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Athletics: Gardner clocks 10.79 to lead women's 100m semis at US championships 27 Jun 2015 - 12:06 pm

Eugene, United States--English Gardner clocked a 2015 world-leading 10.79sec on Friday -- and had to be satisfied with the third-fastest time in the...

Powell in command, Bolt out of 100m picture 27 Jun 2015 - 03:57 am

KINGSTON: With Usain Bolt (pictured) a notable absentee, Asafa Powell threw down the gauntlet at the Jamaican national senior trials on Thursday by...

Athletics: Rupp defies controversy, wins US 10,000 title 26 Jun 2015 - 02:32 pm

Eugene, United States - Galen Rupp shook off the shadow of doping accusations to win his seventh consecutive 10,000m US national title on...

Athletics: US Championships results 26 Jun 2015 - 02:11 pm

Eugene, United States - Principal results on Thursday at the US Athletics Championships, selection meeting for the IAAF World Championships August 22-30 in...

Athletics: 'New faces' overshadow Gay as US championships kick off 26 Jun 2015 - 12:48 pm

Athletics: Powell wins opening 100 heat with hot start 26 Jun 2015 - 12:08 pm

Kingston, Jamaica - Former 100-metre world-record holder Asafa Powell made a strong start and showed top form Thursday in winning his opening-round heat...

Athletics: Kirwa to return as Kenyan coach at worlds 26 Jun 2015 - 11:00 am

Nairobi - Julius Kirwa is to return as Kenya's head athletics coach for August's world championships in Beijing, officials said Thursday. Kirwa, one...

Salazar refutes BBC report, denies doping aid 25 Jun 2015 - 12:06 pm

Eugene, United States---Alberto Salazar, famed coach of double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah, denied allegations made in a BBC documentary that he...

Doping casts a shadow on USA world trials 25 Jun 2015 - 10:31 am

Eugene, USA: Doping allegations against coach Alberto Salazar and his top US runner, 2012 London Olympic 10,000m runner-up Galen Rupp, loom large as...

Back to 100m basics for Bolt 25 Jun 2015 - 01:19 am

Usain Bolt of Jamaica acknowledges the fans after winning the 200m men’s final during the Adidas Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium on Randalls...

Russia clinch fourth Euro teams title 22 Jun 2015 - 11:06 am

Paris---Russia capitalised on home conditions in Cheboksary to win the European teams championship on Sunday ahead of Germany and France. Russia have now...

Athletics: American teen scorches to sub-11sec 100m 21 Jun 2015 - 05:28 pm

Paris--Sixteen-year-old American Candace Hill has scorched to a 10.98 seconds time in the 100m, the fastest ever for a female athlete of her...

Russia on top in European team championships 21 Jun 2015 - 12:54 pm

Paris---Russia made the most of home advantage to take the first day lead in the European team championships at a humid and windy...

Struggling Bolt to run at Jamaica trials 21 Jun 2015 - 11:45 am

Usain Bolt Kingston, Jamaica---Usain Bolt, off to a lackluster start to the season, will run in Jamaica next week even though he is...

Athletics: Farah missed drug tests ahead of 2012 Olympics - report 18 Jun 2015 - 01:16 pm

London--Britain's double Olympic champion Mo Farah missed two drug tests in the run-up to the 2012 London Games, the Daily Mail reported Thursday....

Track and felled as Thais depose hosts 12 Jun 2015 - 06:49 pm

Singapore---Thailand seized seven athletics golds on Friday as they caught hosts Singapore at the top of the medals table and stamped their authority...

Athletics: Bislett Games world record hopes dashed 12 Jun 2015 - 11:21 am

Oslo - The celebrations of the Bislett Games' 50th edition fell flat Thursday when anticipated world records in the men's high jump and...

Athletics: 'Drained' Farah withdraws from Diamond League meet 07 Jun 2015 - 07:55 pm

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom--A "drained" Mo Farah withdrew from Sunday's Diamond League meeting in Birmingham just a day after he insisted he would not...