Maria Lasitskene and Wayde van Niekerk also included in the two 10-strong IAAF shortlists The IAAF has announced the 10 male and 10 female athletes shortlisted for the 2017 World Athlete of the Year awards. Britain's 10-time global track gold medallist Mo Farah, Australia's two-time world 100m hurdles champion Sally Pearson, South A...

The 2012 and 2008 Olympic 100m hurdles champions leave the world record-holder in their wake Write Sally Pearson off at your peril. The 30-year-old, who won 100m hurdles gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics, was too injured to run at Rio. However, at the scene of her Olympic triumph, she won an exciting race...

The London 2012 Olympic champion came close to quitting the sport and she told AW about her battle back to fitness and form ahead of a big year "I retired from the sport so many times,” Sally Pearson admits. “Not officially, but in my head I did. I was like, ‘I don’t want to do this any more, I hate it, why am I allowing...

Greg Rutherford and Sally Pearson also among those to impress as athletes and fans take to the streets of the city Holly Bradshaw's British outdoor pole vault record and Greg Rutherford's long jump win were among the highlights of the Arcadis Great CityGames Manchester on Friday evening as athletes and fans came together on the streets...

A round-up of news and results from the world of the sport, including a 5.90m clearance at the Texas Relays by Duplantis Duplantis 5.90m WJR The final day of the Texas Relays on Saturday was highlighted by a superb world under-20 record in the pole vault by Sweden's Armand Duplantis who cleared 5.90m to improve his own record...

Olympic 100m hurdles champion reveals how she feared her hand might need to be amputated following her fall in Rome Sally Pearson is to miss the IAAF World Championships in Beijing this summer following the wrist injury she sustained during a fall in Rome earlier this month. The Olympic 100m hurdles champion hit one of the barriers...

Olympic heptathlon champion due to compete against Sally Pearson, Brianna Rollins, Tiffany Porter and Lucy Hatton over the barriers at the Alexander Stadium Jessica Ennis-Hill has announced her intention to compete at the Sainsbury's Birmingham Grand Prix on June 7. The Olympic heptathlon champion, who is...

Sally Pearson, Jared Tallent, Valerie Adams and Nick Willis among athletes heading to the IAAF World Championships in August Athletics Australia and Athletics New Zealand have announced their initial team selections for August's IAAF World Championships in Beijing. Sally Pearson, Jared Tallent and Kim Mickle are among the 26 Aust...

Governing body acts after former decathlete publicly criticises Australia athletics team captain Sally Pearson Athletics Australia head coach Eric Hollingsworth, who is British, has been suspended by the federation after he publicly criticised Olympic hurdles champion Sally Pearson - the nation's athletics team captain for the Glasgow...

Olympic hurdles champion looks ahead to the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games Having struggled with an injury during the early part of the season, Sally Pearson's focus has been getting back to full fitness ahead of the Commonwealth Games. And the Olympic 100m hurdles champion knows she has the perfect opportunity to lay down a marker aga...

Sally Pearson and Kim Mickle named part of Australia's second largest-ever Commonwealth Games team for Glasgow Athletics Australia has announced a 103-strong team for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Combining a mixture of youth and experience, it is the second biggest athletics team to ever compete for Australia, behind only the te...

Facts and figures from the women's events at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot It's stat time again. Join us as we take a look back at some of the facts and figures from the women's events at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland. You can find stats from the men's events...