World championships

American swimmer says there is still room to improve to challenge for world title

Track superstar says his key goal for 2023 is to match Usain Bolt by claiming 100m-200m titles

Former Giro d'Italia winner says he looks back on his career with ‘incredible pride’

Italian swimmer makes most of world champion Marchand’s absence to win in 4 min 10.60 sec

Runner clocks 14min 46.29sec to lift women’s title; Hassan leaves Eugene empty-handed

South African says being able to finish 5000m in hot temperature is a 'blessing'

Olympian storms to win in 9.86sec with compatriots Bracy, Bromell joining him on podium

Nigeria loses relay spot as AIU extend Okagbare’s ban to 11 years

World champion schools youngster in winning men’s 200m in 19.76 seconds

Shaves five-hundredths of a second off her previous mark to clock 51.41sec at US trials

Sprinter clocks world-leading 9.76sec, follows it up with 9.77 to win 100m at US trials

American athlete receives waiver due to injury at World Championships

French swimmer clocks 4min 4.28sec to set second fastest time in men’s 400m medley

US athletics great says sport ‘has made me the person I am’ as she prepares to hang up spikes at end of season

Swimmer says he is ‘over the moon right now’ after posting time of 23.71sec

Olympic silver medallist wins pole vault event to book spot at World Championships

Weightlifter lifts 143kg in snatch to win bronze medal in Tashkent, but fails in clean and jerk attempts

22-year-old defeated Olympic champion Chen in the semi-final

The Kenyan team topped the medals table for the first time since the World Championships started in 1983

Despite an injury-hit season Bolt anchored Jamaica to victory in 4x100m relay to add to his wins in the 100m and 200m

The 25-year-old won the gruelling event in two hours, 27 minutes and 35 seconds

Despite losing to the US in World Relays, the Jamaicans have won all world and Olympic sprint titles since 2008

The Briton was in control of the race throughout, which he finished in 13min 50.38sec

The Slovakian finished almost two minutes clear of his nearest rival

The Jamaicans relay team, anchored by Bolt, have won all world and Olympic sprint titles since the 2008 Beijing Games

Dutchwoman rejects suggestions of doping after breaking European record

Ethiopian tracker says if she continues her performance she can run faster than the current world record in 5,000m

Jamaican sprint star pips Netherlands’ Schippers in 100m women’s event

The Briton’s victory was his sixth consecutive global track distance title

Sprint king retains 100m title after producing season's best time of 9.79sec.