Sam Ruthe, who boasts a rich British running pedigree, clocks 3min 58.35sec in Auckland to achieve the feat first set by a 25-year-old Roger Bannister in 1954

Success in the European indoor championships renews connection to Ireland’s great multi-event athletes of the past, such as Tom Kiely and Bob Tisdall

British athlete missed out on gold for Great Britain at European Indoor Championships but concern is for Dutch runner Maureen Koster who was knocked out in fall during race

Prospective IOC president warns of dangers of athletes competing in August and speaks of plans to meet Zuckerberg and Musk to confront social media targeting of female competitors

Compatriot Revée Walcott-Nolan snatches bronze after bewildered Olympic medallist and odds-on favourite for 1,500m crown falls well short of her Paris best

FitzGerald is an 18-year-old 3,000m runner from Devon — and Extinction Rebellion protester — making her senior debut at the European Indoor Championships this weekend

The 31-year-old, in her first year as full-time athlete, says she has had to develop a thick skin as she goes for her first title at the European Indoor Championships

How history might have been different, not just for Carl Lewis, as we move away from the days when the officials were always right, even when they were wrong

Ghada Shouaa won heptathlon gold in 1996 but national-hero status made her an unwilling propaganda tool for regime and a target for insurgents

President of World Athletics, who is standing for the IOC presidency, also said he ‘would look closely’ at allowing Russia back if Ukraine peace deal agreed