Yohann Diniz, who turns 40 on January 1 next year, became the oldest male athlete in the history of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships to win a title as he earned France its third gold here in the men’s 50 kilometres walk - on a day when Portugal’s Ines Henriques secured a historic victory in the inaugural women’s event.

Usain Bolt endured a desperately disappointing ending to his glittering career as he sustained an injury during the final leg while Britain powered through to secure a shock 4x100 metres relay victory in a dramatic race at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships here tonight.

Mariya Lasitskene became the first athlete to win a gold medal competing under a neutral banner as she justified her tag as the pre-event favourite in the women's high jump at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships here today.

Sir Mo Farah's final track race on home soil ended in a defeat and the end of a remarkable winning run of success as Muktar Edris of Ethiopia pipped him to the world 5,000 metres title at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships here tonight. 

A lawyer and a former athlete have threatened to continue to pursue legal action against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) if the women’s 50 race walk does not remain on the programme at major events, including the Olympic Games.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee members have been among those to visit the outreach station of the International Association's of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) here during the World Championships.

Russian athletes stripped of their Olympic medals over doping rule violations are reluctant to return them, a leading official has admitted.

Emma Coburn became the first athlete to break a record at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships here as she led home an American one-two to emerge victorious in a bizarre and dramatic 3,000 metres steeplechase race.

In the Stadium where she won Olympic long jump gold five years ago, Brittney Reese of the United States claimed her fourth International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships title after a third-round effort of 7.02 metres earned her victory in a hugely competitive final.

Azerbaijani-born Turkish athlete Ramil Guliyev upstaged the eagerly-anticipated battle between South African Wayde van Niekerk and Botswana's Isaac Makwala as he surged to a shock 200 metres victory at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships here tonight. 

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen was unable to present the 400 metres hurdles gold medal to Norway's Karsten Warholm here this evening after he was among those to be quarantined during an outbreak of the norovirus at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships.

Andrei Krivov is set to be stripped of the 20 kilometres race walk gold medal he won at the 2011 Universiade in Shenzhen after he was given a three-year doping ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

America's Phyllis Francis capitalised on a remarkable falter from Shaunae Miller-Uibo to snatch 400 metres gold at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships here today.

Botswana's Isaac Makwala qualified for the 200 metres final at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships after the global governing body allowed him to compete, despite initially withdrawing him from the event.

Renaud Lavillenie, the pole vault world record holder, remains in search of the one major gold medal to elude him - world outdoor gold.