Athletics

Yorkshire steel: Former Great Britain middle-distance runner Peter Elliott rose from the ranks at Rotherham Harriers – where he was recently appointed president – to win Olympic silver in the 1500m in Seoul. (Picture: Kerrie Beddows)

Athletics in Yorkshire: Facilities, investment and more competitions needed

Hurricane Hannah Cockroft of Great Britain celebrates after winning the Women's 800m T34 Final at the Para Athletics World Championships Paris 2023 at Stade Charlety (Picture: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Hannah Cockroft celebrates lucky No 13 of World Para Athletics titles

Tori Bowie as World Champion in 100m at 2017 World Athletics Championship

American ex-world champion sprinter Tori Bowie dies at 32

New sponsorship - SportsShoes.com and Nike have partnered on the first joint athlete sponsorship deal for professional triathlete Hayden Wilde (pictured).

Shipley firm partners with Nike on first joint global athlete sponsorship deal

TARGET: Leeds athlete Alexandra Bell starts her World Championship 800m campaign on Wednesday. Picture: Martin Rickett/PA Wire.

Leeds athlete Alex Bell sets sights on World Championship glory

Great Britain's Sky Brown during a run before going on to win bronze in the Women's Park Final at Ariake Sports Park (Picture: PA)

Urban uprising of the 24-hour Tokyo Olympics - Nick Westby

Marc Scott, front

Athletics: Marc Scott shifts focus to World Indoors in Birmingham after Commonwe...

Usain Bolt

Bolt calls on cheats to clean up act for sake of athletics

Driven: Leeds-based 1,500m runner Laura Weightman has a point to prove at the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in London after two previous disappointments at the bi-annual global gathering led to her losing funding from British Athletics. (Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

Athletics: Laura Weightman hoping for 'third time lucky' at World Championships

Jessica Ennis-Hill won the World Championships in 2015 in Beijing

Athletics: Jessica Ennis-Hill to receive gold medal SIX years late in London Oly...

Ennis-Hill was made a Dame by the Queen after retiring last year

Athletics: Dame Jessica Ennis Hill to finally received third World Championships...

Great Britain's Adam Gemili.

Athletics: Adam Gemili overlooked for World Championships as Tom Bosworth spearh...

Laura Weightman competing in the Women's 1500m Final at the Olympic Stadium (Photo: PA)

'˜I am shocked, frustrated and a little bit annoyed': Laura Weightman determined...

labour MP Caroline Flint says Labour's febrile politics is deterring women.

YP Comment: Labour lose out over equality. Corbyn and a '˜women problem'

With the Olympics getting underway today, Christine Austin has a wine to suit every event.

File photo dated 25-06-2014 of A general view of Rio de Janeiro from the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain, Brazil. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday July 11, 2016. A soon-to-be impeached president, a state government teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, and swarms of mosquitoes with a seeming preference for rich, well-ranked golfers: welcome to the carnival of chaos only an Olympic host city could ever produce. See PA story SPORT Olympics Overview. Photo credit should read Mike Egerton/PA Wire.

The best wines for Olympic drinking games

Usain Bolt (Picture: PA Wire).

Nick Westby: One scandal away from Olympics no longer having a place in sport

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second from right, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, centre, wave as they stand alongside United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, third from left, during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Tom Richmond: Kick Russia out of Olympics - and strip Putin of football's World ...

Helen Elmore and her daughter Mia try out one of the routes through Ecclesall Woods. Picture Scott Merrylees

Outdoor City set to inspire the next Olympians with new running routes

November 10: Where have all the police gone?

Athletics: Sheffield have overall lead in British League

Claims that ‘suspicious’ blood tests involved  Britons as Coe calls for independ...
Athletics is at the centre of fresh claims about doping after it was alleged world governing body the IAAF turned a blind eye to suspicious blood tests involving 150 athletes including a leading Briton.

Great Britains Katarina Johnson-Thompson grabs a drink soon after completing the heptathlon 800m in Moscow, narrowly missing out on a bronze medal and finishing fifth.

Athletics: Ennis-Hill has serious rival close to home as Johnson-Thompson soars

Mo Farah.

Athletics: Victory helps Farah overcome Daegu misery

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the Men's 100m Final on day two of the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.

Athletics: Gatlin left trailing in shadow of imperious Bolt again

Alistair Brownlee

Brownlee’s 10,000m ambitions could be thwarted

Talks ‘ongoing’ over new Minichiello role

Games prove to be lasting sporting incentive

Rotherham strike gold but Leeds slip

Dean lays claim to Euro squad place

On the spot with Jan Turner

Flames forced to settle for fifth spot

Leeds continue to tower above rest
Athletics: Leeds City won the men’s team title at the National Cross Country Championships at Alton Towers on Saturday to continue a remarkable sequence. They have been medallists for the last nine years, a post war record, and five times winners.

MP fears city’s savings plan will run athletics into the ground

Boost proposed for gymnastics but at cost to athletics centre

My Passion with Ian McCombie: Taking giant strides in search of a competitive ch...

World champion's support for youth and sports centre

Bill Bridge: Britain's Barcelona gold haul helps Dutchman silence many doubters

GB shot putters are charged over tests