Lithuanian athlete Mykolas Alekna broke the world discus record with an incredible 74.35 metres in Ramona, Oklahoma, on Sunday. The record had stood for almost 38 years.

Organisers of the Beijing Half Marathon announced on Monday that they were investigating after widely circulated online footage suggested that three African runners may have deliberately allowed China's He Jie to win.

Olympic gold medallist in the women's triple jump, Yulimar Rojas, has suffered an Achilles tendon injury that will force her to withdraw from the upcoming Paris Games, it was announced on Friday.

World Athletics has announced that it will make history by becoming the first International Federation to distribute prize money at the Olympic Games, starting with Paris 2024 in August.

European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov shares his thoughts on the recent World Cross Country Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia at the end of March.

The capital of Peru will host its first major sporting event from 27-31 August 2024, when the U20 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Sports Village (Videna) athletics stadium.

World and Paralympic shot put F37 champion Lisa Adams has announced her immediate retirement from the sport. Lisa has chosen to dedicate more time to her 11-year-old son, Hikairo.

Russian athlete Ekaterina Poistogova-Guliyev, 33, will almost certainly be stripped of her silver medal in the 800 metres at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Russian athletics federation, RusAF, has banned the athlete, who now competes for Turkey, for four years for past doping.

Kenya's double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge and Peres Jepchirchir, the defending women's champion, were announced on Thursday as part of a star-studded marathon team for the upcoming Paris Olympics, athletics officials said.

Some of Britain's biggest track and field stars will be heading to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris this summer and Channel 4 cameras will be following their preparations and training. 

Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo and Kenya's Beatrice Chebet successfully defended their world cross country titles in Belgrade on Saturday, confirming the absolute dominance of the African continent at this event.

With 70 days to go, an exciting and iconic half marathon route has been unveiled, taking in many of Rome's most famous landmarks from 7-12 June.

The World Athletics Council has called on the federations of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal to tighten anti-doping controls ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, following a recommendation from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

A Kenyan court has ordered members of the national athletics governing body to vacate office after serving for eight years without holding elections. The board has been led by Jackson Tuwei who took over the reins when former president Isaiah Kiplagat was suspended over graft allegations in 2015.

Antoine Le Hyaric, Amandine Aftalion and Brian Hanley are scientists who, according to their published study, are developing a mathematical model that promises to optimise 400m and 1,500m running performance using high-resolution data.