Age Group World Championships, inaugurally held within this year’s London Marathon, will return to the same venue for a second edition next year.

Joyciline Jepkosgei, who earned victory on her London Marathon debut in 2hr 17min 43sec yesterday, believes she can go faster still when she runs next year - when she plans to defend her title.

Mary Harvey, chief executive of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR), which has just published its strategic plan Convergence 2025, has likened some sports federations to individuals in crisis who have the opportunity to change significantly when in a dire position.

Joyciline Jepkosgei earned a runaway victory on her London Marathon debut in 2 hours 17min 43sec as Kenyan compatriot Brigid Kosgei, the world record-holder who had been seeking a third consecutive title, finished fourth.

The London Marathon returns tomorrow to its traditional course from Greenwich to The Mall, with spectators in attendance at what event director Hugh Brasher says will be the most competitive marathon ever seen.

This Sunday’s (October 3) London Marathon, according to event director Hugh Brasher, will be "the most competitive in the world, ever" and "the most memorable in our history."

The Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR) today launched "Convergence 2025", its strategic plan for the period from 2021 to 2025.

Kenya’s world record holder Brigid Kosgei, who earned marathon silver at the Tokyo 2020 Games just over eight weeks ago, says she is well prepared to seek a third consecutive London Marathon victory on Sunday (October 3).

Manuela Schär, fresh from winning the women's wheelchair race at the Berlin Marathon, is set on adding a further title in London on Sunday when she faces a field including the athlete who narrowly beat her in last year’s race, Nikita den Boer.

Birhanu Legese, the third-fastest marathon runner of all time, will seek to mark his London Marathon debut this Sunday (October 3) by breaking the course record.

Jean-Christophe Rolland, President of World Rowing, is increasingly confident that open-water coastal rowing will make its Olympic debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Games in place of lightweight races.

Trayvon Bromell of the United States bettered his own previous 2021 world-leading 100 metres mark at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi as he won in 9.76sec, with home runner Ferdinand Omanyala second in an African record of 9.77.

Double Olympic and Wanda Diamond League 1500 metres champion Faith Kipyegon will be one of the marquee home attractions at tomorrow’s final World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting of the season in Nairobi.

Anzhelika Sidorova, who was in tears after having to settle for Olympic silver in Tokyo, experienced a reversal of fortune at the Diamond League Final in Zurich as she became only the third women’s pole vaulter to better 5.00 metres outdoors, winning with a Diamond League record of 5.01m.