The standout athletes of the year will again be celebrated at the World Athletics Awards 2025. Like last year, there will be three separate awards for women and three for men, recognising the athletes of the year for track,

Kenya's Lilian Odira produced a storming finish to win an astonishing women's 800 metres world gold on Sunday, smashing her personal best by almost two seconds and erasing the 42-year-old championship record.

TOKYO (WCBD) – Georgetown native Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the fastest woman in the world, earned gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Jefferson-Wooden finished with a time of 21.68 seconds in Friday’s final for the Women’s 200-M.

UK Athletics performance director Paula Dunn admitted it was "time to reset" after Great Britain failed to win a gold medal at a World Athletics Championships for the first time since 2003.

Beneath the towering, neon-lit billboards of Times Square, six of the world's top long jumpers are soaring through the air, turning one of New York's most iconic streets into an unlikely athletics stage.

The World Athletics Championships are well under way in Tokyo with track and field’s finest competing for 147 medals across 49 events. The 20th World Athletics Championships will be shown live on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website ...

Simran Sharma sprinted to a home gold, Sumit Antil extended his javelin reign, and India claimed 22 medals — its best Para Athletics Worlds showing — as the Delhi edition marked a turning point for Indian para sport.