The World Athletics Championships begin today in Tokyo with track and field’s finest competing for 147 medals across 49 events. The spotlight will be on Hodgkinson in particular, who has been backed ...

Sep. 15—With a leap of 6.60 meters (21 feet, 6 1/2 inches), long jumper Quanesha Burks, a 2013 graduate of Hartselle High School, finished in eighth place at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo ...

Chinese world champion long jumper Wang Jianan has been cleared of violating anti-doping rules with the assist of CCTV ...

Gout Gout has celebrated another major milestone in his athletics career, officially named to debut for Australia’s senior ...