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Reardon announces retirement following last international competition at Tokyo 2020

  • Athletics News

Paralympic gold medallist Scott Reardon has retired after competing in his last international competition at Tokyo 2020.

scottreardo)The 31-year-old set a world record, two Paralympic records and still holds the World Para Athletics

He set his mind to realising his potential and, with fantastic support from coach Iryna Dvoskina, Athletics

Hopefully the platform I was able to raise through athletics enabled me to be able to make a change in


Mike Rowbottom: The day the Gunners fired a blank as they sought 50-game salute

  • Inside the Blogs

On this date, 17 years ago, Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-0 at Old Trafford. The rivalry between these teams has always been strong, and never more so than in the late 1990s and early 2000s when they were vying for the English Premier League title.

bouts unbeaten from December 26, 1910 to January 25, 1915.Talk about winning runs - literally - in athletics


Back-to-back Commonwealth Games discus champion Stevens retires

  • Athletics

Double Commonwealth Games discus champion Dani Stevens has announced her retirement after an illustrious athletics

burst onto the global scene when she became the youngest-ever discus thrower to win gold at the World Athletics

I've gotten to the point where I am really content and happy with everything that I've achieved in my athletics

Denis has been there for me at all times, through the highs and lows of not just athletics but of my



Gidey smashes half marathon world record on distance debut in Valencia

  • Athletics

Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey shattered the world record in the women's half marathon on her debut at the distance in Spanish city Valencia.

world marathon champion Ruth Chepng'etich of Kenya earlier this year.Subject to ratification by World Athletics

*subject to ratification pic.twitter.com/r4FiPvvCwq— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) October 24, 2021While


Tirop buried in home village as mourners call for end to violence against women

  • Athletics

Thousands of people including Olympic champions gathered to pay their respects to Agnes Tirop who was laid to rest today following her tragic death.

Chemutai were among the people to gather at Tirop’s childhood village of Mosoriot to bid farewell to the athletics

women.According to reports, a procession lasted almost two hours as mourners - wearing the red shirts of Athletics

the property had changed hands three months ago.Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been praised by Athletics




Ugandans head field for second World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold race

  • Athletics

The second leg of the 2021 World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold season is due to take place tomorrow

two athletes - who are not related - from taking the win.Both placed in the top 10 at the 2019 World Athletics

others vying for the podium.Uganda;s Sarah Chelangat is one of the favourites in the women's World Athletics

 The World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold calendar was unveiled earlier this year to replace



Potter and Waugh set to battle at Haeundae leg of World Triathlon Cup

  • Triathlon

Britain's Beth Potter and Kate Waugh will be seeking sprint-distance success as the women's favourites at the inaugural Haeundae leg of the World Triathlon Cup, while the men's race is wide open in the first of two consecutive weekends of racing in South Korea.

Triathlon World Cup victory in Valencia in Spain to upset Swiss star Nicola Spirig.A Rio Olympian in athletics


British Para cyclist McBride given three-year doping ban

  • Cycling News

Para cyclist Erin McBride has been banned for three years after testing positive for an outlawed selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM).

Eric McBride joined British Cycling’s Paralympic World Class Programme, having previously competed in athletics

©Getty ImagesMcBride, who has a visual impairment, previous competed in Para athletics track events


Thompson-Herah, Hassan and Kipyegon all feature in a star-studded shortlist for Female World Athlete of the Year award

  • Athletics

A 10-person shortlist for World Athletics' Female World Athlete of the Year honour has been released,

were selected by an international panel of experts, comprising representatives from all six of World Athletics

200m and 4x100m relay.Hassan became the first Dutch woman to win an Olympic medal in a long-distance athletics

the same season.A three-way voting process will determine the finalists, with ballots from the World Athletics

Council counting for 50 per cent of the result and the "World Athletics Family" and the public making

cent each with their votes.Voting closes on November 6 and the winner will be announced at the World Athletics


UK Athletics chief executive Coates and performance director Symington leave organisation

  • Athletics

UK Athletics chief executive Joanna Coates and performance director Sara Symington have both resigned

programme.Coates has been in the role for fewer than 20 months, while Symington was only appointed UK Athletics

2020.Development director Mark Munro will serve as interim chief executive for six months while the UK Athletics

and performance director.Confirmation of Coates and Symington's departures comes just days after UK Athletics

came under criticism for the latest allocation of funding under the British Athletics Olympic World

"couldn't get any worse".Neil Black, the performance director before Symington, left UK Athletics in


Warholm, Crouser and Kipchoge all shortlisted for Male World Athlete of the Year award

  • Athletics

A 10-athlete shortlist for World Athletics' Male World Athlete of the Year award has been announced -

led the world at 8.60 metres in 2021, complete the nominees.Voting will be threefold, with a World Athletics

Council ballot accounting for half of the total vote.Votes from the "World Athletics Family" cast via

public vote on social media.Voting closes on November 6 and the winner will be announced at the World Athletics