Athletics

Nike and Salazar settle $20m lawsuit alleging abuse of US track prodigy
Nike and disgraced coach Alberto Salazar have settled a $20m lawsuit with a former athlete over allegations she suffered ‘emotional and physical abuse’
Guardian sport
28, Nov, 2023 @7:51 PM

Team GB are Britain’s most popular sports outfit, so how do we get people to watch? | Sean Ingle
The BBC lavishes money and attention on the Olympics then neglects its sports between Games. It’s time for some creative promotion
Sean Ingle
27, Nov, 2023 @8:00 AM

Beth Potter and Alex Yee in ‘best ever’ Team GB Olympic triathlon squad
Beth Potter and Alex Yee have been earmarked as potential gold medallists in Team GB’s ‘best ever’ Olympic triathlon squad
Sean Ingle
23, Nov, 2023 @4:10 PM

From lucky shoes to Olympic trailblazer: Solomon Islands athlete pushes for Pacific Games gold
Veteran long-distance runner Sharon Firisua among stars competing in the two-week tournament set to begin in Honiara
Patrick Skene
17, Nov, 2023 @7:00 PM

Sports quiz of the week: Cricket World Cup, Mikaela Shiffrin and Argentina
Have you been following the big stories in cricket, football, skiing, F1, athletics, basketball, boxing, tennis and ice hockey?
Paul Campbell
17, Nov, 2023 @2:33 PM

Olympic champion Thompson-Herah splits with coach over pay demands
The Jamaican sprinter has dropped coach Shanikie Osbourne nine months before Paris Games after a ‘breakdown in negotiations’
Sean Ingle
16, Nov, 2023 @3:50 PM

Leading ultra-marathon runner banned for using car in 50-mile race
A leading British ultra-marathon runner has been banned for 12 months by a UK Athletics’ disciplinary panel for using a car during a 50-mile race
Sean Ingle
15, Nov, 2023 @2:08 PM

The medals and the damage done: how bad is elite sport for the body and mind? | Sean Ingle
Holly Bradshaw’s questioning of whether the pursuit for glory is worth it has exposed the pitfalls of an athlete’s career
Sean Ingle
13, Nov, 2023 @8:00 AM

‘Have I done too much damage?’ Holly Bradshaw questions pursuit of glory
The British pole vaulter and bronze medalist Holly Bradshaw has lifted the lid on the ‘detrimental’ side of elite sport
Sean Ingle
09, Nov, 2023 @1:00 PM

Crisis-hit UK Athletics reeling as third senior coach leaves in a month
The resignation of Scott Simpson has stunned insiders given he was seen as the frontrunner to be performance director at UK Athletics after the Paris Olympics
Sean Ingle
08, Nov, 2023 @12:24 PM

Gerry Cranham obituary
Pioneering sports photographer whose work revealed, through his composition, human endeavour and the poetry of motion
Greg Whitmore
01, Nov, 2023 @5:48 PM

Olympic champion Mary Peters: ‘I feel the terrible loss of life in the name of sport’
The former pentathlon gold medallist tells Donald McRae of the death threat and horror of Munich 1972, the Troubles, and promoting Belfast
Donald McRae
31, Oct, 2023 @8:00 PM
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