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Women sport news - It's silver for Gemma Steel in her quickest time at the Great South Run

Gemma Steel gave another demonstration of her outstanding quality in a tremendous race in the Great South Run on Sunday.

Women sport news - Jessica Ennis-Hill is back in the old routine
Ennis, 28, gave birth to her first child, son Reggie, in July and this week she has begun the countdown to her return to the sport.
Women sport news - Spotakova named European athlete of the month for September
Spotakova who won the Diamond League final in Brussels with a 2014 world-leading javelin throw of 67.99m.
12. October Athletics2469

Schippers and Kuchina crowned at Golden Tracks ceremony in Baku Azerbaijan

Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands was named European Female Athlete of the Year at the Golden Tracks awards ceremony in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday evening. photo European Athletics
10. October Athletics1653

Sally Pearson was announced as the winner of the coveted ‘The Don’ Award

A thrilled Athletics Australia President David Grace QC has extended his congratulations to Sally Pearson after she was announced as the winner of the coveted ‘The Don' Award
24. September Athletics1192

Spotakova celebrates with the hard work not far away

With three titles in the bag, and her competitive year now over, Barbora Spotakova could describe the past few weeks in just one way. "This was a season that I could only dream about," she said.
23. September Athletics1791

Isinbayeva back in the old routine

Yelena Isinbayeva, who missed this year as she became a mother, is set to return to training next month in her first step towards chasing a third Olympic gold medal in Rio in 2016.
15. September Athletics1394

Team Europe win 10 events to triumph in Marrakech

The strength of European athletics came to the forefront in remarkable fashion in Marrakech as the team won the IAAF Continental Cup on Sunday night in style.
04. September Athletics1161

Triple marathon world record holder Fiona Smashes two of her own records.

Guinness World Records validated the three records in 2013 in June this year and on 27th July Fiona broke 2 of them again.
02. September Athletics1368

Wlodarczyk is on top of the world

Anita Wlodarczyk completed an incredible period of her career in Berlin on Sunday when she broke the hammer world record.
01. September Athletics1471

ISTAF Berlin - Berlin (GER)

Kerron Stewart, Tiffany Porter and Tigist Assefa were among the winners of the ISTAF Athletics Meeting in Berlin yesterday.
19. August Athletics1498

Pearson confirms schedule

After defending her Commonwealth title successfully in Glasgow, Sally Pearson (Qld) has confirmed her schedule for the remainder of the European season.
19. August Athletics1280

Four years after beating cancer Moldner-Schmidt earns another emotional victory

Antje Moldner-Schmidt had predicted tears when she stood with the 3000m steeplechase gold medal around her neck – her finest achievement in a career punctuated in 2010 by treatment for lymph gland cancer.
17. August Athletics1122

Moldner- Schmidt wins the 3000m Steeplechase Gold

Antje Moldner-Schmidt fights for the line as she grabs the European Steeplechase title with a time of 9.29:43. Fouberg claims silver while Martin settles for bronze.
17. August Athletics1090

Child wins 400m hurdles Gold/Sharp settles for silver

Lynsey Sharp of Great Britain has not done a thing wrong at these European Athletics Championships, but the defending champion had no answer to the finishing speed of Belarus athlete Maryna Arzamazova, who took gold in 1:58.15, the fastest run in Europe this year.
17. August Athletics1609

Croatia's Sandra Perkovic dominated the discus in Zurich

Sandra Perkovic had a packed and appreciative Letzigrund Stadium crowd all to herself as she rounded off the action on Day 5, on which she claimed a third European discus title
16. August Athletics1184

Raj hits India to victory

An unbeaten half-century from skipper Mithali Raj steered India to victory over England by six wickets in the one-off Kia Women’s Test at Wormsley.
16. August Athletics1369

Daunay embraces a "beautiful" marathon gold

A brutal course, a brilliant gold medallist. France's Christelle Daunay became the first French runner to win the marathon at the European Athletics Championships on Saturday morning in Zurich.
15. August Athletics1103

Schippers shows a Dutch of class to land 200m gold on epic night in Zurich

Dafne Schippers produced a second sensational run of the week to match the feats of Fanny Blankers-Koen 64 years earlier and land the sprint double at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich on Friday night.
14. August Athletics1267

©potáková digs deep to go one better than Jan

She was world champion seven years ago, has two Olympic titles and holds a world record which has stood for six years.
14. August Athletics1000

Results from the European Athletic Championships

Eloyse Le Sueur stamped her mark on the Long Jump event achieving a 6m 85 jump to become Euro Champion today. Britain's Tiffany Porter stormed to Gold in the 100m hurdles defeating Cindy Billaud of France, Germany's Cindy Roleder took bronze.
14. August Athletics1252

100 metre magic at the Letzigrund Stadium European Athletics Championships

Schippers began the season as a heptathlete, and will almost certainly start next season as a heptathlete - but the 22-year-old Dutch athlete is finishing this year as a sprinter
13. August Athletics1092

Jo Pavey electrifies the Letzigrund Stadium

In a career that has spanned more than two decades, Britain’s Jo Pavey has won silver and bronze medals at the European Athletics Championships – but until tonight, never a gold.
16. July Athletics1356

Spotakova has only one objective in mind

The reigning javelin double Olympic champion, Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic, has recently returned to competition after taking a pause from the sport to give birth to her son Janek in 2013.
12. July Athletics2106

CHILD'S PLAY AT HAMPDEN PARK

Home favourite Eilidh Child (coach: Malcolm Arnold) made the most of the Scottish sunshine on the opening night of competition at the Sainsbury’s Glasgow Grand Prix as she stormed home to win the 400m hurdles, much to the delight of the Scottish crowds.
10. July Athletics1490

The Fastest Global Marathon Runner on the Planet

Women Sport Report’s Helen Keeling-Marston spoke to Fiona Oakes, the world’s fastest global marathoner.
09. July Athletics1610

Man City Ladies attending The Color Run

On Saturday July 5th, Manchester went Color Crazy as more than 10,000 runners took part in the Color Run at the Etihad Campus. Ed Uff had the chance to talk to Jill Scott - Midfielder for England and Manchester City.
01. July Athletics1532

Three Races Shuffle leaderboard on Day 3 479 Junior Worlds.

Racing got underway early at 1000 hours on Monday 30 June 2014 to make the most of the breeze and improve the chance of completing the scheduled three races for each fleet in a demanding day of racing.
18. June Athletics1237

ENGLAND HANDED GB CAPTAINCY

British Athletics today named Hannah England (coach: Bud Baldaro) as captain to the Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for the European Athletics Team Championships in Braunschweig, Germany.
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