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Kipchoge shatters marathon world record in Berlin

September 17th, 2018 Kenya's Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge pulverised the marathon world record with a blistering run on Sunday, slicing a staggering 78 seconds off the previous...

Athletics

American long jumper Lawson provisionally banned for doping

August 31st, 2018 American long jumper and sprinter Jarrion Lawson blamed contaminated beef after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday that he had been...

Athletics

Kenya's Okeyo banned for life for taking Nike money

August 30th, 2018 Former senior Kenyan athletics official David Okeyo has been banned from the sport for life and fined $50,000 after being found guilty of diverting hundreds of...

Football

Bolt lands Down Under for ‘real’ soccer mission

August 18th, 2018 OLYMPIC sprint champion and aspiring footballer Usain Bolt touched down in Sydney on Saturday, declaring himself ready to prove to the world that his...

Cyprus

Artymata writes history for Cypriot athletics

June 29th, 2018 Eleni Artymata clinched the gold medal in women’s 400m at the Mediterranean Games, securing Cyprus’ third gold medal and increasing its medal tally to...

Athletics

Artymata makes history for Cypriot athletics in Mediterranean Games

June 29th, 2018 Eleni Artymata clinched the gold medal in women’s 400m of the XVIII Mediterranean Games, securing Cyprus’ third gold medal and increasing its medal tally...

Athletics

Bolt happy to have traded perspiration for inspiration

April 12th, 2018 Usain Bolt sometimes still can't quite believe what he achieved in his career but back at the Commonwealth Games as a spectator on Thursday, the former sprint...

Athletics

Woman of her word, captain Semenya wins 1,500m gold

April 10th, 2018 South African flag-bearer Caster Semenya powered to the 1,500 metres title at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, keeping her bid for a golden double at the...

Athletics

Mile legend Roger Bannister dies

March 4th, 2018 Roger Bannister, who has died aged 88, will live forever in the annals of athletics history as the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. A...

Athletics

History made as every runner in 400m heat disqualified

March 2nd, 2018 Every runner, including the world's fastest man this year, was disqualified in a bizarre 400 metres heat that made athletics history on the second day of the...

Cyprus

Record number of runners at upcoming Cyprus marathon

March 2nd, 2018 Close to three thousand runners will take part in the twentieth Logicom Cyprus Marathon in Paphos this weekend. The popular event, which has seen a huge...

Athletics

London to host inaugural eight-nation World Cup

February 6th, 2018 A new World Cup event featuring eight leading athletics nations and intended to attract a wider audience to the sport will take place in London this year,...

Athletics

Shocked Gatlin sacks coach after doping claim

December 19th, 2017 World 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin said on Tuesday he was "shocked and surprised" at doping allegations made against his coach Dennis Mitchell, like...

Winter Olympics

France to skip 2018 Winter Games if security not assured

September 22nd, 2017 France's Winter Olympics team will not travel to the 2018 Games in South Korea if its security cannot be guaranteed, France's sports minister said on...

Athletics

Bolt vows 'never again' after emotional London farewell

August 14th, 2017 Usain Bolt took an emotional final bow on the track at the end of the World Championships in London on Sunday before declaring that, definitely and...

Athletics

Bolt leads Jamaica into final, U.S. run year’s fastest time

August 12th, 2017 Usain Bolt, running the penultimate race of his career, led Jamaica safely through their semi-final in the 4x100 metres relay at the World Athletics...

Athletics

Shock? Not to me says new world 200m champ Guliyev

August 11th, 2017 Among the eight sprinters lined up at the start of the world 200 metres final and the 56,000 people in the crowd watching, only one man probably thought Ramil...

Athletics

Van Niekerk cruises to another 400m gold

August 9th, 2017 Wayde van Niekerk retained his world 400 metres title in dominant fashion on Tuesday as he stormed to victory in 43.98 seconds but there was almost as much...

Athletics

Hotel says it's not to blame for athletes' stomach bug

August 8th, 2017 The London hotel at the centre of an outbreak of sickness that has struck down scores of competitors at the World Athletics Championships said on Tuesday it...

Athletics

'Mr Silk' McLeod brings joy to Jamaica on Independence Day

August 8th, 2017 As Usain Bolt takes his leave of athletics and the desperate hunt grows to find charismatic new trailblazers for the sport, another young Jamaican, Omar...

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