Lolo Jones leads US sweepLolo Jones led an American sweep of the podium in breaking the 19-year record of the 60-metre hurdles at the Russian Winter indoor meet in Moscow on Sunday. Read full article |
James wins 400 in year's fastest timeWorld champion Kirani James of Grenada ran the fastest time this year to win the men's 400 metres on Saturday at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston. Read full article |
Farah falls in Boston MileBritish 5 000 metres world champion Mo Farah recovered from an opening lap fall to set a personal best while finishing fourth in the featured mile won by Ireland's Ciaran O'Lionaird on Saturday. Read full article |
Rupp manages allergies in try for OlympicsGalen Rupp might be the only Olympic hopeful who's looking forward to a drop of rain or even some fog in London. Read full article |
Jamaica celebrates sprint doubleAsafa Powell and Veronica Campbell-Brown completed a Jamaican sprint double at the US Open indoor meet at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Read full article |
Farah clinches team titleWorld 5 000-metre champion Mo Farah won a thrilling 1 500 from Kenya's Augustine Choge to clinch the Aviva International Match for Britain and Northern Ireland on Saturday. Read full article |
Powell, Campbell-Brown lead NY meetJamaican sprint stars Asafa Powell and Veronica Campbell-Brown will star in Saturday's US Open indoor track meet, a new event replacing the Millrose Games in venerable Madison Square Garden. Read full article |
Ethiopia lifts ban on Bekele, othersEthiopia has lifted its suspension of 35 athletes, including double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele, an athletics official said on Tuesday after imposing a ban last week in a row over a training camp. Read full article |
Ethiopians plan to clear Bekele Two people familiar with the situation say Ethiopia's track federation plans to lift the suspension it placed on Olympic distance running champion Kenenisa Bekele. Read full article |
Bolt, Campbell-Brown honoured for 2011 exploitsUsain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown, winners of the 200m world titles last year in Daegu, South Korea, were named Jamaica's top sportsman and sportswoman of 2011. Read full article |
Lemaitre casts doubt on sprint doubleFrench sprinter Christophe Lemaitre revealed on Friday that he was unlikely to double up in the 100m and 200m at the London Olympics. Read full article |
Ethiopia bans Bekele and othersEthiopia has indefinitely banned 35 athletes - including Olympic men's 5 000 and 10 000 metres champKenenisa Bekele - from competition in a row over training. Read full article |
Four-year ban for British sprinterBritish sprinter Bernice Wilson has been banned for four years after testing positive for anabolic steroids, UK Anti-Doping said on Friday. Read full article |
Bolt to race in Rome againWorld record holder Usain Bolt will take part in the Rome Diamond League meeting on May 31 as part of his pre-Olympic preparation, organisers said on Thursday. Read full article |
Auction fails but sprinter finds sponsorA British athlete who tried to pay the costs of his Olympic preparations by selling himself on an online auction site has found a sponsor at last. Read full article |
Troubled Tamgho denies punch-upTroubled French triple jumper Teddy Tamgho has denied hitting an amateur female athlete at a training camp, an action that has seen him banned until May 18 by the French athletics federation. Read full article |
Bolt to run at Bislett GamesUsain Bolt revealed on Wednesday he would compete in the Bislett Games in Oslo on June 7 as he cranks up his preparations for defending his titles in the London Olynpics in August. Read full article |
Slowly does it for Lavillenie on road to recoveryTwo-time world pole vault bronze medallist Renaud Lavillenie is still two weeks away from resuming training with a pole as he recovers from surgery on his fractured left hand. Read full article |
Farah to face Birmingham testMo Farah will face his first stern challenge of the Olympic year in Birmingham next month, the scene of a record breaking run last year that set him on the path to world championship success. Read full article |
Bolt eyes February openerThe world will not need to wait long to get a glimpse at triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt's fitness for his highly anticipated 2012 season. Read full article |
LJ's Diary from DaeguFollow top SA athlete LJ van Zyl as he keeps us up to date with the goings on at the World... |
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Comrades training - February 2012The highlight of February's training is running a 32km race. This is in preparation for our... |
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Worlds have come a long way since 1983Usain Bolt and Yelena Isinbayeva are the legitimate heirs of Carl Lewis and Sergey Bubka, who... |