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Jamaica's Asafa Powell believes British athletes will be under "so much pressure" when London hosts next year's Olympic Games they will want to "disappear".Powell himself has been repeatedly accused of letting the pressure get to him, with the 28-yea...
Read moreMehdi Baala and Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad have been given the all clear to compete in the world championships by the French athletics federation (FFA) Thursday despite coming to blows on the track during a Diamond League meet in Monaco.Baala, world...
Read moreTiffany Porter insisted she was not running under a 'flag of convenience' after switching allegiance from America to Britain.The timimg of the changes by the likes of Porter and fellow American-born 400 metres runner Shana Cox, with the Olympic Games...
Read moreOlympic track and field champion Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, says he would like to play football when he retires from the track."I am serious, I believe I could be good at football, I think I could compete well," the 24-year-old Jamaican sai...
Read moreTwo-time world and 2004 Olympic 400-meter champion Jeremy Wariner of the United States will miss the World Championships later this month in South Korea with a season-ending foot injury.USA Track and Field said Wariner had pulled out of a meet this w...
Read moreAustralia on Tuesday named a 47-strong team for the world athletics championships in South Korea, led by reigning world champions Steve Hooker and Dani Samuels.Also making the grade were Olympic silver medallists Sally Pearson (100m hurdles) and Jare...
Read moreAustralia's squad, announced Tuesday, for the August 27-September 4 world championships at Daegu, South Korea: Men800m: Jeff Riseley1,500m: Ryan Gregson, Jeff Riseley5,000m: Collis Birmingham, Craig Mottram, Ben St Lawrence10,000m: Ben St LawrenceMar...
Read moreWorld triple-jump champion Phillips Idowu insists he was right to make a late withdrawal from the UK Trials and Championships in Birmingham on Sunday.Idowu was one of the main attractions for the British crowd at his home track, along with world and ...
Read moreControversial British sprinter Dwain Chambers has qualified for the World Championships in Daegu after winning the UK 100m title in Birmingham on Saturday.Chambers received a two-year ban and a life-time suspension from the Olympics in 2003 for using...
Read moreSelected French national championship results on Saturday: Men200 m final (wind: + 2.3 m/s): 1. Christophe Lemaitre 20.08 2. Martial Mandjock 20.59 3. Teddy Tinmar ...
Read moreA strong following wind denied sprint champion Christophe Lemaitre another French record as he clocked 20.08secs to win the 200m at the national championships on Saturday.The time was some way quicker than the existing record of 20.16secs that Lemait...
Read moreAthletics South Africa named a new boss Saturday to replace banned chief Leonard Chuene, who was fired for financial misconduct and his controversial handling of the Caster Semenya gender scandal.The athletics governing body named James Evans, Cheuen...
Read moreStockholm Diamond League results on Friday:Men200 m (wind: -1.2 m/s): 1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 20.03 2. Alonso Edward (PAN) 20.47 3. Ainsley Waugh (JAM) ...
Read moreWorld and Olympic champion Usain Bolt cruised to victory in the 200m at Friday's Diamond League meeting here while American 400m runner LaShawn Merritt returned after a 21-month doping ban, insisting he's a clean athlete.Bolt won in a time of 20.03se...
Read moreOlympic 400m champion LaShawn Merritt marked his return to the track after a 21-month doping ban with second place at Friday's Diamond League meeting here and insisted he is a clean athlete.The 25-year-old clocked 44.74 sec with Jamaica's Jermaine Go...
Read moreSprinter Christophe Lemaitre produced a new French record for the 100m after clocking 9.92secs to win the national championships here on Friday.It was three-tenths of a second quicker than the previous record which he set in Stockholm on June 18.Lema...
Read moreOlympic champion Dayron Robles has pulled out of Friday's Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, the organisers announced just hours before it got underway.The 110m hurdles champion in Beijing was due to go head to head with this year's world leader, t...
Read moreAmerican runner LaShawn Merritt, who has completed a 21-month doping ban, will return to the track in the 400m at Friday's Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, the organisers announced on Thursday. The 25-year Olympic and world champion over the dis...
Read moreThe two French athletes who traded blows at the end of a 1500m race in Monaco last week will learn their fate on August 4, according to Bernard Amsalem, the president of the French Athletics Federation (FFA).Mehdi Baala, world silver medallist in 200...
Read moreThe world's fastest man Usain Bolt is back in action at the Diamond League meeting here on Friday and hoping to erase bad memories of last year.Twelve months ago, the Jamaican, who is the reigning world and Olympic champion as well as world record ho...
