The 48th edition (38th for women) of the South American Championships begun in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on Friday (5) and Brazil s Thiago da Silva produced the highlight of the day by vaulting to an area record of 5.83m.

The 110 hurdles is almost synonymous in Asia with Liu Xiang and on the third day of the 20th Asian Athletics Championships in Pune, India, it was the turn of Jiang Fan to take China s legacy forward in the event on Friday (6).

Bohdan Bondarenko might just be the best-kept secret in athletics.

Paris, like so many host cities on the IAAF Diamond League circuit, is once again in thrall to that sporting phenomenon known as Usain Bolt.

Brigetta Barrett is an accomplished singer and so she probably knows Alice Cooper s 70s rock anthem ‘Schools Out off by heart. It s probably a tune she and the Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have been mentally humming ever since the s...

Brigetta Barrett is an accomplished singer and so she probably knows Alice Cooper s 70s rock anthem ‘Schools Out off by heart. It s probably a tune she and the Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have been mentally humming ever since the s...