I can honestly say I’ve been to Hell and back covering athletes’ last-minute efforts to qualify for the Olympics.

It’s the bit in F Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night where Dick Diver, trying to impress the younger crowd with his old trick of raising himself on a board tied behind a motorboat with a man on his shoulders, so nearly manages it, and tries again, and a final time, as accomplishment evades him.

Sir Mo Farah’s chances of defending his Olympic 10,000m title for a second time in Tokyo took a heavy blow at the European 10,000m Cup in Birmingham tonight as he endured his first ever defeat over the distance by a fellow Briton, Marc Scott, and missed the Olympic qualifying time of 27min 28sec.

Britain’s multiple Olympic and world champion Sir Mo Farah will contest his first track 10,000 metres in almost three years when he lines up in the European 10,000m Cup, incorporating the British Tokyo 2020 trials, in Birmingham tomorrow evening.

Hollie Arnold, Britain’s Rio 2016 Paralympic javelin champion, says she wants her appearance in reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! - which is due to start on on ITV on Sunday (November 15) – to put the focus on achievement rather than disability.

Britain’s Sir Mo Farah has been warned his reported appearance in reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! could hinder his preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Britain’s Sir Mo Farah is set to compete in just one event at Tokyo 2020 after confirming he will not defend his 5,000-metre title.

World record performances on the track, in my experience, have involved jubilant figures crossing a line, frozen digital figures on the infield clock and a swift confluence of those bearing flowers, cameras and microphones.

Sir Mo Farah and Sifan Hassan of The Netherlands set respective men’s and women’s world one-hour records at the Wanda Diamond League exhibition meeting here tonight.

Ethiopian long distance legend Haile Gebrselassie claimed his hotels were destroyed during recent unrest in the country.

Sir Mo Farah has claimed the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will help him better prepare to defend his 10,000 metres title.

Sir Mo Farah has admitted the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to 2021 potentially benefits his pursuit of a third consecutive men’s 10,000 metres gold medal at the Games.

Sir Mo Farah has faced increased scrutiny after a BBC Panorama programme revealed the four-time Olympic champion changed his account over reportedly receiving injections of the legal supplement L-carnitine when questioned by United States Anti-Doping Agency investigators.

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has denied claims they refused a request from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to hand over samples from Sir Mo Farah for retesting, as part of an investigation into athletes trained by the Briton's disgraced former coach Alberto Salazar.