Sports / Athletics

Farah sets new indoor two-mile world record 21 Feb 2015 - 08:13 pm

Mo Farah Birmingham, United Kingdom---Britain's double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah set a new indoor world record over two miles at the...

Russian athletics chief resigns 17 Feb 2015 - 11:58 pm

Ukrainian pole vaulter Maksym Mazuryk trains in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on February 4. Banned from competing after choosing to stay in the separatist...

Athletics: IAAF closes on Russia doping sanctions 16 Feb 2015 - 06:01 pm

Paris--International athletics chiefs will start action against Russian athletes caught in doping scandals within three months and said Monday they want a coach...

Kenya's Karoki, Chepngetich warm up for worlds in Nairobi 14 Feb 2015 - 05:38 pm

Nairobi---Kenya's Bedan Karoki and Faith Chepngetich were in fine form ahead of next month's World Cross Country Championships in China with easy victories...

Athletics: Isinbayeva dreams of new world record in Rio 12 Feb 2015 - 03:43 pm

Moscow--Russian pole vault star Yelena Isinbayeva said Thursday she has been dreaming about setting a new world record at the 2016 Olympics in...

Bolt to add sparkle to Paris Diamond meet 11 Feb 2015 - 12:28 pm

Usain Bolt Paris---Jamaican athletics legend Usain Bolt will line-up in the 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on July 4,...

Athletics: Kenya's Wanjiru killed, not suicide: pathologist 10 Feb 2015 - 07:36 pm

Nairobi--Former Kenyan Olympic marathon gold medallist Samuel Wanjiru was killed by a blunt object to his head and did not commit suicide, a...

Moscow indoor meeting results 01 Feb 2015 - 08:24 pm

Moscow--Results from the Russian Winter indoor meet on Sunday: Men 60m 1. Kim Collins (SKN) 6.48sec, 2. Mike Rodgers (USA) 6.56, 3. Yunier...

Athletics: Russia's Zaripova faces losing Olympic gold for doping 30 Jan 2015 - 10:13 pm

Moscow - Olympic steeplechase champion Yulia Zaripova could be stripped of the gold medal she won at the London Games after the Russian...

Athletics: Bubka to take on Coe for IAAF presidency 28 Jan 2015 - 09:27 pm

Bubka, pictured here at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, said he wanted to engage Kiev - Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergei Bubka will...

Bubka to take on Coe for IAAF presidency 28 Jan 2015 - 06:08 pm

Sergei Bubka Kiev--Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergei Bubka will challenge Britain's Sebastian Coe for the presidency of the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF),...

British hurdler Williams to return after doping ban 18 Jan 2015 - 07:23 pm

LONDON--Olympic athlete Rhys Williams is set to compete again after a serving a ban for a positive drugs test, the 400 metre hurdle...

Radcliffe set for London Marathon swansong 14 Jan 2015 - 03:18 pm

LONDON--British world record-holder Paula Radcliffe will race her final marathon in London on April 26, organisers announced on Wednesday. The 41-year-old has won...

Kimetto and Kipsang to race London Marathon 08 Jan 2015 - 10:32 pm

LONDON: Dennis Kimetto, who smashed the world record last year, and fellow Kenyan and defending champion Wilson Kipsang, whose mark he beat, will...

Kenyan drugs cheat Jeptoo urged to tell all on doping 07 Jan 2015 - 03:42 pm

NAIROBI--Kenya's athletics boss has urged top female marathoner and drugs cheat Rita Jeptoo to spill the beans on her secret doping network when...

Ethiopian double in Sao Paulo year-end race 31 Dec 2014 - 07:38 pm

SAO PAULO - Ethiopian athletes scored a double success Wednesday in the traditional New year's Eve road race in Sao Paulo, with Dawit...

Kenyans Rotich, Timbilil win Taipei marathon 22 Dec 2014 - 09:59 am

TAIPEI: Julius Chepkwony Rotich of Kenya beat his compatriot and defending champion Josphat Kamzee Jepkopol to win the men’s title in the Taipei...

Jeptoo’s ‘B’ sample positive: Athletics Kenya 21 Dec 2014 - 08:27 am

NAIROBI: Kenya’s top woman marathon runner Rita Jeptoo is facing a two-year suspension after her “B” sample turned positive for the banned blood-boosting...