Sir Mo Farah reveals his simple secret to success One of our best-ever runners tells Lisa Salmon aiming for small goals leads to achieving bigger ones, as he joins a campaign to motivate the nation. The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025
‘I went a bit crazy’: Mo Farah on rebellion, love, ruthlessness – and being forced to live a lie In the first of a series of interviews with remarkable Olympians, Britain’s most celebrated track athlete opens up about his relentless spirit, his disgraced ex-coach and the terrible secret he kept for 30 years The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024
Mo Farah and wife's love against the odds - school crush, rejection and hiding tragic past Sir Mo Farah met wife Tania at high school in London, but it wasn't until they prepared to marry in 2010 that he opened up about being brought to the UK illegally to work as a servant Daily Mirror · Apr 23, 2023
Mo Farah's mother is left baffled by his return to running as he gears up for London Marathon I’m A Celeb star Mo has ditched any showbiz trappings and is back in full bootcamp mode ahead of the event in April after being forced to pull out last year Daily Mirror · Mar 23, 2023
Mo Farah's trafficking hell - torn from home and forced into slavery by imposter 'mum' Sir Mo Farah bravely shared his traumatic past last year, telling how he was ripped from his own family and forced to work as servant for his trafficker's children Daily Mirror · Mar 23, 2023
Mo Farah says gruelling track ordeals nothing compared to child trafficking nightmare In a TV documentary earlier this year the Olympic runner disclosed he was smuggled into Britain from Somalia and treated like a servant by the people with whom he first lived Daily Mirror · Nov 18, 2022
Sir Mo Farah 'relieved' as immigration officials say he won't be investigated after coming out as human trafficking victim London police look into Olympic star Mo Farah's revelation that he was illegally brought to the UK and forced into domestic slavery as a child. ABC News · Jul 14, 2022
Police launch probe into Sir Mo Farah being trafficked into UK as child Sir Mo Farah revealed he was trafficked into the UK as a child to be kept as a domestic slave and that his name had been Hussein Abdi Kahin Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022
The Real Mo Farah: This jaw-dropping documentary will leave you bruised and bewildered The Olympic champion reveals his story of being trafficked to the UK from Somalia as a child in a film for the BBC The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
The Real Mo Farah review – a beautiful, heartbreaking story that exposes cruel Tory policy This hugely moving documentary sees the athlete bravely open up about being trafficked to the UK as a child, highlighting our government’s disgraceful demonisation of illegal immigrants The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022
Police open investigation into Sir Mo Farah’s trafficking ordeal The Metropolitan police has launched an investigation into claims by Sir Mo Farah that he was trafficked into the UK and forced into domestic servitude. Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022
Mo Farah's real name, what happened to his dad and his relationship with brother In the documentary Mo Farah, 39, recalls the moment he heard his mother’s voice for the first time in over ten years. The show follows Mo as he returns to his birthplace of Somaliland to ask the hard questions about why he was trafficked to the UK. Wales Online · Jul 13, 2022
The Real Mo Farah: Has Mo Farah reunited with his mum? Sir Mo Farah reunited with his mother in 2000 after over a decade apart. His mother tracked him down, sending a cassette tape for him to listen to and a phone number that allowed him to call her for the first time in years. Wales Online · Jul 13, 2022
Met police launches investigation into Mo Farah trafficking claims Scotland Yard is likely to question a married couple Farah accused of forcing him into domestic servitude The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022
Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022 ‘I’m not who you think I am’ — the secret pain behind Sir Mo Farah’s success Trafficked into the UK and treated like a slave — the Olympic star’s story is harrowing. Ahead of tonight’s documentary, Jessica Morgan looks back on the incredible life of a national treasure
Wales Online · Jul 13, 2022 Where is Somaliland? Mo Farah's birth place, map and its history with Somalia In BBC One's documentary The Real Mo Farah, the long distance runner explains how he was trafficked to the UK from Somaliland. Here's where the autonomous region is located and its troubled history with Somalia.
Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022 Heartbreaking reason Mo Farah kept his secret for so long and what name he will use now Sir Mo Farah, who was born Hussein Abdi Kahin, spent years telling a different story about how he arrived in the UK to protect himself but has bravely decided to tell the astonishing truth
The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022 Mo Farah: All I ever wanted as a kid was to be with my parents Olympic athlete reveals he was trafficked to UK after he was separated from his mother
Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022 Piers Morgan has a bone to pick with Mo Farah after sharing his 'extraordinary' story Piers Morgan says he's never been 'prouder' of Sir Mo Farah despite hearing the false version of his childhood when he interviewed the athlete on Life Stories in 2015.
Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022 Relative of woman accused of keeping Sir Mo Farah as 'child slave' denies he was trafficked A relative of the woman accused of keeping Sir Mo Farah as a 'child slave' upon his illegal arrival into the UK has denied that the Team GB athlete was trafficked into the UK
Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022 British Olympian Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to UK as a child, forced to work as servant At just 9 years old, Mo Farah, who would go on to become first British track and field athlete to win four Olympic gold medals, was handed fake travel documents, shuttled onto a plane by a stranger, flown from his home in Djibouti to England and forced to work as…
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Mo Farah: Met Police assessing allegations Olympian was trafficked to UK as child Met Police says specialist officers are assessing information on claims Olympian was forced to work as servant
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Police ‘assessing’ allegations Sir Mo Farah was trafficked to UK as child Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi praised Sir Mo as a ‘truly inspirational’ role model after the revelations.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 12, 2022 British Olympian Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked as a child In a new documentary, Farah says his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin and that he was from taken from the East African nation of Djibouti.
WEKU · Jul 12, 2022 Mo Farah says he was trafficked to the U.K. and forced into child labor "Most people know me as Mo Farah, but it's not my name — or, it's not the reality," Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah said, in a clip from an upcoming documentary.