World Athletics is about to change the rules of the long jump. Nothing will be the same for athletes who are resisting to changes they say could turn the discipline into something completely different by removing the starting board.

Devynne Charlton broke her world record in the 60m hurdles, 'Mondo' continued his dominance in the pole vault, and the Netherlands' Femke Bol and Belgium's Alexander Doom added a second gold medal to their 400m gold in the 4x400m at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championship 2024 in Glasgow.

"Not every day is Christmas," said Kenya's double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge after suffering a setback in his preparations for the Paris Games when he finished 10th behind winner Benson Kipruto in Sunday's Tokyo Marathon. Kebede won the women's race, followed by Rosemary Wanjiru and Amane Beriso Shankule. Sifan Hassan was fourth.

On Saturday in Glasgow, Record-setting Femke Bol proved unstoppable. Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece successfully defended his World Indoor Long Jump Championship, while American sprinter Grant Holloway comfortably advanced to the semi-finals of the 60-meter hurdles. Julien Alfred and Ewa Swoboda in 60m semi-finals.

With sustainability high on the agenda for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024, an environmentally friendly process has been developed to manage meal vouchers for staff and volunteers at the city's venue.

Christian Coleman won in Glasgow his second gold medal in the 60m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. It was a thrilling battle between Coleman and Lyles. The Floridian took silver and Jamaica's Ackeem Blake bronze. In the pentathlon, Spain's María Vicente broke her Achilles tendon while leading the the pentathlon.

Eliud Kipchoge, the renowned double Olympic marathon champion, honoured Kelvin Kiptum on 1 March following the world record holder's tragic death last month. The Kenyan died as a result of a car accident when his vehicle hit a tree.

Noah Lyles, Karsten Warholm, Mondo Duplantis and Femke Bol are among the 651 athletes competing for the world titles in 26 events from 1-3 March. Among the favourites are 13 of the reigning individual world champions and seven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medallists.

The 2027 World Athletics Championships will welcome the biggest stars back to Beijing, 12 years after the Chinese capital successfully hosted the premier athletics event and almost two decades after the Beijing Olympic Games.

Former Belarusian Olympic head coach, Yury Moisevich, has been banned for five years by a Disciplinary Tribunal, after being found to have breached the World Athletics' Integrity Code of Conduct in the wake of Krystina Tsimanouskaya's withdrawal from Tokyo 2020.

Elite athletes, officials and a crowd of mourners gathered on Friday to bid farewell to Kelvin Kiptum, the esteemed Kenyan marathon champion and world record holder. The funeral was held at the place where Kelvin Kiptum began his journey, honed his talents and finally said goodbye.

Welsh Athletics and Mind Cymru have launched a new collaboration to promote mental wellbeing through sport. As a part of the initiative, Mind will provide training to appoint mental health champions in all of Wales' 100 athletic clubs and 60 social running groups.

Hundreds of people gathered on Thursday to march from Eldoret to his home village in an emotional tribute to Kelvin Kiptum, a day before his funeral. Kenyan President William Ruto and World Athletics president Sebastian Coe will attend the funeral on Friday.

The funeral of marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum will be held on Friday 23 February instead of Saturday, Athletics Kenya has announced. The change is linked to the presence of Kenya's President William Ruto at the event. The government is determined to give the young marathon star a "hero's farewell".

The undisputed king of the high hurdles, Grant Holloway, set a new world record in the 60 metres at the US Indoor Championships in New Mexico on Friday. Holloway, the three-time 110m hurdles world champion and Olympic silver medallist, clocked 7.27 in Albuquerque, USA, two hundredths faster than the previous mark.