If at first you don t succeed then try and try again... that should be the mantra of David Oliver, who after years of major championship frustration finally delivered his first major title at the age of 31.

Three men surpassed the automatic qualifying distance of 65.00m and all three did so on their first attempt, making it a quick morning s work on Monday for Germany s reigning Olympic, World and European champion Robert Harting, Poland s 2013 world lead...

History has taught us never to discount Christine Ohuruogu but boy did she leave it late, very late, to regain the World 400m title she last won in Osaka six years ago.

Having finished fourth and out of the medals at the past three global championships, Jamaica s Kaliese Spencer was hoping that her luck would change.

One woman became a champion by the thinnest of margins and another by the widest in a shorter race. There were surprises, predictable coronations, redemption and last-page heroics. There

The women s Heptathlon really heated up during the High Jump with some favourites dropping downwards in points and some surprising names coming up towards the top.