Athletics
Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece was involved in yet another last-round drama as he won long jump gold at the World Championships when his...
Briton Kerr stuns Ingebrigtsen to win 1,500m gold
Briton Josh Kerr pulled off one of the shocks of the World Championships when he beat Olympic champion and hot favourite Jakob Ingebrigtsen in an...
American Richardson claims world gold in women’s 100m
Sha’Carri Richardson finally delivered on three years of promise when the American overcame the challenge of being stuck out in lane nine by delivering a...
2026 Commonwealth Games looking for new venue as Victoria pulls out
Australia’s state of Victoria will not host the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to projected cost overruns, placing the future of the quadrennial multi-sport event in...
Semenya wins testosterone appeal at European Court of Human Rights
Europe’s top human rights court ruled in favour of Olympic runner Caster Semenya on Tuesday, saying courts in Switzerland should give her a new chance...
Bolt desperate for impactful role in track and field
Usain Bolt said he is desperate to play a role in reviving the sport that made him a global superstar but has experienced something of...
Scottish runner disqualified for ‘using vehicle’ in ultra-marathon
A Scottish runner has been stripped of third place in an ultra-marathon after data showed she had used a vehicle for part of the route,...
Athletics-World governing body bans transgender women athletes
World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female competitions and tightened testosterone restrictions for other athletes, the governing body said on Thursday....
High jump pioneer and icon Fosbury dies at 76
Olympic high jump champion Dick Fosbury, who revolutionised the event with a radically different jumping technique that was eventually named after him, has died aged...
Thompson-Herah and Omanyala take 100 metre golds in Birmingham
Elaine Thompson-Herah, the only one of Jamaica’s “Big Three” women to show up at the Commonwealth Games, was rewarded with the 100 metres gold medal...