Bolt to run in 4x100 metres qualifying

Usain Bolt will run in the 4x100 metres relay heats for Jamaica on Saturday despite being a bit sore after winning bronze in the 100m final at the weekend, he informs Reuters.
9 August 2017, 07:42 AM

Bolt rues start, booed Gatlin hails his 'amazing' rival

Usain Bolt rues a disastrous start as his failure to fire saw American arch-rival Justin Gatlin poop what was supposed to be a party in his final 100m race at the world championships.
6 August 2017, 05:41 AM

Bolt to make world bow in career swansong

Usain Bolt kicks off the defence of his world 100m in his swansong season, the first step to bringing down the curtain on his glittering career.
4 August 2017, 05:20 AM

Bolt departure great for rivals, bad for athletics

Usain Bolt's rivals will, for once, be glad to see the back of a man who has dominated global sprinting for the last decade but the sport of athletics will be far less enthusiastic about bidding a final farewell to the charismatic Jamaican.
31 July 2017, 12:03 PM

Japan captures Deaflympics gold in women’s volleyball

The Japanese women’s volleyball team beat Italy 3-0 in the final of the 23rd Summer Deaflympics, an international competition for the hearing-impaired, in Samsun, Turkey. The gold medal was the team’s first in 16 years.
30 July 2017, 06:13 AM

New world-record was due, says Peaty

Britain's Adam Peaty says it was about time that he broke his own men's 50m breaststroke world-record in the heats of the world aquatic championships.
25 July 2017, 10:02 AM

'I'm going in the right direction'

Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt insists he is on the right path as he targets the defence of his 100m crown at next month's world championships in London.
22 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Mezbah, Shirin fastest again

Mezbahuddin Ahmed and Shirin Akter retain the titles for the fastest man and woman of the country on Saturday.
22 July 2017, 12:23 PM

Farah eases to victory, Thompson edges Schippers

British athletics great Mo Farah insists off the track matters didn't concern him after he eased to victory in the 3000 metres at the Diamond League meet in the London Stadium.
10 July 2017, 11:01 AM

Pacquiao camp, social media slam judges after shock loss

Manny Pacquiao's camp slam the officials after the Filipino great lost his World Boxing Organisation welterweight title in a controversial unanimous decision to Australia's Jeff Horn on Sunday.
2 July 2017, 10:51 AM

'School's out' as Horn, Pacquiao make weight

Australian challenger Jeff Horn weighs in slightly heavier than Filipino great Manny Pacquiao ahead of their World Boxing Organization welterweight title fight in Brisbane.
1 July 2017, 11:50 AM

Bolt seeks quick fix for back issue with German doctor

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt believes his German doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt will fix the retiring world record holder's back problems in time for the August world championships in London.
30 June 2017, 12:52 PM

Bolt fires to win as Van Niekerk stars

Usain Bolt racks up a straightforward 100m victory on the European bow of his farewell season, but likely successor Wayde van Niekerk steals the headlines in Ostrava with a world record in the little-run 300m.
28 June 2017, 20:52 PM

Bolt to make European bow in farewell season

Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt makes his first appearance in Europe in his farewell season.
28 June 2017, 11:49 AM

Jamaica perfects art of developing sprinters

While athletics contemplates life without its biggest superstar Usain Bolt, Anthony Davis is already working hard to unearth the next young Jamaican sprinter capable of following in Bolt's blisteringly fast footsteps.
24 June 2017, 06:24 AM

Bolt to run in Monaco before world championships

Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt will run the 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco on July 21, organisers announce.
22 June 2017, 09:48 AM

Mo Farah runs year's fastest 5,000m in Oregon

British double Olympic champion Mo Farah makes his last U.S. track race a special one, running the year's fastest 5,000 metres at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting.
28 May 2017, 08:39 AM

Jamaica's Thompson stars at international athletics meet

Hometown hero Elaine Thompson puts on an impressive show against a strong field and Canada's Andre De Grasse win his first race on Jamaican soil at an international track meet in Kingston on Saturday.
21 May 2017, 10:11 AM

Kipchoge narrowly misses two-hour marathon attempt

Reigning Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya narrowly fails in his attempt to complete the distance under the previously insurmountable two-hour mark, finishing in a time of 2hr 00min 24sec on Saturday.
6 May 2017, 08:28 AM

Gatlin and De Grasse ready for early athletics season Doha clash

They finished second and third in last year's Olympics 100m final and on Friday Justin Gatlin and Andre De Grasse renew their rivalry in the Diamond League season-opener in Qatar.
4 May 2017, 11:12 AM