Athletics

Last November when Stephen Carroll was elected President of Liverpool Harriers & AC, the city’s biggest running club and one of the most decorated in the country, he had no ideas of the challenges he would have to face during his first year in charge.

Liverpool Harriers were on full display at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix Glasgow with Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Jamie Webb and James Williams all competing.

In the world of para-athletics, Liverpool based student Rio Boothe has emerged as a beacon of inspiration. He has overcome adversity to become a para-world champion pentathlete and advocate for inclusivity in sport. At just 20-years-old, Rio's journey from being...

A flood of Liverpool athletes competed in Sheffield at the weekend in the national youth indoor championships.

33 athletes represented Liverpool at the 2012 London Paralympic Games. They showcased their skills and inspired Merseyside youngsters to get involved. But did those games provide the lasting legacy for disability sport many hoped it would? James Lee reports

Tomorrow's English Schools Cross Country Championships will go ahead despite Coronavirus concerns across the country cancelling other sporting events.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson says that the Olympics will be won and lost on who has handled the pandemic the best. The Heptathlon World Champion was in terrific form heading into the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson reflected back on an “unbelievable” couple of weeks, after securing a record-breaking first World Championship gold medal and being nominated for IAAF World Athlete of the Year. The Liverpool Heptathlete broke Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill’s British points record of...

The World Athletics Council have announced they will “exclude male-to-female transgender athletes who have been through male puberty from female World Rankings competition from 31 March 2023”.

Today is International Women’s Day and Merseyside has produced many great sportswomen over the years who deserve to be celebrated! So we've drawn up our own ‘Super Six’ who have done the region proud and become role models for the next generation of great sportswomen.