Athletics

A Birkenhead runner has won the 3,000m title at the recent NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Florida. Ellen-Mary Kearney, 21, is currently studying Sports Science at Milligan University in Tennessee on an athletic scholarship. The University will traditionally honour...

Liverpool native and upcoming athletics star Sam Lunt sat down with Merseysportlive to discuss his career and aspirations ahead of his British Athletics debut at the World Athletics Relays 2025.

Among the 56,000 runners in this year’s London Marathon on April 27, will be three Liverpool locals each raising money for Merseyside children’s charities. With just days to go, after months of winter training, and thousands of pounds already raised, Merseysportlive caught up with the runners to hear about their causes.

Wirral native Sam Lunt has been named as part of Team GB's athletics 4X400m relay squad for World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China.  The British U20 and U17 record holder in the 400m hurdles event will be making his Senior Team GB debut. 

Recovery Runners, a group set up in 2023 iss helping people battle their mental health by creating a community of runners, all fighting their own battles, to come together and better themselves. Mersey Sport Live’s Jamie Hudson spoke to the man...

Recovery Runners, a group set up in 2023 by Stephen Melling is helping people battle their mental health by creating a community of runners, all fighting their own battles, to come together and better themselves. Mersey Sport Live's Jamie Hudson spoke...

The Neon Night Run attracted nearly 100 people as they set off on a 5k run through Liverpool City Centre. Stephen Melling set up Recovery Runners in order to help people battling with mental health struggles through running. Saturday saw many...

A shot-putter from a Cheshire athletics club is looking forward to a bright future in the sport and hopes physical activity can have the same benefits for others. Members of West Cheshire Athletics Club marked National Obesity Awareness Week, which...

North West-based runner Graham Berry is aiming to raise £20,000, for his friend with Motor Neuron Disease (MND), ahead of the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon in May. Graham has already raised £18,700 for the charity since 2019 but now has...

Over 8000 participants descended on the docks in the early hours of Sunday morning to take part in the annual Liverpool Santa Dash. It was the 20th running of the event, which saw a record number of runners take on...