It has been 71 years since Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile. Since the milestone in human evolution, athletes have ...

The track and field program at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will feature a notable change, with World Athletics set to reintroduce the one-mile race, replacing the men’s and women’s 1,500m ...

Roger Bannister was studying medicine at Oxford when he bacame the first man to run the mile in under 4 minutes.At the Iffley Road track in Oxford Roger Bannister became the first man to run 1 ...

The mile race returns to the Commonwealth Games in tribute to Roger Bannister The four-lap contest will replace the 1500 metres in Glasgow in nod to 1954 Next year’s Commonwealth Games will pay ...

Advertising In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to complete the mile in less than four minutes. In 2025, nine Huskies did it in one day — with more on the way. “The crazy thing is ...

(ATR) Roger Bannister is being remembered as an inspiring figure who towered over sport in a humble manner. The man who broke the four-minute mark in the mile died March 3 in Oxford,U.K., not far ...

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe welcomes the return of the mile event in the athletics program for the streamlined 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

The mile is to replace the 1,500 metres at the next Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The Games will take place from ...

Oxford City Council wanted to rename the ward after Sir Roger Bannister A proposal to rename part of Oxford in memory of the late athlete Sir Roger Bannister has been rejected. Oxford City Council ...

The full program for the slimmed-down Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been confirmed with with more than 200 gold medals ...

The organisers of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games have announced the medal event programme, with para sport, track cycling, and swimming set for the ...