World Athletics Championships

Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake have apologised after being accused of disrepecting the Jamaican anthem at the World Athletics Championships

Oscar Pistorius has stormed out of a BBC interview after he being asked if he was an "inconvenient embarrassment" to athletics.

Usain Bolt led Jamaica to 4x100 metres relay glory in a world-record time as the USA and Great Britain failed to finish after a collision.

Maria Savinova overhauled Caster Semenya on the home straight to win the women's 800 metres gold.

American Christian Taylor stunned defending champion Phillips Idowu with a world leading leap of 17.96 metres to win triple jump gold.

Mo Farah became Britain's first 5,000 metres world champion with a sensational victory in Daegu.

Abel Kirui of Kenya defended his men's marathon title at the world championships in Daegu.

London and Doha will go head-to-head to host the 2017 world athletics championships, IAAF chief Lamine Diack said on Sunday.

David Webb propelled himself into Olympic marathon contention by bagging the London 2012 A-standard in finishing 15th in Daegu.

Jamaican Usain Bolt blazed to the 200 metres title at the world championships in Daegu in 19.40 seconds.

Men's round-up: Asbel Kiprop outsprinted compatriot Silas Kiplagat to win a first world championships 1,500 metres gold for Kenya.

Women's round-up: Sally Pearson ran the fastest time of the year for the third race in a row to win a first Daegu gold for Australia.

Russian Sergey Bakulin took gold in the men's 50 kilometres race walk at the world championships, covering the distance in 3:41.24.

Russian Anna Chicherova finally clinched the women's high jump gold medal on a countback from Blanka Vlasic in Daegu.

German Matthias de Zordo "hit it hard" on the first attempt to condemn Norway's defending champion Andreas Thorkildsen to javelin silver.