Sports / Athletics

Athletes gear up as Glasgow set to host Commonwealth Games 21 Jul 2014 - 02:23 pm

LONDON: Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Mo Farah lead a cast of the world’s leading athletes descending on Glasgow to compete in the...

Athletes gear up as Glasgow set to host Commonwealth Games 20 Jul 2014 - 01:15 am

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (centre) and compatriot Nickel Ashmeade (left) celebrate after winning the men’s 4x100 metres relay final at the 2013 IAAF World...

Gatlin storms to 200m Monaco triumph 20 Jul 2014 - 01:11 am

MONTE CARLO, Monaco: Justin Gatlin stormed to the fastest 200m of the year at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday as the...

China’s Zou on top after a gritty 10-round fight 20 Jul 2014 - 01:10 am

MACAO: Flyweight Zou Shiming’s win in a gritty 10-round bout over Colombia’s Luis De La Rosa yesterday night has boosted the Chinese boxer’s...

James dethrones Jordan as most popular US athlete: Poll 18 Jul 2014 - 10:35 pm

Washington: LeBron James has overtaken Michael Jordan as the United States’ most popular athlete, according to a Harris poll. Almost from the moment...

Powell third at comeback race 17 Jul 2014 - 12:06 am

Lucerne: Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell finished third on his return to 100m action at a meeting in Lucerne, the day after his reduced...

First black woman to win Olympic gold dies at 90 16 Jul 2014 - 12:10 am

WASHINGTON: Former US athlete Alice Coachman Davis (pictured), the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, has died. She was 90....

Powell and Simpson have suspensions cut 16 Jul 2014 - 12:05 am

LAUSANNE: Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson are free to race again after the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) reduced their...

ICSS hosts match-fixing workshops in Tanzania 16 Jul 2014 - 12:04 am

Dar es Salaam: The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) this week delivered the first in a series of match-fixing education and prevention...

Blake injured again in Diamond League 13 Jul 2014 - 12:24 pm

GLASGOW: Yohan Blake’s return from injury ended in despair as the Jamaican sprinter suffered a hamstring injury during the Glasgow Diamond League meeting...

Gay comeback gets Montreuil win boost 08 Jul 2014 - 11:43 pm

PARIS: American sprinter Tyson Gay won the second 100m race of his comeback after a drugs ban when he clocked a modest 10.04sec...

Gay falls to Gatlin on return after ban 05 Jul 2014 - 07:31 am

LAUSANNE: - Former world 100 metres champion Tyson Gay finished second behind fellow American Justin Gatlin on his return to competition after a...

Dwyer edges Weir for 200m title in Jamaica 01 Jul 2014 - 11:08 am

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Rasheed Dwyer won the men’s 200m at the Jamaican athletics championships yesterday, holding off season-leader Warren Weir as four new names...

Riley claims 110m hurdles title 30 Jun 2014 - 11:23 am

Francena McCorory (right) leads the field on her way to winning the women’s 400 metre dash final during day 4 of the USATF...

Rodgers wins 100m to claim his first US title 29 Jun 2014 - 08:52 am

SACRAMENTO: Mike Rodgers wasn’t going to be slowed by a slight headwind as he captured the 100 metres yesterday at the US Track...

Boston winner Jeptoo of Kenya to defend Chicago crown 26 Jun 2014 - 12:13 am

CHICAGO: Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo (pictured), coming off an April victory at the Boston Marathon, will defend her Chicago Marathon crown on October 12,...

Gatlin sets new world-leading time, clocks 9.86sec 18 Jun 2014 - 12:51 am

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic: Justin Gatlin showed his dominance on the 100-metre track as he set a new world-leading time of 9.86sec for an...

Gatlin ‘upset’ to miss Bolt showdown in Ostrava 17 Jun 2014 - 01:57 pm

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic: In-form US sprinter Justin Gatlin (pictured) is “upset” to be missing a showdown with Usain Bolt at the Czech Golden...