Sports / Athletics

Bolt, Farah bury troubles with victories in London 26 Jul 2015 - 12:43 am

London: Usain Bolt and Mo Farah put recent troubles behind them in the London Diamond League meeting with victories on the track where...

I am still number one, says Bolt 26 Jul 2015 - 12:42 am

Kenya’s Mercy Cherono celebrates after winning the 5,000m Women’s race during the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park...

Amos tames Rudisha again in 800 metres showdown 25 Jul 2015 - 08:25 pm

Nijel Amos from Botswana wins the 800m Men's race during the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in...

Qatar's Barshim finishes third in London Diamond League 25 Jul 2015 - 12:21 pm

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim competes in the high-jump event during the IAAF Diamond League Anniversary Games athletics meeting at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic...

I am always number one, says defiant Bolt 25 Jul 2015 - 11:36 am

Usain Bolt (JAM) wins the 100m in 9.87 during the 2015 Sainsbury's Anniversary Games at Olympic Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. London:...

Dwyer sets Pan Am mark in 200m; siblings win four medals 25 Jul 2015 - 12:54 am

TORONTO: Jamaican sprinter Rasheed Dwyer broke a 44-year-old Pan American Games record on Thursday, a Canadian brother and sister won a combined four...

De Grasse ready to take Pan Am sprint spotlight 23 Jul 2015 - 09:51 am

TORONTO: With no Usain Bolt or Justin Gatlin in the field, Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse eased to a leisurely win in his...

Powell runs 9.87sec ahead of Worlds 23 Jul 2015 - 09:47 am

FROM LEFT: Kim Collins from Saint Kitts and Nevis, Asafa Powell from Jamaica and Nesta Carter from Jamaica, compete during the men’s 100m...

Bolt sacrifices nuggets to prolong career, but says no to 400m 21 Jul 2015 - 06:05 pm

Paris: Jamaican track star Usain Bolt has admitted to sacrificing fast food in a bid to extend his stellar sprinting career. In an...

US continue surge at Pan Am Games 21 Jul 2015 - 09:08 am

TORONTO: The heat and the United States charge up the Pan American Games medal table both continued yesterday, as officials celebrated a victory...

US bump Canada from top of Pan Am medals table 20 Jul 2015 - 09:14 am

TORONTO: The United States finally nudged Canada from top spot on the Pan American Games medal table on a sweltering yesterday that saw...

Dibaba breaks 23-year-old world record in 1,500 metres 18 Jul 2015 - 06:55 pm

Genzebe Dibaba from Ethiopia poses with the score board after breaking the 1500m world record with a time of 3:50.07, in the 1500m...

Canada in Pan Am driver’s seat 15 Jul 2015 - 03:03 am

TORONTO: Canada’s remarkable start to the Pan American Games continued on Monday while Cuban kayaker Jorge Garcia brought his gold medal haul to...

Gatlin is beatable, say sprint rivals 09 Jul 2015 - 01:50 am

Tyson Gay (left) of the USA and Jamaica’s Asafa Powell during a press conference on the eve of the Diamond League Athletissima athletics...

Gatlin, Powell and Gay set for Lausanne showdown 09 Jul 2015 - 01:48 am

Lausanne: Lovers of clean track and field will be cringing at today’s Diamond League meet in Lausanne when doping cheats Justin Gatlin and...

Farah adamant he is ‘100 per cent clean’ 02 Jul 2015 - 01:18 am

London: Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah yesterday reiterated he was “100 per cent clean” as doping allegations continued to swirl around coach...

Birthday girl Thompson wins 200m at Jamaica nationals 29 Jun 2015 - 12:34 pm

Elaine Thompson Kingston, Jamaica---Elaine Thompson celebrated her 23rd birthday by winning the 200 metres at the Jamaican trials on Sunday, signalling a possible...

Athletics: Jamaican national trials results 28 Jun 2015 - 03:12 pm

Kingston, Jamaica--Selected results on Saturday at the Jamaican national trials: MEN 110m hurdles (wind: +1.0 m/s): 1. Omar McLeod 12.97secs 2. Hansle Parchment...