looking to emulate her close friend Ella Toone

The Guardian - UK

Eugene Amo-Dadzie: the remarkable journey of ‘world’s fastest accountant’

Eugene Amo-Dadzie, the world’s fastest accountant, is preparing for his world championship debut at the age of 31 and hopes his story can be an inspiration

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