Athletics news

• Bolt comparisons a 'privilege' - Dambile

  14-10-2026 11:50 via BBC Sport
  
  South African sprinter Sinesipho Dambile says comparisons with Usain Bolt are a “privilege” as he targets World Championship and Olympic glory after a breakout season.
  
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• Africa hosts first Olympic event as Youth Games head to Dakar

  26-10-2026 11:49 via BBC Sport
  
  Senegal hosts Africa's first Olympic event as the Dakar 2026 Youth Games bring together 2,700 athletes from around the world.
  
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• World champion Jepchirchir fails drugs test

  23-10-2026 14:01 via BBC Sport
  
  Reigning world women's marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir is provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after a sample tests positive for EPO.
  
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• The World Treadmill Championship - pitching elite runners against amateurs

  23-10-2026 07:58 via BBC Sport
  
  Everyday runners are being given the chance to compete alongside elite athletes in the first World Treadmill Championship, a new global 5km competition.
  
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• Aga banned for fake prescription from family member

  22-10-2026 20:25 via BBC Sport
  
  Ruti Aga tried to explain a positive test for a banned substance with a fake prescription from a non-existent clinic.
  
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• Olympian Dobbin writes to Prime Minister over ME funding

  21-10-2026 16:21 via BBC Sport
  
  Former British sprinter Beth Dobbin calls on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to fund more research into "life-decimating" ME.
  
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• Chalmers targets Olympic qualification in 2027

  21-10-2026 07:34 via BBC Sport
  
  British 400m hurdles champion Alastair Chalmers says he wants to secure Olympic qualification next year.
  
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• Race, illness, injury, repeat - REDs and why men are suffering in silence

  20-10-2026 07:45 via BBC Sport
  
  British long-distance runner Jake Smith was enduring a relentless pattern of race, illness, injury, repeat - he had no idea he had REDs and was under-fuelling.
  
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• 'It feels like you're days away from death' - the Olympian living with ME

  16-10-2026 09:32 via BBC Sport
  
  She's an Olympian, a world record holder and a Commonwealth Games medal winner. She's also bedbound for more than 22 hours a day. Sprinter Beth Dobbin shares her health struggles with BBC Sport months after retiring from the sport for good.
  
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• The Olympic sprinter now bedbound for 22 hours a day

  16-10-2026 07:31 via BBC Sport
  
  Beth Dobbin ran for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Five years on, she is largely bedbound after being diagnosed with ME, a devastating illness for which there is no cure.
  
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• Coe aims for African 'legacy' with 2029 World Championships

  15-10-2026 10:16 via BBC Sport
  
  Hosting the World Athletics Championships in Nairobi in 2029 will leave a "legacy of experience and expertise", according to the sport's top official Sebastian Coe.
  
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• Comedy with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe set in 1970s Los Angeles

  12-10-2026 02:26 via BBC Sport
  
  Mismatched PIs investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.
  
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• Kipchoge, 41, breaks course record at Melbourne Marathon

  11-10-2026 10:19 via BBC Sport
  
  Double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge says "his body is still peaking" after winning the Melbourne Marathon in a course record time at the age of 41.
  
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• Kenya must be 'clean' to be credible, says Wada chief

  07-10-2026 12:42 via BBC Sport
  
  Wada president Witold Banka says Kenya must strengthen testing, investigations and anti-doping enforcement before hosting the 2029 World Athletics Championships.
  
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• South Africa hope to host first African Olympics

  06-10-2026 14:56 via BBC Sport
  
  The International Olympic Committee confirms South Africa have shown an interest in becoming the first African host of the summer Olympics.
  
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• Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio star in a tense 2006 crime thriller

  06-10-2026 07:00 via BBC Sport
  
  Lies. Betrayal. Sacrifice. How far will you go to survive? Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winner
  
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• Damilola Taylor's shocking murder revisited 26 years on

  05-10-2026 07:00 via BBC Sport
  
  John Boyega and childhood friends reveal new testimony about his killing and its aftermath
  
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• 'I reduced my running because of urine leaks' – Commonwealth finalist Korir

  02-10-2026 16:11 via BBC Sport
  
  Kenyan runner Naomi Korir was born with fistula, a condition which can cause the uncontrolled leakage of urine or faeces.
  
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• 'I reduced my running because of urine leaks' – Commonwealth finalist Korir

  02-10-2026 16:11 via BBC Sport
  
  Kenyan runner Naomi Korir was born with fistula, a condition which can cause the uncontrolled leakage of urine or faeces.
  
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• 'Rock, paper, scissors' decides order of London Marathon races

  30-09-2026 13:05 via BBC Sport
  
  A game of rock, paper, scissors is used to determine when the elite female and male races will take place at next year's two-day London Marathon.
  
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• Rising star Henrich daring to dream of LA Olympics

  28-09-2026 06:22 via BBC Sport
  
  Welsh 400m athlete Charlotte Henrich has her sights set on Los Angeles having found her confidence with a breakthrough summer in 2026.
  
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• Injured Assefa narrowly misses world record in Berlin

  27-09-2026 13:14 via BBC Sport
  
  Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa wins the Berlin Marathon but narrowly misses out on breaking the women's world record because of injury.
  
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• French hurdler Samba-Mayela given whereabouts ban

  25-09-2026 19:25 via BBC Sport
  
  Olympic silver medallist Cyrena Samba-Mayela has been temporarily suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for a whereabouts breach.
  
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• Record prize fund for 2028 European Championships

  22-09-2026 17:13 via BBC Sport
  
  The European Athletics Championships will have a total record prize fund worth £3m when it takes place in Poland in 2028.
  
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• Ngetich breaks women-only half-marathon record

  20-09-2026 12:55 via BBC Sport
  
  Kenya's Agnes Ngetich breaks the world record for a women-only half marathon as she wins gold at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen.
  
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• Ingebrigtsen pipped to 5km road gold in Copenhagen

  19-09-2026 15:36 via BBC Sport
  
  Jakob Ingebrigtsen is pipped to victory in the men's 5km in a thrilling finish at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen.
  
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• Hodgkinson powers to Athlos win in speed suit

  19-09-2026 01:00 via BBC Sport
  
  Keely Hodgkinson powers to victory in a full-body speed suit before being presented with a Tiffany & Co crown as Athlos makes its London debut.
  
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• Dramatic sprint finish - Hunter Bell second in Athlos mile

  19-09-2026 00:54 via BBC Sport
  
  Polish runner Klaudia Kazimierska edges ahead of Great Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell as they approach the finish line of the Athlos mile in London.
  
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• Hodgkinson dazzles to win Athlos 800m

  18-09-2026 23:07 via BBC Sport
  
  Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson powers clear of the pack to win the Athlos 800m while sporting a unique, all black custom speed suit.
  
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• How the race they said women couldn't run took centre stage

  18-09-2026 08:02 via BBC Sport
  
  After making its debut at the 1928 Olympics, the women's 800m was cut from the programme. Now, it's often billed as the must-see event of major athletics championships. So, how did we get here?
  
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