Mary Rand, the first British woman to win athletics gold at the Olympics, was described as "Marilyn Monroe on spikes".

Mary Rand, widely regarded as Britain’s greatest ever female athlete, was born and brought up in Somerset, writes Phil Hill. Ms Rand, who has died aged 86, became the first British woman to win three ...

One of Britain’s fastest men is calling time on his career, aged 32. He tells Lawrence Ostlere about his favourite night at ...

Fingers crossed, breadth held as South Africa watches the countdown to the final slot allocations for the World Athletics ...

Adam Gemili was the first British man to run the 100m in under 10 seconds and the 200m in under 20 seconds. He competed ...

Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic track-and-field gold medal, has died aged 86. Rand claimed the long jump ...

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Team USA looked unstoppable in the men's 4x400m relay at the World Indoor Championships, cruising to a championship record ...