From Chris Hoy to Ellen White, British Olympians tell you how to up your sporting gameKeely Hodgkinson, 800m silver medallist at Tokyo 2020There is no magic way to get faster at running but there are a few things that beginners can do. The first is not…
London Marathon: Lemma wins men’s race, Jepkosgei takes women’s event
Lemma and Jepkosgei prove too good for competitionMarcel Hug and Manuela Schär win wheelchair eventsSisay Lemma of Ethiopia won the men’s London Marathon for the first time on Sunday and Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya was victorious on her debut in the w…
US distance coach Alberto Salazar loses appeal against doping violations
Four-year ban upheld by court of arbitration for sportSalazar helped coach Mo Farah to Olympic goldAlberto Salazar, the US distance coach who guided Mo Farah to four Olympic gold medals and six world titles, is understood to have lost his appeal agains…
Floppy mohicans and pre-race cider: Gary Devine, the punk fell runner
The Leeds punk rocker lived a double life, interspersing band rehearsals and punk gigs with twice-daily runs, despite the occasional arrest and moshpit injury. A new book tells his storyWhen Gary Devine was picked to run for England, the manager took o…
British Olympic silver medallist Chijindu Ujah suspended for doping violation
Ujah was part of Team GB’s 4x100m relay team in Tokyo27-year-old faces prospect of being stripped of his medalChijindu Ujah, the British sprinter who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics as part of Team GB’s men’s 4x100m relay team, has been suspen…
Allyson Felix ends her Olympic career a fighter both on and off the track | Andy Bull
The runner has overtaken Carl Lewis as the most decorated US track Olympian, but her influence transcends athleticsIn the minutes after the end of the very last event, an army of construction workers filed into the Olympic Stadium to start getting it r…
Sifan Hassan completes unique treble with sprint finish to win 10,000m gold
Dutch athlete adds title to 5,000m gold and 1500m bronzeBahrain’s Kalkidan Gezahegne takes silver medalSifan Hassan’s odyssey from refugee to one of the greatest athletes of this or any other era was confirmed in Tokyo as she became the first person to…
‘Italy’s fairytale’: men’s 4x100m gold continues summer of success
President among those hailing first-ever victory in relay event that takes country’s Olympic medal haul to 38 Italy continued its summer of incredible sporting success by clinching gold in the men’s 4x100m relay at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.It was the co…
Small margins and mixed emotions for Britain’s 4x100m relay teams | Andy Bull
Italy’s spectacular summer scuppered golden dreams in the men’s 4x100m, while the women’s team took bronzeThe mixed relays may have finished last weekend, but what a lot of conflicting emotions for the eight British sprinters who won medals in the 4×10…
Team GB rise to fourth in Olympic medal table after flurry of success
Laura Kenny the first British female Olympian to take gold at three consecutive Games as Kate French wins modern pentathlonA day of golden glory for Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday saw cyclist Laura Kenny become the first British female Olympia…