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Gary O’Hanlon declared 2017 Irish National Marathon Champion

Gary O’Hanlon, who was the first Irish-born runner to finish the Dublin Marathon, is now the Irish national champion after Freddy...

Wayde van Niekerk ruled out of Commonwealth Games

South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk has been ruled out of the 2018 Commonwealth Games after suffering a serious knee injury. The...

Northern Athletics proposes annual affiliation fee for club athletes

Northern Athletics aims to introduce £2 affiliation after England Athletics refused to guarantee long term funding. The area governing body in...

Mo Farah leaves coach Alberto Salazar and is moving back to London

Mo Farah has announced he has split from longtime coach Alberto Salazar and will return to London. Farah, the four-time Olympic...

Laura Graham qualifies for European Marathon Team Cup

Laura Graham has qualified the European Athletics Championships Marathon Cup team in Berlin next year. Laura Graham has secured her place...

Night of the 10,000m PBs to welcome European 10,000m Cup in 2018

The European 10,000m Cup will be incorporated into the Highgate Harrier’s hosted Night of the 10,000m PBs in London next May....

Irish Athletics manager Patsy McGonagle steps down

Patsy McGonagle has today confirmed (October 26) he is stepping down as manager of the Irish Athletics team after 25 years...

England reveals 75 athletes for Commonwealth Games athletics team

The England athletics squad for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games has been announced today (October 24) and includes Katarina Johnson-Thompson and...

Local runner wins Venice Marathon after all the favourites take wrong turn

Eyob Faniel, an unknown Italian runner won the Venice marathon on Sunday (October 22) after the leading group of runners took...

Wada to investigate claims of ‘systematic doping’ in China

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has launched an investigation after claims that more than 10,000 Chinese athletes were part of doping...