Britain’s Mo Farah matched what was once the unique feat of Finland’s Lasse Viren here as he completed his second successive 5,000 and 10,000 metres double at the Olympics with victory at the shorter distance on a final night here when individual track golds also went, surprisingly, to Matt Centrowitz of the United States in the men’s 1500m and, inevitably, to South Africa’s Caster Semenya in the women’s 800m.

Conseslus Kipruto maintained Kenya’s great tradition in the Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase here as he became his country’s ninth consecutive winner in an Olympic record of 8min 03.28sec.

British hopes for a re-run of "Super Saturday" from London 2012 fell short here tonight, but gold for Mo Farah in the 10,000 metres, silver for Jessica Ennis-Hill in the heptathlon and bronze for Greg Rutherford in the long jump surely constituted a "Satisfactory Saturday" at the least.

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah is to defend his Great North Run title next month and bid for his third consecutive title, it was announced today. 

Mo Farah produced the expected winning home flourish at the end of the two-day International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in London, earning victory the hard way in a 5,000 metres where he pushed the pace from the off before crossing the line a finishing straight clear of a top class field in 12min 59.29sec, the fastest run so far this year.

Mo Farah has expressed his sympathy for any clean Russian track and field athletes who may have been caught up in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ban confirmed earlier this week - but he added that if National Federations are responsible for doping irregularities, they have to pay a price.

Usain Bolt’s last race before he defends his Olympic 100 and 200 metre titles in Rio will be the high point of interest at the two-day International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) London Diamond League meeting which starts tomorrow.

If you want a pointer as to how the athletics competition will go at next month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, tomorrow’s Herculis meeting at the Stade Louis II in Monaco - whose participants include Dafne Schippers, Asbel Kiprop, Mo Farah, Mutaz Essa Barshim and Caster Semenya – will offer telling information.

Mo Farah rounded off the sixth meeting in the International Association of Athletics Federations’ Diamond League series at Birmingham with the home victory that was expected over 3,000 metres in a British record of 7min 32.62sec.

British Olympic champions Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford are among the home headline attractions for tomorrow’s meeting at the the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, the sixth in the International Association of Athletics Federations’ Diamond League series.

Mo Farah laid down a potent Olympic marker as he produced his third fastest ever 10,000m, 26min 53.71sec, to earn victory on the first of the two days of programmes at the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in Eugene.

World and Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metre champion Mo Farah gets his Olympic season off and running in Eugene tomorrow night as he runs his first outdoor track race since retaining his world titles in Beijing last summer.

In a simple but emotional moment, the Olympic flame will be carried this Tuesday (April 26) by Syrian swimmer Ibrahim Al Hussein at the Eleonas Refugee Camp in Athens. Ibrahim had part of his leg amputated, but still swims and plays wheelchair basketball.

Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya recovered from a fall early on to successfully defend his International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Half Marathon Championships title amid blustery conditions in Cardiff today.

Britain’s Mo Farah believes tomorrow’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff will provide a taste of what is to come at this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.