Sports / Athletics

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...

A year before Olympics, protesters against filthy Rio bay 07 Jun 2015 - 12:14 pm

Rio de Janeiro---Dozens of demonstrators gathered Saturday at Rio de Janeiro's heavily polluted Guanabara Bay, demanding that officials clean it up before it...

Athletics: UK Athletics give Salazar clean bill of health over Farah 06 Jun 2015 - 07:38 pm

Birmingham, United Kingdom - Alberto Salazar's coaching of Olympic and world champion Mo Farah is not a worry for British athletics governing body...

Athletics: Farah 'not leaving Salazar' 06 Jun 2015 - 06:16 pm

Birmingham, United Kingdom - Britain's Olympic and world champion Mo Farah said Saturday he had no plans to end his relationship with coach...

Athletics: Farah coach doping claims overshadow Birmingham meet 06 Jun 2015 - 01:27 pm

Birmingham, United Kingdom--Mo Farah's stepdown for a speed tuning 1500m at Sunday's Diamond League meet in Birmingham has been overshadowed by allegations that...

Athletics: Nike echoes Salazar's doping denial 04 Jun 2015 - 05:19 pm

London--American sportswear giant Nike on Thursday reiterated its leading coach Alberto Salazar's refutation of doping allegations made in a BBC documentary. "We take...

Gatlin fires Beijing warning ahead of Rome 04 Jun 2015 - 11:34 am

Justin Gatlin Rome---Controversial American Justin Gatlin has fired a warning to rivals that he will be the man to beat at this summer's...

US grandma, 92, sets marathon record 01 Jun 2015 - 01:33 pm

San Diego---A 92-year-old US grandmother has become the oldest woman to finish a marathon, when she crossed the finish line of a San...

Gatlin to race 200m at Eugene Diamond League 21 May 2015 - 09:29 am

Eugene, United States---US sprinter Justin Gatlin, who posted the top 100m time of 2015 in Doha last week, will race his first 200m...

Athletics: Oliver stars as Gatlin row clouds Beijing 20 May 2015 - 07:48 pm

Beijing--America's David Oliver ran the season's quickest 110m hurdles of 13.15sec on Wednesday as the Beijing World Challenge was overshadowed by a row...

Athletics: World Challenge Beijing results 20 May 2015 - 07:30 pm

Beijing--World Challenge Beijing results on Wednesday: Men 110m hurdles 1. David Oliver (USA) 13.15 2. Orlando Ortega (CUB) 13.37 3. Ronnie Ash (USA)...