Springfield Striders runner takes surprise win at the X-Bionic Lake Garda 42 event in Italy on Sunday Nestled in the northern mountains of Italy, Lake Garda is a spectacular body of crystal-clear water stretching for 52km from north to south and 17km from east to west, Paul Bramley reports. Surrounded by majestic mountains and rolling hills, it’s been a popular…

American endurance athlete smashes women’s world mark at Sri Chinmoy 48-hour track race in Canberra Camille Herron completed a distance of 435.336km/270.505 miles by completing 1088 laps of a 400m track at the Sri Chinmoy 48-hour race in Canberra, Australia, this weekend for a world record, Adrian Stott reports. The 41-year-old from Oklahoma passed the record a little over 45…

Collaboration with SportsShoes has paid dividends with events becoming more popular, regular and crucially engaging An athletics event at a go-kart track, four levels underground below the main shopping centre at Canary Wharf, shouldn’t theoretically work. Given the Epic Karting circuit in Docklands had an abundance of tight turns, the surface was designed for rubber tyres rather than shoes and…

The Olympic champion’s ability to throw the javelin has propelled him to superstardom in his home country and helped a generation of Indian athletes to believe The doors of the arrivals hall opened and life changed forever for Neeraj Chopra. When he walked out into New Delhi airport, Olympic gold medal in hand, he could see the thousands of well-wishers…