It’s not all first-timers who do the DONNA Marathon every year, especially since the DONNA Foundation says it sees runners ...

WORLD record setting marathon runner Steve Jones will be awarded Blaenau Gwent’s highest honour. At a meeting of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council on Thursday, January 23, councillors received a ...

More than 50 years after becoming the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, Kathrine Switzer continues to make history – and for the first time, in New Zealand.

The Women’s Sindh Open celebrated its 30th edition last year. The story of women’s swimming in Pakistan owes a great debt to ...

Mota ran 21 marathon races between 1982 and 1992 and ... development of long-distance training and in 2000 she received the Olympic Order in Silver. Personal Bests: 3,000 – 8:53.84 (1984); Mar – ...

It wasn’t until 1984, 88 years after the first modern Olympic Games, that the women’s marathon was officially included in the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. This was a huge milestone in female ...

André Schürrle, famed for his 2014 World Cup pass, will push his limits in a 3.8 km swim, 180 km ride and 42.2 km run at ...

Tejas Shirse breaks own 60m hurdles record in indoor meet New Delhi, Feb 1:Tejas Shirse broke his own national record in ...

Yet he was also infamous for his less-than-elegant running style, famously described by one contemporary journalist as being ...

From barrier-breakers to community founders, these are the shots that shaped the history of running as we know it ...

“Dick was one of the most important figures in our sport,” said Scott Hamilton, the 1984 Olympic champion. “There wasn’t a skater after Dick who wasn’t helped by him in some way.