The United States won almost five times more medals than any other country at their home staging of the last International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships in Portland two years ago, and another medal-table-topping performance looks in prospect as the 2018 edition gets underway at Arena Birmingham tomorrow.

Scotland's medal chances at next year's Commonwealth Games have suffered a blow after Laura Muir confirmed that she would miss Gold Coast 2018 to concentrate on her veterinary medicine studies.

Kendra Harrison made a winning return to the London track on which she broke the 28-year-old world 100 metres hurdles record last year, clocking up a 21st consecutive victory in 12.39sec at the ninth International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting of the season.

Great Britain's Laura Muir is targeting the women's one mile national record when she appears at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in London on July 9.

Britain's rising middle-distance star Laura Muir is emerging as the home athlete to watch at this year's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships after soaring ticket sales for the women's 1500 metres final.

Ivana Spanovic turned a packed Kombank Arena into a ferment of national celebration here tonight as she walked the walk having talked the talk about delivering long jump gold for the host nation at the 34th European Athletics Indoor Championships. 

Britain’s Laura Muir broke the 32-year-old European Athletics Indoor Championships record over 1,500 metres, completing the first part of her planned double.

Ivana Spanovic, Serbia's poster girl for the European Athletics Indoor Championships due to begin here tomorrow, was asked twice at the pre-event press conference if she felt pressure defending the long jump title she won in Prague two years ago.

Britain's four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah set a European record on his way to claiming 5,000 metres victory at the season-ending International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Tour meeting at the Genting Arena in Birmingham today.

Laura Muir sparkled to break the European indoor 3000 metres record on a successful night for Britain at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe.

Olympic 200 metres champion Elaine Thompson repeated her Rio victory over world champion Dafne Schippers at the International Association of Athletics Federations’ first Diamond League final of the season in Zurich - but the Dutchwoman was the big winner on the night as she secured the overall Diamond Race title in her event.

Bahrain’s Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase champion Ruth Jebet smashed the eight-year-old world record at the Stade de France tonight as she clocked 8min 52.78sec to take more than six seconds off the mark set by Russia’s Gulnara Galkina in winning the Beijing 2008 title.

Usain Bolt put his recent hamstring problems behind him as he recorded 19.89sec to win over 200 metres in his last race before Rio 2016 at the International Association of Athletics Federations’ Diamond League meeting in London – but even Bolt had to give best on the night to the performance of US 100m hurdler Kendra Harrison, who lowered one of the longest standing world records, the 1988 mark of 12.21 set by Bulgaria’s Yordanka Donkova, with a time of 12.20.

On a special night that was supposed to belong to established names such as Mutaz Essa Barshim, Bohdan Bondarenko and Genzebe Dibaba, the 50th Anniversary running of the Bislett Games - watched by illustrious past performers such as John Walker, Ingrid Kristiansen, Roger Moens, Henry Rono, Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram - will be remembered instead for three unlikely victors in Britain’s 1500 metres runner Laura Muir, China’s high jumper Guowei Zhang and Israeli javelin thrower Marharyata Dorozhon.