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Joe Ewing is the latest off the Edinburgh Athletics Club production line

Where there is a will there is a way for Harvard-bound Scottish athlete Joe Ewing

In bygone times, the fictitious Ewings drilled for oil beneath American terrain. For their far-flung factual descendant, panning for gold will be the ambition when he lands in the US of A, determined to write himself a story more fantastical than any episode of Dallas.

Mark Munro has overseen real progress in Scottish Athletics

Mark Munro up and running as he begins his new role with British Athletics

Mark Munro is clearing his desk this week, decamping from his position as chief executive as Scottish Athletics.

The GB runner was banned for cocaine usage in the past

Runner Luke Traynor's ban reduced to three months following cocaine use

Scottish runner Luke Traynor has been cleared to return to athletics after having his drugs ban slashed from two years to just three months.

Boban Jacdonmi believes his side will relish the opportunity

Jacdonmi says Glasgow Rocks can shine in the Sky Sports spotlight

Boban Jacdonmi insists Glasgow Rocks are out to prove they’re box office gold when they go primetime on Sky Sports tonight.

Steph Twell is disappointed after pulling out of the London Marathon after 17 miles

Marathon proves a step too far for Steph Twell

STEPH TWELL found the challenge of hitting top gear amid a pandemic had been a step too far after she limped out of the London Marathon.
Callum and brother Derek Hawkins ran the marathon at the Rio Olympics

Hawkins family map out a route for the next generation of marathon runners

Forcibly reshaped to sidestep a pandemic, the London Marathon takes place in splendid bio-secure isolation this morning, devoid of fans, of natural ambience, of the spectacle of witnessing the world’s best scamper past myriad landmarks en route to The Mall.

Laura Muir is in fine form

Laura Muir makes it three wins in a row in Poland

Laura Muir did not just squeeze out her third successive win of the summer last night in Poland. She strangled the life out of her opposition with yet another pulverising finish.
Mo Farah was not at the UK Championships in Manchester, but was setting a one hour world record in the Diamond League Memorial Van Damme in Brussels

British Diamond League meetings under threat

British Athletics could be forced to axe its two Diamond League meetings if it fails to secure a television deal.
Nick Percy would have liked to have thrown further, but said, ‘a win is a win’.

Nick Percy throws his back into it to win gold at UK Championships after island isolation

An army of British track-and-field legends sat motionless in Manchester as their would-be successors embraced the stage of a UK Championships in a time of no spectators, hygienic protocols and temperature checks at every turn.
It is still business as normal for Duncan Scott

Scott in fine shape for trial warm-up

Duncan Scott believes he has found the improvements required to be a golden boy in Tokyo this summer, providing the Olympics Games get the green light.