London will not bid for the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, despite the ambition of the British Paralympic Association (BPA) and UK Athletics to host it again after the success of this year's event.

There were three positive drugs cases at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in London, it was revealed today.

Usain Bolt has hit back at critics who claimed he had faked an injury during the 4x100 metres relay at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in London by revealing he has torn his hamstring.

Colombian javelin thrower Mauricio Valencia has been chosen by the public as the Allianz Para-Athlete of the Month for the Americas for July. 

The ever-estimable Michael Johnson has raised the pertinent question - while making it clear it was a question and not an indictment - as to whether six medals and sixth place in an International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships on home territory was a reasonable return for the £27 million ($35 million/€30 million) lobbed in the direction British Athletics by UK Sport.

Olympic champion Ruth Beitia of Spain has received the international fair play award for her sportsmanship during the high jump competition at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships here.

Usain Bolt insisted he had no regrets over his decision to prolong his career beyond last year's Olympic games and stressed his legacy would not be tarnished by his failure to win a gold medal at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships, which finished here tonight. 

Usain Bolt endured a desperately disappointing ending to his glittering career as he sustained an injury during the final leg while Britain powered through to secure a shock 4x100 metres relay victory in a dramatic race at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships here tonight.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe would have hoped for a deluge of eyebrow-raising moments at these World Championships.

Emma Coburn became the first athlete to break a record at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships here as she led home an American one-two to emerge victorious in a bizarre and dramatic 3,000 metres steeplechase race.

Botswana’s Isaac Makwala’s lone 200 metres run on Wednesday (August 9) has made for the most unusual headlines of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in London - but it is not the first time an athlete has run solo at a major championships.

Azerbaijani-born Turkish athlete Ramil Guliyev upstaged the eagerly-anticipated battle between South African Wayde van Niekerk and Botswana's Isaac Makwala as he surged to a shock 200 metres victory at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships here tonight. 

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen was unable to present the 400 metres hurdles gold medal to Norway's Karsten Warholm here this evening after he was among those to be quarantined during an outbreak of the norovirus at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships.