Mo Farah

Olympic champion Mo Farah victim of 'racial harassment' at Munich airport

Four-time Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah has released a video on Instagram showing him being "racially" harassed by Munich airport staff. Farah is …

Rio De Janeiro

Sir Mo Farah accuses German airport official of 'racial harassment' as he uploads video being pushed by security

Olympic legend Sir Mo Farah has accused a German airport official of 'racial harassment' as the Olympic legend uploaded a video being pushed by …

Sport (UK)

British athletes may have won thanks to drugs, a report suggests

SIR ROGER BANNISTER, who died on March 3rd, was the epitome of the amateur sportsman. At Oxford in 1954 he became the first person to run a mile in …

Athletics

Olympian Mo Farah accuses airport security of 'racial harassment'

British Olympian, Sir Mo Farah, has accused German airport security of racial harassment after being pushed by a guard.<p>Farah recorded the incident in an Instagram Live video, which he then posted on his Twitter, claiming the guard harassed him “for wearing a hoodie and a jumper.”<p>"Just in the …

Filmmaking

'Pure Harassment': Mo Farah Streams Clash With Officials At German Airport

Mo Farah took to Instagram live on Tuesday to show what he described as harassment at the hands of German airport officials.<p>Farah’s video starts with …

Track & Field

Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky being accused of cheating is not a shock... and it is time for Sir Dave Brailsford to leave

WHAT they don’t seem to realise, Team Sky, Sir Dave Brailsford and Sir Bradley Wiggins, is that when MPs made their ‘bombshell’ allegations, they …

Cycling

Everything You Need To Know Before Buying A Fitness Watch

Fitness watches aren't just for gym bros and cardio junkies. Whatever your goals and style, you can find a smart tracker that will look good on your …

Fitness Technology

It's Okay to Run Slow... Really

The article title is adapted from a quote by pro trail runner and biomechanics researcher Keely Henninger. On Friday, March 2, she tweeted: “Be …

Exercise

Bradley Wiggins says an explosive report into drugs and cycling is 'sad'

Sir Bradley Wiggins has described a parliamentary report that has heavily criticised him and the cycling team he used to lead as 'sad'.<p>The Digital, …

Cycling

'I would have more rights as a murderer': Sir Bradley Wiggins declares innocence and comes out fighting over drug “smears”

Sir Bradley Wiggins came out fighting tonight over drug “smears” and claimed: “I would have more rights if I had murdered someone.”<p>The cycling legend …

Cycling

Laura Muir reveals she no longer speaks to Genzebe Dibaba over her ties to coach being investigated for possible doping offences

Laura Muir has revealed she does not speak to Genzebe Dibaba, the athlete who beat her to two gold medals at last week’s World Indoor Championships, because of the Ethiopian’s links to a coach under investigation for potential drug offences.<p>Multiple world champion and world record holder Dibaba is …

Athletics

How was your weekend running?

So much running this weekend, and none of it mine. What did you get up to? Reports below the line as usual, please<p>Well this week I feel a bit of a fraud. How was my weekend running? Err, didn’t do any. Haven’t run a step since Seville marathon, aside from the time last week where I broke into a jog …

Roger Bannister

London 2012 'legacy' battered by repeated revelations but wilful public amnesia keeps its lustre untarnished

When our time came, we did it right,” intoned Sebastian Coe, to applause that seemed never to end, at the closing ceremony of London 2012. Did we, though? Sir Bradley Wiggins, who encapsulated his laconic mod-chic by flashing a peace sign from a golden throne at Hampton Court, stands accused of …

Tour de France

The Waugh Zone Monday March 5, 2018

The five things you need to know about politics today.<p><b>1 SHERLOCK HOMES</b><p>After the largely warm reaction to her Mansion House speech (and the first …

United Kingdom

News - IAAF CEO Olivier Gers Resigns

IAAF CEO Olivier Gers Resigns By Adam Kopet The IAAF announced Monday that its CEO, Olivier Gers, has resigned....

Athletics

Sir Mo Farah inspires Felix team to a fantastic Big Half

Runners raised thousands for good causes in London's first official half-marathon.

