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Mo Farah won his first major marathon title in Chicago on Sunday

Mo Farah's coach hints at return to the track

Mo Farah's coach has hinted the 35-year-old could be tempted by a return to the track at next year's World Championships.

Athletics • 09 Oct 18

Farah wins Chicago Marathon in new European record time

Mo Farah has claimed his first major marathon title after a dramatic finish to the Chicago Marathon, winning in a European record time of 2:05:11.

Athletics • 07 Oct 18

Farah had problems with drink bottles in the early stages of the race.

Mo Farah shows bottle in London marathon

Eliud Kipchoge defied soaring temperatures to win the London Marathon for a third time on Sunday, while Mo Farah finished in an impressive third place, breaking the British record in the process. Vivian Cheruiyot won the women's marathon.

Athletics • 22 Apr 18

Mo Farah believed he was being racially harassed

German police reject Mo Farah's racism claims

Mo Farah is standing by his claim that he was racially harassed on Tuesday and has lodged a formal complaint with Munich Airport and the German Federal Police.

Athletics • 07 Mar 18

Mo Farah: 'Sad to see racial harassment in this day and age.'

Farah claims he was racially harassed in Munich Airport

Mo Farah has claimed he was racially harassed while travelling through Germany's Munich Airport on Tuesday.

Athletics • 06 Mar 18

Mo Farah was named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year at a ceremony in Liverpool tonight.

Mo Farah named BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah upset the odds to be named 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year at Liverpool's Echo Arena on Sunday.

Other sport • 17 Dec 17

Mo Farah is a four-time Olympic gold medallist

Mo Farah to split with Salazar and relocate to London

Mo Farah has revealed he is to relocate to London but has denied his decision has been influenced by doping allegations against his American coach Alberto Salazar.

Athletics • 30 Oct 17

Mo Farah finished his track career with a narrow win

Farah wins final track race after rival trio collide

Mo Farah won the final track race of his career by the skin of his teeth, clinching a dramatic 5,000 metres win after three chasing rivals collided with each other as they approached the finish line.

Athletics • 24 Aug 17

Mo Farah: 'So many times, you guys have been unfair to me. I know that. But say it how it is.'

Mo Farah: Critics are trying to destroy my legacy

Mo Farah has criticised the degree of attention given to his relationship with controversial coach Alberto Salazar and claims some critics are "trying to destroy" his legacy.

Athletics • 13 Aug 17

Muktar Edris of Ethiopia got the better of Mo Farah

Second place for Mo Farah in the 5000m

Mo Farah missed out on his dream double after coming second in the 5000 metres at the World Championships.

Athletics • 12 Aug 17

Farah secured his 10th consecutive track and field gold in a global final

Mo Farah signs off from 10,000m with yet another gold

Mo Farah began his track finale after a thrilling defence of his 10,000 metres title at the World Championships, while Usain Bolt was unhappy with his performance in the 100m heats.

Athletics • 04 Aug 17

Bolt won in London last year and he's hoping to take gold again

Column: Two legends to light up London stadium

RTÉ's Greg Allen is in London for the World Athletics Championship and he casts his expert eye over what is going to happen in the coming week.

Athletics • 04 Aug 17

Mo Farah: 'I said I will never fail a drugs test. That is who I am. I believe in clean sports...'

Farah 'sick' of doping talk & says he'll 'keep smiling'

British Olympic champion Mo Farah is "sick" of his name being dragged into doping controversies, the 34-year-old said after winning the 3,000 metres at the Anniversary Games in London on Sunday.

Athletics • 10 Jul 17

'I'm not a doper' says Farah in wake of fresh leaks

Mo Farah has stressed he has never been a doper after the Russian hacking group the Fancy Bears released a huge batch of documents and emails which they claimed is from the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Athletics • 06 Jul 17

Mo Farah: 'There's a lot of people doubting me, Mo's getting old.'

Farah clocks fastest 5,000m of year at Diamond League

British double Olympic champion Mo Farah made his last US track race a special one, running the year's fastest 5,000m at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on Saturday.

Athletics • 28 May 17

UK Athletics:Failure to record injection 'inexcusable'

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah was given a legal dose of a controversial supplement before the 2014 London Marathon, but the treatment was not properly recorded, the doctor who gave him the injection has said.

Athletics • 20 Apr 17

Alberto Salazar (centre) is being investigated by the FBI and USADA

FBI join USADA in Alberto Salazar probe

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is helping the United States Anti-Doping Agency's long-running probe into Mo Farah's coach, Alberto Salazar.

Athletics • 08 Mar 17

Mo Farah has been linked to several doping reports

Mo Farah says he welcomes drug-testing

Mo Farah says he is happy to be drug-tested "any time, anywhere" and for any of his historical samples to be reanalysed.

Athletics • 05 Mar 17

Salazar has always denied any wrongdoing and claims he has provided USADA with documentation to prove his innocnence

More details from leaked Usada probe into Salazar

The controversy surrounding Mo Farah's coach Alberto Salazar shows no sign of abating after fresh details emerged from a US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) report written last year.

Athletics • 03 Mar 17

Mo Farah himself has never been accused of any wrongdoing

Farah insists he is 'clean athlete' after leaks

Mo Farah has insisted he is "a clean athlete who has never broken the rules" after fresh allegations were published about his coach Alberto Salazar.

Athletics • 26 Feb 17

Mo Farah after coming third in the IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships

Farah outlines marathon ambitions

Mo Farah has unfinished business with the marathon but accepts it will take time to master the distance when he steps away from the track after next season's world championships.

Athletics • 19 Dec 16

Bolt and Farah up for IAAF awards

Jamaican Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Elaine Thompson have made the shortlists for the IAAF's World Athlete of the Year awards on Wednesday after their gold medal exploits at the Rio Olympics.

Athletics • 09 Nov 16

Mo Farah os among 26 athletes to have had their TUEs published online on Monday

Mo Farah has 'nothing to hide' on medical record

Mo Farah is unfazed by the latest leak of confidential medical documents by Russian hackers which revealed the four-time Olympic gold medallist had been granted a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) in October 2008.

Athletics • 20 Sep 16

Mo Farah retained his 5,000 and 10,000 metres Olympic titles in Rio this year

Russian hackers release files on global stars

Olympic champions Mo Farah, Rafael Nadal and Justin Rose were among athletes targeted on Monday in the latest leak of confidential medical documents that the World Anti-Doping Agency says were hacked by a Russian group known as the Fancy Bears.

Athletics • 19 Sep 16

Usain Bolt celebrates winning at London's Olympic Stadium at the 2016 Anniversary Games

Huge demand for London world championship tickets

More than a million people have applied for tickets for next year's world athletics championships in London – a stark contrast to the empty seats at the recent Rio Olympics.

Athletics • 02 Sep 16