The whistleblower

In his first interview, Angel Heredia, who supplied illegal drugs to top athletes, discloses why he is ready to testify

Athletes face new HGH test

Britain’s Olympic competitors face being tested for human growth hormone, the previously undetectable ‘wonder drug’

Fasuba's difficult race for some recognition

World Indoor champion says that the frustrating lack of support from his home continent is starting to prove a drawback

Wells doubts cheats will be conquered

Former sprinter is disillusioned with the ineffectiveness of dope testing claiming drugs remain rife in sport

Teaching Wasps to fly

A fine sprinter, Margot Wells found her true calling lay in improving the speed of others - to rugby’s great benefit

Whistleblowers 'jealous of Dwain Chambers'

The founder of Balco claims rivals blew the lid on the scale of doping to get rid of star athletes

Blind man runs seven marathons, in seven days on seven continents

London Marathon was the last 26.2 miles of David Heeley’s gruelling test of human endurance that saw him run 183 miles

Greene accused of being drugs cheat

Double Olympic champion is accused of breaking rules even though he is an outspoken advocate of life bans for doping

The awkward secret behind the Marathon

Half of those who run do so because their charity pays the organisers

Lel wins marathon in record time

Kenyan defending champion produced sprint finish to win London Marathon and set new course record

Tomlinson not running for Mum

As Rebecca Tomlinson prepares for the London Marathon she says her desire to run was born before her late mother Jane’s feats

Abyu targeting Olympic dream

Nine years after he escaped war-torn Ethiopia, Britain’s top marathoner has his eyes on Olympic qualification today

Caught in time

Steve Jones wins the London marathon, 1985

Yelling ready to claim place

The Dorset runner shares a coach with Paula Radcliffe, the marathon world record holder, but otherwise they are worlds apart

The staggering story of Dorando the brave

John Bryant recalls the dramatic marathon at the 1908 London Olympics

Bombed but unbowed: diver's path hit by tragedy

Almost two years after blast in Egypt caused serious damage, a former freediver is attempting the London Marathon

How London shaped the history of the marathon

John Bryant traces the first steps of a story that would run and run

Kenyan athletes are exploited like 'slaves'

Tighter legislation is required to prevent African athletes being tempted by agents into switching nationality

Hall's joy and despair on road to Beijing

Spurred by the death of his marathon-running friend, the American is now a serious threat to Kenyan hegemony

Survivor who ran for his life eyes road to Beijing

Gilbert Tuhabonye recalls school massacre as he trains for the marathon