Read moreFormer European long jump champion Andrew Howe was ruled out of next month's world championships on Wednesday after rupturing his Achilles tendon during a training session.The American-born 26-year-old, who won the European title in 2006 and was worl...
Read moreUS athlete Allyson Felix says she will run both the 200m and 400m at the athletics World Championships next month in Daegu, South Korea.Felix, the three-time defending 200m world champion, announced the much anticipated decision on Monday on her Twit...
Read moreRussia's national athletics head coach Valentin Maslakov announced Monday the country's squad for the August 27-September 4 world championships at Daegu, South Korea: Men400m: Pavel Trenikhin800m: Yury Borzakovsky110m hurdles: Sergei Shubenkov400m hu...
Read moreWomen's hammer thrower Tatiana Lysenko, back competing after serving a two year drugs ban, clinched her third national title at the Russian athletics championships here on Sunday.Lysenko limbered up for the August 27-September 4 world championships i...
Read moreTop French runners Mehdi Baala and Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad have been suspended pending an inquiry into their embarrassing punch-up on the track on Friday.The two men squared up and traded blows at the end of the 1500m, prompting Bernard Amsalem, ...
Read moreRussian high-jumper Anna Chicherova sent a warning to her rivals at the upcoming world athletics championships by clearing 2.07m at the Russian championships here Saturday.The 29-year-old was setting a new national record, which is just two centimetr...
Read moreTop French runners Mehdi Baala and Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad have been suspended pending an inquiry into their embarrassing punch-up on the track on Friday.The two men squared up and traded blows at the end of the 1500m, prompting Bernard Amsalem, ...
Read moreTop French runners Mehdi Baala and Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad have been suspended pending an inquiry into their embarrassing punch-up on the track on Friday.The two men squared up and traded blows at the end of the 1500m, prompting Bernard Amsalem, ...
Read moreRussian high-jumper Anna Chicherova sent a warning to her rivals at the upcoming world athletics championships at Daegu, Korea, by clearing 2.07m at the Russian championships here Saturday.The 29-year-old was setting a new national record, which is j...
Read moreTop French runners Mehdi Baala and Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad seem set to escape any sanction from the French athletics federation after the duo came to embarrassing blows on the track.Baala, world silver medallist in 2003 and bronze medallist in th...
Read moreUsain Bolt, the world's best known athlete, came within centimetres of suffering only the third defeat of his professional career but laughed off any worries ahead of the world championships.Bolt suffered a shocking start and opening half of the 100m...
Read moreMonaco Diamond League results on Friday:Men 100 m (wind: +1.0 m/s): 1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.88 2. Nester Carter (JAM) 9.90 3. Michael Rodgers (USA) ...
Read moreJamaican sprint star Usain Bolt raced to victory in the 100m at the Diamond League here on Friday with a season's best of 9.88 seconds, overcoming a slow first half to pip compatriot Nesta Carter.Bolt, the reigning world and Olympic double sprint cha...
Read moreAustralian pole vault king Steve Hooker flopped on his comeback to competition after an injury-enforced eight-month lay-off here on Friday.The defending world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion had warned he was not operating at 100 percent fitness a...
Read moreJamaican sprint star Usain Bolt clocked a timely season's best of 9.88 seconds in the 100m here on Friday, but Australian pole vault king Steve Hooker flopped in his comeback from injury.Bolt looked to be heading for his first defeat in a year halfwa...
Read moreAustralian pole vault king Steve Hooker flopped on his comeback to competition after an injury-enforced eight-month lay-off here on Friday.The defending world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion had warned he was not operating at 100 percent fitness a...
Read moreJamaican sprint star Usain Bolt raced to victory in the 100m at the Diamond League here on Friday with a season's best of 9.88 seconds, overcoming a slow first half to pip compatriot Nesta Carter.Bolt, the reigning world and Olympic double sprint cha...
Read moreTwo of France's top middle-distance runners came to blows in an ill-tempered clash after the end of the men's 1500m at the Diamond League meeting here on Friday.Mehdi Baala, world silver medallist in 2003 and bronze medallist in the Beijing Olympics ...
Read moreBritish sprinter Bernice Wilson has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs, UK Athletics confirmed Friday.Wilson, 27, tested positive for the anabolic steroids testosterone and clenbuterool at a meeting in Bedford on June 12, authorities sai...
Read moreSelected results in Thursday's Lucerne athletics meeting: Men: 100m (wind: -0.2 m/s) 1. Nickel Ashmeade (JAM) 10.24 2. Trell Kimmons (USA) 10.27 3. Travis Padgett (USA) 10.28200m (wind: 0 m/s) 1. Walter Dix (USA) ...
