Sports / Athletics

Injured Blake out of worlds 18 Jul 2013 - 04:43 am

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Reigning 100 metre world champ Yohan Blake has withdrawn from next month’s World Athletics Championships in Moscow with a hamstring injury....

Xuereb says athletes to blame for positive tests 18 Jul 2013 - 04:36 am

LONDON: Chris Xuereb, the masseur and fitness advisor of Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, has denied providing the two Jamaican sprinters with performance-enhancing...

Calls mount for action against athletics cheats 16 Jul 2013 - 09:58 am

A picture taken on July 10, 2010 shows US Tyson Gay (left) running against Jamaica’s Asafa Powell in the mens 100m final at...

Adidas suspends contract with Gay 16 Jul 2013 - 09:58 am

FRANKFURT: Adidas AG has suspended its contract with Tyson Gay after the former double world sprint champion failed an out-of-competition dope test, the...

Sprint stars Powell, Gay fail drug tests 15 Jul 2013 - 02:24 am

RALEIGH, North Carolina: Tearful former double sprint world champion Tyson Gay (pictured) said yesterday he had tested positive for a substance he could...

Rudisha out of Kenya’s worlds squad 14 Jul 2013 - 10:14 pm

NAIROBI: World and Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha was left out of Kenya’s 49-strong athletics team named yesterday for next month’s World Championships...

New Dortmund signing clocks faster time than Bolt over 30m 14 Jul 2013 - 12:25 am

BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund’s new signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (pictured) has clocked a faster time in sprint training than Olympic champion Usain Bolt ran when...

Dasaolu becomes the second fastest Briton 14 Jul 2013 - 12:23 am

LONDON: James Dasaolu produced a blistering sprint of 9.91 seconds to become the second fastest Briton of all time in the 100 metres...

China’s young stars top Asian medals tally 08 Jul 2013 - 01:03 am

Men’s 200 metres gold medal winner from China Xie Zhenye (left), silver medal winner from Saudi Arabia Fahad Mohammed Alsubaie (right) and bronze...

Bolt sets this year’s fastest 200m time 08 Jul 2013 - 01:01 am

PARIS: Olympic champion Usain Bolt sent out a warning to his rivals ahead of the world championships by running the fastest time of...

Hong Kong claim relay gold 07 Jul 2013 - 12:45 am

China’s Ling Li, women’s pole vault gold medal winner, in action during the fourth day of the five-day Asian Athletics Championship 2013 at...

Hammer world record-holder Heidler wins German title 07 Jul 2013 - 12:42 am

BERLIN: Hammer world record-holder Betty Heidler warmed up for next month’s world athletics championships in Moscow with her ninth German title in succession...

China win sprint golds; silver for Qatar’s Francis 05 Jul 2013 - 09:22 am

China’s Su Bingtian (left) crosses the finish line to win gold followed by Qatar’s Samuel Francis (right) in second and Oman’s Barakat Mubarak...

Pearson confident worlds build-up is right on track 05 Jul 2013 - 09:19 am

SYDNEY: Australia’s Sally Pearson is finding her rhythm again after returning from a hamstring injury and is confident she is on track to...

Bolt believes he is getting to his best 04 Jul 2013 - 12:30 am

PARIS: Olympic champion Usain Bolt believes he is getting back to his best after the Jamaican trials gave him a confidence-boost in the...

Al Hamad is new Asian athletics chief 02 Jul 2013 - 12:44 am

President of Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF), International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Vice-President and newly-elected Asian Athletics Association (AAA) President Dahlan Jumaan Al...

Gay raring to have a go at Bolt 26 Jun 2013 - 01:32 am

DES MOINES, Iowa: Healthy at last, Tyson Gay notched a 100m-200m double in scintillating style at the US athletics championships, but the US...

Gay seals sprint double; Duncan shocks Felix 25 Jun 2013 - 12:53 am

DES MOINES, Iowa: Tyson Gay flew to the year’s fastest 200m of 19.74 seconds at the US athletics championships yesterday to set himself...