Sports / Athletics

Gymnastics: British great Tweddle calls it a day 07 Aug 2013 - 01:27 am

LONDON, England: Beth Tweddle (pictured below), Britain’s most successful gymnast, yesterday announced her retirement from competitive sport with immediate effect. The 28-year-old from...

Onus on Bolt, Farah to lift gloom at worlds in Moscow 06 Aug 2013 - 03:08 am

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt dances during a Jamaican-themed party, at a club in Moscow on Sunday. The Olympic 100 and 200m champion will...

Usain fired up despite rivals’ absence 06 Aug 2013 - 03:06 am

MOSCOW: Usain Bolt is determined not to let the absence of some of his main rivals make him drop his guard as he...

Athletics: Bolt on board for worlds hit by withdrawals 04 Aug 2013 - 01:10 am

LONDON: A year after athletics was at the heart of London 2012 the sport’s biennial world championships is in danger of losing its...

Injured Ennis-Hill facing four months out: Coach 03 Aug 2013 - 04:36 am

LONDON, England: Jessica Ennis-Hill’s coach expects the Olympic heptathlon champion to be sidelined for up to four months with the Achilles problem that...

Athletics: Bubka urges clampdown on drugs cheats 02 Aug 2013 - 03:45 am

LONDON: International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Sergey Bubka urged athletics authorities to clamp down on drug cheats and increase the length of their...

Britain’s Ennis-Hill out of worlds through injury 01 Aug 2013 - 05:02 am

LONDON, England: Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has withdrawn from next month’s athletics world championships because of injury, she said yesterday. Ennis-Hill was...

Ledecky sets 1,500m record, clinches gold 31 Jul 2013 - 12:58 am

Gold medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky of the US, poses on the podium with her medal during the award ceremony of the women’s 1,500m...

Bolt, Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaican team for worlds 31 Jul 2013 - 12:37 am

Usain Bolt poses following his win in the men’s 100m during the IAAF Diamond League meeting at the Olympic Stadium in the Queen...

Scorer of first league goal identified after 125 years 30 Jul 2013 - 12:35 am

Gold medallist Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom celebrates on the podium during the award ceremony of the women’s 100m butterfly swimming event in the FINA...

Bolt accepts Farah’s charity race challenge 30 Jul 2013 - 12:26 am

LONDON: Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has accepted a challenge from Britain’s Olympic middle distance champion Mo Farah to race for charity, saying...

Ennis-Hill still unsure about worlds event 29 Jul 2013 - 12:52 am

LONDON: Britain’s Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill was far less confident about her Moscow prospects after running a solid 100m hurdles and finishing...

Farah wins in style on ‘Super Saturday’ 28 Jul 2013 - 01:42 am

Britain’s Mo Farah celebrates after winning the men’s 3,000m event during the IAAF Diamond League meeting at the Olympic Stadium in the Queen...

Gay’s ‘B’ sample confirmed positive, fails another test 28 Jul 2013 - 01:27 am

Tyson Gay of the US looks on after competing in a race in this file photo. It was confirmed by the US Anti-Doping...

Bolt fears slow start could damage worlds bid in Moscow 28 Jul 2013 - 01:26 am

Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim competes in the men’s high jump event during the London Anniversary Games International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond...

Bolt storms to victory in London 27 Jul 2013 - 01:48 am

Usain Bolt of Jamaica reacts after winning the men’s 100m during the London Diamond League ‘Anniversary Games’ athletics meeting at the Olympic Stadium,...

Ennis-Hill to test achilles in London 27 Jul 2013 - 01:21 am

LONDON: Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will make a decision early next week on whether she is fit enough to seek a second...

In world record, Bolt triumphed over air 27 Jul 2013 - 01:21 am

PARIS, France: Scientists yesterday said Usain Bolt performed a feat of biomechanics when he ran 100m in a record 9.58sec at the 2009...