A world record 840,000 people entered the ballot for this year’s marathon and that demand means the London event, which takes place on Sunday, is officially the most popular marathon on the planet.

The London Marathon will be shown on BBC as well as BBC iPlayer and the Red Button. This year’s broadcast will start at 8.30am on BBC One and then move to BBC Two at 2pm until 3pm.

As ever, sports fans in the UK can watch the 2025 London Marathon live on free-to-air channels BBC1 and BBC2. This also means viewers in the UK will be able to stream the event free on BBC iPlayer.

"I might have one leg only, but I am as good as anyone else, probably better," says 71-year-old para-athlete Meva Singh Dhesi ...

Indeed, a world record-breaking 840,318 people entered the ballot for a place in the 2025 London Marathon – an eye-watering figure that well eclipsed the previous world record of 578,374 ballot ...

2025 London Marathon top 10 and notable results. Searchable results are here. ... Women’s Elite 1. Tigst Assefa (ETH) -- 2:15:50 2. Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) -- 2:18:43 3. Sifan Hassan (NED) -- ...

After a record number of people signed up for the 26.2-mile race in 2025 – 840,318 applicants according to event organisers – next year’s London Marathon is bound to be another popular event.

Refugee runners have helped design a medal for finishers of next month's The Big Half in central London. The Coopah Refugee ...

Nottingham-based runner, who is a double leg amputee, secured gold medals as a sprinter at the Paralympic Games in Rio and ...

In the last seven years alone, the number of people applying to run the London Marathon has more than doubled, rising from 386,000 in 2018 to more than 840,000 this year.