Usain Bolt saw the daylight when he turned out for the heats of the 200m at Luzhniki Stadium on Friday morning. After what was the equivalent of a brisk, early-morning stroll (for him), the defending champion was through to the semi-final round to be h...

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who added the 200m title here to the 100m version she regained earlier in the week, did not see four-times winner Allyson Felix drop out of contention after 40 metres of the final, but the Jamaican definitely did hear her.

Russia s defending women s Javelin champion Maria Abakumova showed that she will not be giving up her title without a fight and has arrived at these IAAF World Championships in terrific form as she threw 69.09m with her first throw in Friday morning s ...

Two years ago, David Storl shocked the Shot Put hierarchy in Daegu when he won the competition on the very last throw to become the youngest World champion in his discipline.

The top four women s teams in the 4x400m seemingly qualified with ease to tomorrow s final, but it later emerged that one of the big contenders had been disqualified.

It s the sort of conversation that will no doubt be the subject of endless debate in British pubs and bars.