London Marathon

Callum's Big Half run bodes well for Australia

Callum’s Big Half run bodes well for Australia<p>Monday 5th March 2018<p><b>Callum Hawkins</b> continued his preparations for the Commonwealth Games when he …

British Athletics

Local quartet represent Ireland and GB NI at IAAF World Indoor Championships

Local quartet represent Ireland and GB & NI at IAAF World Indoor Championships<p>Northern Ireland quartet Amy Foster (City of Lisburn AC / Ireland / …

British Athletics

Great Manchester Run: Mo Farah meeting boosts family runners

Featured<p>by Athletics Weekly<p>Multiple global gold medallist makes surprise visit ahead of the Simplyhealth Great Manchester Run Family Challenge<p>Meeting …

Athletics

'We have lost a giant': athletics world hails Sir Roger Bannister

Sebastian Coe leads tributes to British athlete who was first to break the four-minute mile<p>Sir Roger Bannister obituary<p>Sir Roger Bannister, the first athlete to sprint through the four-minute-mile barrier, has been hailed as a trailblazer who “made the impossible possible” and inspired generations …

Roger Bannister

Injection given to Sir Mo Farah must be investigated by General Medical Council, says parliamentary inquiry

An injection given to Sir Mo Farah by the England football team doctor should be investigated by the General Medical Council, the parliamentary inquiry into doping in sport has ruled.<p>The Digital, Culture, Media & Sport select committee called for the GMC to probe a potential breach of its rules …

Sport (UK)

'A devastating blow to the reputations of some of the biggest names in British sport'

<b>The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee's report is a devastating blow to the reputations of some of the biggest names in British sport.</b><p>To Lord Coe, the most powerful figure in world athletics and architect of London 2012 Olympic Games, who is accused by the select committee …

Cycling

What is quorn made of?

If it’s good enough for Mo Farah, it’s good enough for us lot.<p>Quorn is the meat-free alternative that vegetarians and carnivores alike love.<p>Throw the …

Food (UK)

Sir Roger Bannister Dies at 88; Was 1st Person to Run a Mile in Under 4 Minutes

Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, has died aged 88.<p>As BBC Sport relayed, the Bannister family released a statement confirming the news on Sunday morning.<p>In it, they noted the legendary runner "died peacefully" and "surrounded by his family who were as loved …

Roger Bannister

Mo Farah wins big half-marathon and sets sights on Jones marathon record

• Farah wins London race in 61min 40sec ahead of Daniel Wanjiru • Athlete aims to compete in next year’s world championships<p>Mo Farah has set his sights on beating Steve Jones’s 33-year-old British marathon record after a convincing victory in his first race for nearly six months.<p>Farah, who retired …

Athletics

What is the record for running a mile, after death of Sir Roger Bannister?

Almost 64 years ago, Sir Roger Bannister put Britain on the map with his astounding, record-breaking mile run in less than four minutes.<p>His race …

Sport (UK)

Sir Roger Bannister: Tributes flood in for man who made impossible possible

Sir Roger Bannister was on Sunday hailed as a “trailblazer”, who “made the impossible, possible” after the first man to run a sub-four minute mile died aged 88.<p>Despite juggling his work as a full-time junior doctor, Bannister achieved something that many had said was physically impossible when he …

Roger Bannister

Athletics: Coe and Cram salute the great Bannister who paved their way

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Roger Bannister's death at the age of 88 prompted a host of emotional tributes to athletics' great barrier breaker on Sunday with the sport's senior figure, Sebastian Coe, saluting him as the "man who made the impossible possible".<p>Coe and Steve Cram, who followed in …

Roger Bannister

Mo Farah and Charlotte Purdue win Vitality Big Half

Marcel Hug and Manuela Schär secure Swiss double in elite wheelchair races in LondonThe new Vitality Big Half made a favourable first impression in …

Athletics

Highlights: Mo Farah wins inaugural Big Half

Watch race highlights as Britain's Mo Farah beat Kenya's Daniel Wanjiru in a sprint finish to win the inaugural 'Big Half' race in London with fellow Brit Callum Hawkins finishing third.