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Mo Farah last ran in the London Marathon in 2019, coming fifth, having finished third the year before

Farah set for last hurrah in 2023

Mo Farah admits this year's London Marathon is likely to be his last.

Athletics • 31 Jan 23

Farah - competing in the 2020 London Marathon

Hip injury rules Mo Farah out of London Marathon

Mo Farah has pulled out of Sunday's London Marathon due to a hip injury.

Athletics • 28 Sep 22

The four-time Olympic champion said "the truth is I'm not who you think I am", adding he needs to tell his real story "whatever the cost"

Farah was trafficked into UK with someone else's name

Mo Farah has revealed in a BBC documentary that he was brought into the UK illegally under the name of another child.

Athletics • 11 Jul 22

Mo Farah has not made plans for the rest of the season

Farah beaten by club runner on return to action

Mo Farah's return to competitive action ended with defeat by club runner Ellis Cross at the Vitality London 10,000.

Athletics • 02 May 22

Mo Farah: "I'm very grateful but that's all I had today."

Mo Farah's Olympic dream ends as quest falls short

Mo Farah will not race for a third successive 10,000m gold medal in Tokyo this year after he again failed to make the Olympic qualifying time in the British Athletics Championships on Friday - his last realistic chance to do so.

Olympics • 25 Jun 21

Mo Farah is confident the Tokyo Games will go ahead

Mo Farah: Athletes have been told they'll be vaccinated

Mo Farah has said he will get the chance for a fifth Olympic gold medal later this year despite the Covid-19 pandemic as the Tokyo Games will go ahead and athletes have been told they will be vaccinated.

Olympics • 26 Jan 21

Mo Farah won the Antrim Coast Half Marathon at the weekend

Father Time forces Farah to focus on 10,000m in Tokyo

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has said he will not defend his 5,000m title in Tokyo next year and will focus on the 10,000m race instead as age catches up with the British athlete.

Athletics • 14 Sep 20

Stephen Scullion on a training run in Belfast earlier this year

Scullion enjoys record-breaking run along Antrim coast

Stephen Scullion enjoyed a record-breaking run along the Antrim Coast, finishing fourth in the half-marathon, which was won by Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah.

Athletics • 12 Sep 20

Mo Farah won gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at both the 2012 and 2016 Games

Farah has no qualms over Tokyo Olympics delay

Mo Farah still intends to compete at the Tokyo Olympics even though they have been delayed a year by the coronavirus.

Paris 2024 • 03 Apr 20

The report looked into the relationship between UK Athletics, Mo Farah and Alberto Salazar and his Nike Oregon Project

UK Athletics board changed stance on Salazar

Performance staff at UK Athletics lobbied the organisation not to sever ties with American coach Alberto Salazar when doping allegations surfaced in 2015, an independent report has found.

Athletics • 20 Mar 20

'It's depressing. Mentally and physically it's had an effect on me'

Farah addresses story shift over L-carnitine injection

Mo Farah has explained how he came to change his account when questioned in 2015 about taking supplement L-carnitine before the 2014 London Marathon.

Athletics • 01 Mar 20

Mo Farah after finishing the London Marathon in 2014

Farah denied supplement injection before changing mind

Mo Farah repeatedly denied receiving an injection of a controversial supplement ahead of the 2014 London Marathon when questioned by investigators the following year, before later changing his account.

Athletics • 24 Feb 20

Farah (R) pictured after winning 10,000m Gold at the London 2012 Olympics with silver medalist Galen Rupp (L) of the US and disgraced coach Alberto Salazar.

Farah reveals Salazar link has hit him in the pocket

Mo Farah admits he has suffered "financially and emotionally" from his association with former coach Alberto Salazar.

Paris 2024 • 22 Feb 20

Mo Farah has won four Olympic gold medals

Mo Farah happy to have old samples tested by WADA

Mo Farah says he is happy for his old samples to be retested at any time.

Athletics • 21 Jan 20

Mo Farah is targeting further success in Tokyo

'First one out' - Farah would have left Salazar sooner

Olympic champion Mo Farah said he would have been "the first one out" had he known that his former coach Alberto Salazar faced a ban from athletics for doping violations.

Athletics • 09 Jan 20

Kelly Holmes shows off her two gold medals back in 2004

Kelly Holmes: There will always be a cloud over Farah

Double Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes said there will always be 'a cloud' around Mo Farah's achievements due to his association with banned coach Alberto Salazar.

Athletics • 11 Dec 19

Farah won the Chicago Marathon in 2018 but has decided to return to his old stomping ground of the 10,000m

Farah targets return to track at Tokyo Olympics

Mo Farah has announced he is "back on the track" and will aim to compete in the 10,000 metres at next year's Olympic Games.

Athletics • 29 Nov 19

Alberto Salazar is serving a four-year ban

UK Anti-doping says it will assist Salazar probe

UK Anti-Doping will assist with any investigation that is launched into athletes who worked with the banned coach Alberto Salazar.

Athletics • 06 Nov 19

Mo Farah (R) and Galen Rupp (L) with Alberto Salazar after the Men's 10,000m Final at London 2012

WADA to 'look at' former Salazar athletes

World Anti-Doping Agency president Craig Reedie has said his organisation will "look at" athletes who trained under banned coach Alberto Salazar.

Athletics • 04 Nov 19

Mo Farah training with Alberto Salazar at the Nike campus back in 2013

'Relieved' Farah maintains no tolerance stance on drugs

Mo Farah has said in a statement that he has "no tolerance for anyone who breaks the rules or crosses a line" after former coach Alberto Salazar's four-year USADA ban for multiple doping violations.

Athletics • 01 Oct 19

Farah ex-coach Salazar banned for doping violations

Mo Farah's former coach Alberto Salazar has been banned from athletics for four years for multiple anti-doping violations, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has said.

Athletics • 01 Oct 19

Mo Farah retired from track athletics to focus on marathon events in 2017

Mo Farah declines marathon spot at World Championships

European record holder Mo Farah has declined a chance to contest the marathon in the World Championships in Doha, increasing the possibility of a return to the track.

Athletics • 01 May 19

Gebrselassie and Farah row still running

The war of words between Mo Farah and Haile Gebrselassie showed no signs of slowing down on Thursday as further allegations were traded.

Athletics • 25 Apr 19

Mo Farah criticised Haile Gebrselassie over an alleged robbery in a hotel owned by the retired Ethiopian in which he claims he had a watch, two phones and money stolen

Farah and Gebrselassie in dispute over alleged robbery

Mo Farah is embroiled in an extraordinary war of words with fellow distance star Haile Gebrselassie over a stay in his Ethiopian hotel.

Athletics • 25 Apr 19

'I miss the sort of atmosphere Laura Muir got'

Mo Farah could make shock return at World Championships

Mo Farah is considering a return to the track to defend his 10,000m title at this year's World Championships.

Athletics • 08 Mar 19