Defar wins first world 5,000m title

Ethiopia's Olympic champion and world record holder Meseret Defar clinched her first outdoor world title with a decisive victory in the 5,000 metres on Saturday. The 23-year-old was left as the......

Rio Olympic champions Bolt and Ayana win IAAF awards

IMAGE: Usain Bolt of Jamaica (right) and Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia pose with their awards after being elected male and female World Athlete of the Year 2016 in Monaco, on Friday. Photograph: Eric......

Defar retains 3,000m indoor title

Olympic 5,000 metres gold medallist Meseret Defar of Ethiopia retained her 3,000-metres title in a time of eight minutes 38.80 seconds at the world indoor championships on Saturday.Defar pulled......

Defar sets 5,000m record

Ethiopia's Meseret Defar smashed her own 5,000 metres world record by nearly eight seconds and Jamaica's Asafa Powell cruised to a sub-10-second victory in the men's 100 at a Golden League meeting......

Bekele sees off Farah in battle of distance greats

Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele won the battle of the distance greats when he held off a late surge from World and Olympic 10,000 and 5,000 metres champion Mo Farah to win the Great North Run half......