Torrential conditions wreaked havoc at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday evening, with Australian discus king Matt Denny slipping as he attempted to complete a throw. The ...

First of all, the rules. Athletes throw a metal disc weighing 2kg for men (22cm in diameter) and 1kg (18cm in diameter) for women, as far as possible while remaining inside a 2.5-metre diameter circle ...

In a special series in the run-up to Rio 2016, Steve Smythe looks at the history of events at the Olympics, this time the men's discus The first Olympic champion in Athens in 1896 was American Robert ...

Lithuanian discus thrower Mykolas Alekna broke a world record that had stood for four decades at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational meeting in Ramona on Sunday. The Lithuanian’s throw of 74 ...

Following in your parents’ footsteps can be a daunting task: just ask Bronny James what it’s like to launch a sports career without comparisons to his father, LeBron, arguably the greatest basketball ...

You’re considering new fish for your home aquarium, but all you see in your local pet store are the usual guppies, tetras, and small cichlids. You want a more unusual fish that stands out from the ...

Mykolas Alekna won an Olympic silver medal in the men's discus at Paris 2024 Mykolas Alekna became the first male athlete to surpass the 75-metre mark in the discus, smashing his previous world record ...

Coverage: Watch live on BBC iPlayer, Red Button and the BBC Sport website and app - 14:25-18:30 on Saturday and 11:55-15:25 on Sunday Lawrence Okoye speaks gently, but with certainty. Seventy metres ...