Sports / Athletics

Bolt and Farah headline stellar athletics line-up at Glasgow 22 Jul 2014 - 08:20 am

GLASGOW, Scotland: Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt and middle-distance king Mo Farah headline a stellar track and field line-up at the 20th Commonwealth...

Pakistan wrestlers pessimistic on chances 22 Jul 2014 - 08:19 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Midas-touched wrestlers Azhar Hussain and Muhammad Inam yesterday played down their chances in the Commonwealth Games, saying a lack of international...

Bolt to run in special Copacabana Beach race 22 Jul 2014 - 08:18 am

RALEIGH, North Carolina: Usain Bolt will return to Rio de Janeiro next month to run a special 100 metres on the beach, he...

Bolt, Farah in quest to strike Glasgow gold 21 Jul 2014 - 02:35 pm

Britain’s Mo Farah in front of Tower Bridge during a photocall ahead of the London Marathon in April, in this file photo. The...

Athletes gear up as Glasgow set to host Commonwealth Games 21 Jul 2014 - 02:23 pm

LONDON: Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Mo Farah lead a cast of the world’s leading athletes descending on Glasgow to compete in the...

Athletes gear up as Glasgow set to host Commonwealth Games 20 Jul 2014 - 01:15 am

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (centre) and compatriot Nickel Ashmeade (left) celebrate after winning the men’s 4x100 metres relay final at the 2013 IAAF World...

Gatlin storms to 200m Monaco triumph 20 Jul 2014 - 01:11 am

MONTE CARLO, Monaco: Justin Gatlin stormed to the fastest 200m of the year at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday as the...

China’s Zou on top after a gritty 10-round fight 20 Jul 2014 - 01:10 am

MACAO: Flyweight Zou Shiming’s win in a gritty 10-round bout over Colombia’s Luis De La Rosa yesterday night has boosted the Chinese boxer’s...

James dethrones Jordan as most popular US athlete: Poll 18 Jul 2014 - 10:35 pm

Washington: LeBron James has overtaken Michael Jordan as the United States’ most popular athlete, according to a Harris poll. Almost from the moment...

Powell third at comeback race 17 Jul 2014 - 12:06 am

Lucerne: Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell finished third on his return to 100m action at a meeting in Lucerne, the day after his reduced...

First black woman to win Olympic gold dies at 90 16 Jul 2014 - 12:10 am

WASHINGTON: Former US athlete Alice Coachman Davis (pictured), the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, has died. She was 90....

Powell and Simpson have suspensions cut 16 Jul 2014 - 12:05 am

LAUSANNE: Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson are free to race again after the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) reduced their...

ICSS hosts match-fixing workshops in Tanzania 16 Jul 2014 - 12:04 am

Dar es Salaam: The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) this week delivered the first in a series of match-fixing education and prevention...

Blake injured again in Diamond League 13 Jul 2014 - 12:24 pm

GLASGOW: Yohan Blake’s return from injury ended in despair as the Jamaican sprinter suffered a hamstring injury during the Glasgow Diamond League meeting...

Gay comeback gets Montreuil win boost 08 Jul 2014 - 11:43 pm

PARIS: American sprinter Tyson Gay won the second 100m race of his comeback after a drugs ban when he clocked a modest 10.04sec...

Gay falls to Gatlin on return after ban 05 Jul 2014 - 07:31 am

LAUSANNE: - Former world 100 metres champion Tyson Gay finished second behind fellow American Justin Gatlin on his return to competition after a...

Dwyer edges Weir for 200m title in Jamaica 01 Jul 2014 - 11:08 am

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Rasheed Dwyer won the men’s 200m at the Jamaican athletics championships yesterday, holding off season-leader Warren Weir as four new names...

Riley claims 110m hurdles title 30 Jun 2014 - 11:23 am

Francena McCorory (right) leads the field on her way to winning the women’s 400 metre dash final during day 4 of the USATF...