Read moreOlympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva pulled out of Thursday's Lucerne athletics meeting due to a hand injury.After several training jumps, Isinbayeva, who has set 27 world records in her career, announced to the crowd that she was injured an...
Read moreMarion Jones' bid to resume a sporting career in basketball after her once stellar athletics career ended in drugs disgrace, was waived by the WNBA's Tulsa Shock on Thursday.Jones was stripped of five medals - three gold and two bronze - from the 200...
Read moreOlympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva pulled out of Thursday's Lucerne athletics meeting due to injury.After several training jumps, Isinbayeva, who has set 27 world records in her career, announced to the crowd that she was injured and would...
Read moreThe men's triple jump competition at next month's world championships in Daegu, South Korea, was all set to be one of the headline duels.But Britain's defending world champion Phillips Idowu was stripped of his supposed main rival in the battle of th...
Read moreReigning world and Olympic double sprint champion Usain Bolt has warned his legion of fans not to expect him to better his own world record for the 100 metres.Bolt stormed to Olympic gold at the 2008 Beijing Games in a world record time of 9.69 secon...
Read moreDefending three-time world 200m champion Allyson Felix said she would decide "soon" over a 200-400m double at next month's world championships in Daegu, South Korea.Felix has been mulling over doubling up after mixing up her events on the Diamond Lea...
Read moreAustralian pole vault king Steve Hooker admitted Thursday he was not at 100 percent following an injury-enforced eight month lay-off.The current world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion last competed at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October ...
Read moreLondon Olympics chief Sebastian Coe has welcomed Oscar Pistorius's qualification for the 2012 Games, saying the double amputee's participation will be a "fascinating" prospect.South African track star Pistorius, who runs with carbon fibre prosthetic ...
Read moreJamaican sprint star Usain Bolt might be the main drawcard for Friday's Diamond League meeting here, but eyes will also be on Australian Steve Hooker's season debut in the men's pole vault.Reigning double world and Olympic sprint champion Bolt will r...
Read moreDouble amputee track sensation Oscar Pistorius has taken a step closer to taking part in the London Olympics next year after clocking a qualifying time of 45.07 seconds for the 400 metres.The South African known as the "Blade Runner", who runs with c...
Read moreDouble amputee track sensation Oscar Pistorius has qualified for next month's World Championships after clocking 45.07 seconds for the 400 metres at a meeting here on Tuesday.The South African, known as the "Blade Runner," who runs with carbon fibre ...
Read moreWorld indoor triple jump champion Teddy Tamgho of France has withdrawn from next month's world championships with a fractured ankle joint.The 22-year-old Tamgho, whose personal best of 17.98 metres is the third longest jump in the event's history, su...
Read moreCzech hurdler Petr Svoboda, the European indoor champion over 60m, confirmed on Tuesday he has pulled out of the 110m hurdles event at next month's world athletics championships because of a tendon injury."My foot is still hurting me. I haven't been ...
Read moreWorld indoor triple jump champion Teddy Tamgho of France has withdrawn from next month's world championships with a fractured ankle joint.The 22-year-old Tamgho, whose personal best of 17.98 metres is the third longest jump in the event's history, su...
Read moreKenya's world 800m record holder David Rudisha and Commonwealth 1500m champion Silas Kiplagat are to make their last world championships preparations when they compete in the Monaco Diamond League on July 22, officials said on Monday.The two athletes...
Read moreSouth Africa's 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius on Sunday failed in his latest attempt to register a qualifying time for the 400m at next month's world championships.The 24-year-old was third in a time of 46.65sec, still outside the 45.25sec time that ...
Read moreSouth Africa's 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius on Sunday failed in his latest attempt to register a qualifying time for the 400m at next month's world championships.The 24-year-old was third in a time of 46.65sec, still outside the 45.25sec time that ...
Read moreYelena Isinbayeva got her preparations for world championship revenge off to a perfect start with a dominant victory in her first outdoor meet of the season.The 29-year-old Russian star of women's pole vaulting had not taken part in an outdoor meetin...
Read moreThe Kenyan team announced on Sunday for the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea from August 27 to September 4:Men800m: David Rudisha, Jackson Kivuva, Alfred Kirwa Yego1500m: Silas Kiplagat, Asbel Kiprop, Nixon Chepseba5000m: Isaiah Ki...
Read moreOlympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva defied strong winds to clinch victory in her first outdoor meeting of the season on Saturday as the Russian golden girl began her build-up to the world championships.Isinbayeva recorded a modest winning e...
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