Double Olympic champion fancies a crack at Steve Jones' 28-year-old British record of two hours seven minutes 13 seconds

The new chair of Sport England?

Mo Farah will return to London next year to make his marathon debut proper but beyond that it is the extraordinary exploits of the flying Finn Lasse Viren, the greatest distance runner in Olympic history, that offer a clue to the possible long-term ambition of the Briton.

The Londoner will run only half of today's course

Using painkillers before running a marathon could cause serious side effects, experts have warned.

When Tiki Gelana won Olympic gold in London last year she was only doing what has become expected of a runner from the small town of Bekoji, some 170 miles south of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

As well as showing solidarity with Boston, the race will revive last year's feel good factor

Modest Ugandan returns to London knowing a repeat of last summer’s shock win will be tough

Increased screening at the registration points for the 37,500 runners have been introduced

As we walked home we were palpably aware that either of us could have been killed

The Boston Marathon is the oldest annual marathon in the world and dates back to 1897, when it first ran after inspiration from the 1896 Olympics event.

Police are reviewing security arrangements for Sunday’s London Marathon in the wake of twin bomb attacks that left three dead at a race in Boston.

Paula Radcliffe has admitted she may never be able to compete again as she struggles to overcome a foot injury.

If Mala wasn't conceived as Devendra Banhart's Europhile album, it's doing a damn fine impression of one.