Sports / Athletics

Salazar refutes BBC report, denies doping aid 25 Jun 2015 - 12:06 pm

Eugene, United States---Alberto Salazar, famed coach of double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah, denied allegations made in a BBC documentary that he...

Doping casts a shadow on USA world trials 25 Jun 2015 - 10:31 am

Eugene, USA: Doping allegations against coach Alberto Salazar and his top US runner, 2012 London Olympic 10,000m runner-up Galen Rupp, loom large as...

Back to 100m basics for Bolt 25 Jun 2015 - 01:19 am

Usain Bolt of Jamaica acknowledges the fans after winning the 200m men’s final during the Adidas Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium on Randalls...

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...