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• Hodgkinson seventh as Jaeger wins women's 400m

  04-06-2026 23:31 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson and Amber Anning finish seventh and fifth respectively, as Henriette Jaeger win the women's 400m at the Diamond League in Rome.
  
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• 'He's way off it' - Duplantis suffers shock loss in front of home crowd

  07-06-2026 18:41 via bbc.com
  
  Olympic and world champion Armand Duplantis is beaten in front of his home crowd after three fails during the men's pole vault at the Stockholm Diamond League - his first defeat in the Diamond League in three years.
  
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• Hurdler Minshull wants to turn bronze into gold

  05-06-2026 17:36 via bbc.com
  
  After winning a bronze medal at the World Relays, 400m hurdler Jake Minshull is chasing more success at the European Championships.
  
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• How to follow Hodgkinson's 800m at Stockholm Diamond League

  05-06-2026 11:41 via bbc.com
  
  Keely Hodgkinson runs her first outdoor 800m of the season at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Sunday - live on the BBC.
  
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• Diamond League 2026 - how to follow Hodgkinson's 800m run in Stockholm

  05-06-2026 11:41 via bbc.com
  
  Keely Hodgkinson runs her first outdoor 800m of the season at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Sunday - live on the BBC.
  
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• GB's Hunter Bell fights back to win 1500m in Rome

  04-06-2026 23:26 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell times her race perfectly, winning the 1500m in a season's best time of three minutes 58.63 seconds at the Diamond League event in Rome.
  
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• Caudery and Hunter Bell win at Rome Diamond League

  04-06-2026 23:14 via bbc.com
  
  World indoor champions Molly Caudery and Georgia Hunter Bell triumph in the pole vault and 1500m at the Diamond League meeting in Rome.
  
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• Explore a place where science, politics and culture collide

  03-06-2026 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Film exploring the human stories behind mankind’s biggest experiment in particle physics.
  
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• Hodgkinson to compete in 400m in Rome - how to follow Thursday's Diamond League meet

  02-06-2026 19:56 via bbc.com
  
  Keely Hodgkinson begins her outdoor season by competing over 400m at the Rome Diamond League - live on the BBC.
  
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• Hodgkinson to compete in 400m in Rome - how to follow Diamond League 2026

  02-06-2026 19:56 via bbc.com
  
  Keely Hodgkinson begins her outdoor season by competing over 400m at the Rome Diamond League - live on the BBC.
  
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• UK Athletics fined £350,000 over death of Paralympian

  02-06-2026 15:46 via bbc.com
  
  A judge at the Old Bailey has fined UK Athletics £350,000 with £44,000 in costs after hearing how a Paralympic athlete died when equipment fell on him at a training ground in east London.
  
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• GB's Burgin beats Wanyonyi to win Diamond League 800m

  31-05-2026 23:10 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain's Max Burgin powers clear of a world-class field to win the 800m at the Diamond League meeting in Morocco.
  
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• 'One of the biggest of his career!' - Burgin wins 800m in 'special' race

  31-05-2026 22:16 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain's Max Burgin wins a "special" 800m race at the Rabat Diamond League, ahead of Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi.
  
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• Hodgkinson chasing 43-year-old 800m mark in 'battle of world records'

  29-05-2026 07:26 via bbc.com
  
  Keely Hodgkinson says she would "love" to break the long-standing women's 800m world record on home soil at the London Diamond League in July.
  
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• Wales' fastest woman blocked from Commonwealth Games

  28-05-2026 12:43 via bbc.com
  
  Hannah Brier calls for a change to selection timings for Team Wales after missing out on her last Commonwealth Games this summer.
  
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• Record 50m freestyle time at controversial Enhanced Games

  25-05-2026 09:49 via bbc.com
  
  Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev beats a world record in the pool at the controversial Enhanced Games in Las Vegas.
  
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• Jackson smashes meeting record to win 200m

  23-05-2026 14:30 via bbc.com
  
  Two-time 200m world champion Shericka Jackson produces a dominant display to win the 200m Diamond League event in Xiamen.
  
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• The 'F1 of athletics'? Athlos announces London debut

  21-05-2026 08:01 via bbc.com
  The all-female track meet Athlos will be hosted in London for the first time later this year as it expands to two events.
  
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• Enhanced Games is finally here - causing dismay and intrigue

  20-05-2026 13:47 via bbc.com
  The Enhanced Games, the 'Steroid Olympics' which take place this weekend, are forcing sport and wider society to confront some challenging questions.
  
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• Enhanced Games are finally here - causing dismay and intrigue

  20-05-2026 13:47 via bbc.com
  
  The Enhanced Games, the 'Steroid Olympics' which take place this weekend, are forcing sport and wider society to confront some challenging questions.
  
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• English takes stunning 800m win at Diamond League event

  16-05-2026 16:38 via bbc.com
  Ireland's Mark English produces a strong finish to take victory in the 800m at Diamond League Shanghai.
  
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• Diamond League 2026 - everything you need to know

  15-05-2026 14:13 via bbc.com
  GB's Amy Hunt joins global stars Armand Duplantis and Faith Kipyegon at the opening Diamond League event of the season in China - live on the BBC.
  
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• Alex Batty vanished at 11. Now he tells his story

  13-05-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  At 11 years old, Alex thought he was going on holiday. Instead, he vanished for six years.
  
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• Ethiopian marathon runner Melese dies aged 36

  12-05-2026 19:13 via bbc.com
  Ethiopian long-distance runner Yebrgual Melese dies at the age of 36 after falling ill during a routine training session.
  
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• World Athletics rejects IOC proposal to lift Belarus ban

  07-05-2026 22:17 via bbc.com
  World Athletics rejects a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee that a ban on Belarusian athletes and teams competing under the flag of their nation should be lifted.
  
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• Mashed potato & 19 minutes' sleep - Entrekin's epic race

  07-05-2026 21:16 via bbc.com
  Rachel Entrekin tells BBC Sport how she broke the course record for the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon in Arizona.
  
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• Gold next target on Robertson's 'tremendous journey'

  07-05-2026 11:02 via bbc.com
  Joanna Robertson says her sporting life has been a "tremendous journey" with the next stop the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, where she is targeting gold in the T54 1500m and 400m wheelchair races.
  
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• Record 1.3m apply for 2027 London marathon ballot

  05-05-2026 10:41 via bbc.com
  More than 1.3 million people have applied for next year's event which takes place on 25 April.
  
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• GB win mixed 4x400m bronze as five teams make Worlds

  03-05-2026 20:05 via bbc.com
  GB & NI's mixed 4x400m team win bronze at the World Athletics Relays, while four other GB teams also qualify automatically for the 2027 World Athletics Championships.
  
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• Athletics won't strangle super-shoe innovation - Coe

  01-05-2026 20:20 via bbc.com
  World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says current rules are "on the right side" when it comes to shoe technology, following Sabastian Sawe's record-breaking time at the London Marathon.
  
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