Sports / Athletics

North Korean athletes arrive for Asian Games 12 Sep 2014 - 04:44 am

Athletes from North Korea arrive at Incheon international airport, ahead of competing at the Asian Games, yesterday. INCHEON, South Korea: The first batch...

Farah brings end to British drought in Great North Run 07 Sep 2014 - 09:07 pm

NEWCASTLE: British track great Mo Farah (pictured) became the first home runner to win the men’s Great North Run race since Steve Kenyon...

Campbell-Brown claims gold on return 29 Aug 2014 - 11:28 pm

Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown celebrates after winning the women’s 100m final at the Diamond League Athletics meet in Zurich on Thursday. ZURICH: Jamaica’s Veronica...

Evergreen Pavey the golden girl at Euro meet 13 Aug 2014 - 10:39 pm

ZURICH: Just a month short of her 41st birthday, Britain’s Jo Pavey ran her way into the record books on the opening night...

Athletics blank Twins 08 Aug 2014 - 10:24 pm

NEW YORK: Left-hander Jon Lester pitched his fourth career shutout and first baseman Stephen Vogt hit two-run homer to lift the Oakland Athletics...

Usain denies bolt from the blue 31 Jul 2014 - 04:10 pm

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (left) poses with a fan during a women’s netball match between Jamaica and New Zealand in Glasgow yesterday. LONDON:...

Bailey-Cole fills Bolt void but Okagbare ruins double 29 Jul 2014 - 11:56 pm

Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare (centre) crosses the finish line ahead of Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown (right) and Schillonie Calvert (left) to win the final of...

Bolt says he is ready for action in Glasgow 27 Jul 2014 - 01:42 am

Usain Bolt of Jamaica poses with kids after a press conference at the Main Press Centre in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday. GLASGOW: Jamaican sprint...

Meares shines with fifth gold medal, Farah out of Games 25 Jul 2014 - 02:21 am

England’s Bradley Wiggins stands on the podium before receiving his silver medal in men’s 4000m team pursuit finals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games...

Australia set new women’s 4x100m freestyle relay record 25 Jul 2014 - 02:19 am

FROM LEFT: Australia’s gold medallists Cate Campbell, Emma McKeon, Bronte Campbell and Melanie Schlanger pose during the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay medals ceremony...

India’s Khumukcham, Saikom win gold in weightlifting 25 Jul 2014 - 02:18 am

Sanjita Khumukcham GLASGOW: The weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games got off to a dramatic start when Indian teen Mirabai Chanu Saikom was red...

Jamaica’s Blake out for season after surgery 24 Jul 2014 - 01:47 pm

KINGSTON: Jamaica’s double Olympic sprint silver medallist Yohan Blake has been ruled out for the rest of the 2014 season after undergoing a...

Pearson set to focus solely on hurdles 24 Jul 2014 - 01:32 pm

GLASGOW: Olympic champion Sally Pearson (pictured) said yesterday she would likely focus solely on her favoured 100m hurdles and pass on the 100m...

Bolt fit and raring to shine in Glasgow 23 Jul 2014 - 09:39 am

KINGSTON: Six-times Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt says he ready to put on a good show in the sprint relay at the Commonwealth...

Bolt and Farah headline stellar athletics line-up at Glasgow 22 Jul 2014 - 08:20 am

GLASGOW, Scotland: Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt and middle-distance king Mo Farah headline a stellar track and field line-up at the 20th Commonwealth...

Pakistan wrestlers pessimistic on chances 22 Jul 2014 - 08:19 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Midas-touched wrestlers Azhar Hussain and Muhammad Inam yesterday played down their chances in the Commonwealth Games, saying a lack of international...

Bolt to run in special Copacabana Beach race 22 Jul 2014 - 08:18 am

RALEIGH, North Carolina: Usain Bolt will return to Rio de Janeiro next month to run a special 100 metres on the beach, he...

Bolt, Farah in quest to strike Glasgow gold 21 Jul 2014 - 02:35 pm

Britain’s Mo Farah in front of Tower Bridge during a photocall ahead of the London Marathon in April, in this file photo. The...