Sports / Athletics

Olympic champ Merritt eyes sub-13 world title 09 Aug 2013 - 04:21 am

MOSCOW: Olympic champion and world record holder Aries Merritt says he finds it a “little strange” that no one has dipped below 13...

IAAF to reinstate four-year doping bans 09 Aug 2013 - 04:19 am

MOSCOW: Athletics will end 18 years of frustration in 2015 by returning to four-year bans for first-time dopers, ending the situation of Olympic...

Radcliffe calls for doping country bans 09 Aug 2013 - 04:18 am

LONDON, England: World marathon record-holder Paula Radcliffe yesterday said that countries found to have sanctioned doping practices should be banned from taking part...

US athletes eye Moscow glory 08 Aug 2013 - 01:27 am

MOSCOW: A star-studded American team is ready to impress at the World Athletics Championships that start in Moscow at the weekend, men’s head...

Bolt and team-mates tested at training camp 07 Aug 2013 - 01:35 am

KINGSTON, Jamaica: All 44 athletes on the Jamaican team, including sprint superstar Usain Bolt, were tested late on Monday at their Moscow training...

Gymnastics: British great Tweddle calls it a day 07 Aug 2013 - 01:27 am

LONDON, England: Beth Tweddle (pictured below), Britain’s most successful gymnast, yesterday announced her retirement from competitive sport with immediate effect. The 28-year-old from...

Onus on Bolt, Farah to lift gloom at worlds in Moscow 06 Aug 2013 - 03:08 am

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt dances during a Jamaican-themed party, at a club in Moscow on Sunday. The Olympic 100 and 200m champion will...

Usain fired up despite rivals’ absence 06 Aug 2013 - 03:06 am

MOSCOW: Usain Bolt is determined not to let the absence of some of his main rivals make him drop his guard as he...

Athletics: Bolt on board for worlds hit by withdrawals 04 Aug 2013 - 01:10 am

LONDON: A year after athletics was at the heart of London 2012 the sport’s biennial world championships is in danger of losing its...

Injured Ennis-Hill facing four months out: Coach 03 Aug 2013 - 04:36 am

LONDON, England: Jessica Ennis-Hill’s coach expects the Olympic heptathlon champion to be sidelined for up to four months with the Achilles problem that...

Athletics: Bubka urges clampdown on drugs cheats 02 Aug 2013 - 03:45 am

LONDON: International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Sergey Bubka urged athletics authorities to clamp down on drug cheats and increase the length of their...

Britain’s Ennis-Hill out of worlds through injury 01 Aug 2013 - 05:02 am

LONDON, England: Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has withdrawn from next month’s athletics world championships because of injury, she said yesterday. Ennis-Hill was...

Ledecky sets 1,500m record, clinches gold 31 Jul 2013 - 12:58 am

Gold medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky of the US, poses on the podium with her medal during the award ceremony of the women’s 1,500m...

Bolt, Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaican team for worlds 31 Jul 2013 - 12:37 am

Usain Bolt poses following his win in the men’s 100m during the IAAF Diamond League meeting at the Olympic Stadium in the Queen...

Scorer of first league goal identified after 125 years 30 Jul 2013 - 12:35 am

Gold medallist Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom celebrates on the podium during the award ceremony of the women’s 100m butterfly swimming event in the FINA...

Bolt accepts Farah’s charity race challenge 30 Jul 2013 - 12:26 am

LONDON: Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has accepted a challenge from Britain’s Olympic middle distance champion Mo Farah to race for charity, saying...

Ennis-Hill still unsure about worlds event 29 Jul 2013 - 12:52 am

LONDON: Britain’s Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill was far less confident about her Moscow prospects after running a solid 100m hurdles and finishing...

Farah wins in style on ‘Super Saturday’ 28 Jul 2013 - 01:42 am

Britain’s Mo Farah celebrates after winning the men’s 3,000m event during the IAAF Diamond League meeting at the Olympic Stadium in the Queen...