Briton Farah targets one-hour world record in Brussels Four-times Olympic champion Mo Farah says he is targeting the one-hour world record at the AG Memorial Van Damme meet in Brussels on September 4, as he returns to the track for the first time since switching to road racing in 2017. Athletes try... 24 Jun, 2020
World body says clean record required for athletes seeking welfare grant Olympic-bound professional athletes must have clean anti-doping records to be eligible for a one-off grant aimed at assisting them financially during the COVID-19 crisis, World Athletics said on Friday. The sport's governing body said athletes... 15 May, 2020
FIFA "in contact" with Qatar over 2022 World Cup ZURICH: Soccer's governing body FIFA said on Monday it was in "regular contact" with the organising committee of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, though it did not comment directly on the diplomatic situation involving the Gulf State. Saudi Arabia,... 05 Jun, 2017
Sprint queen Thompson trumps rivals, again Zurich, September 2 Jamaica’s sprint queen Elaine Thompson again edged her rivals as she set a Diamond League record in the women’s 200 metres on Thursday to continue the form that brought her two gold medals at last month’s Rio... 03 Sep, 2016
Bolt arrives in Rio for shot at immortality RIO De JANEIRO: Jamaica's Usain Bolt has landed in Rio de Janeiro more than a week before the Olympics opening ceremony to fine tune his preparations for his attempt at an unprecedented triple-triple of gold medals in the men's sprints. The... 28 Jul, 2016
We will beat Farah in Rio, say Kenyans Eldoret, Jul 22 Kenyan athletes aim to settle a few scores with their perennial opponents at the next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Kenya’s 10,000 metres duo Bedan Karoki and Paul Tanui reckon they have identified what it takes to... 23 Jul, 2016
Schippers storms to 100m victory in Monaco Monaco, July 16 Dafne Schippers sent out a further broadside to Olympic challengers by storming to victory in the 100m at Monaco’s Diamond League meet which went ahead Friday despite the deadly truck attack in neighbouring Nice. At the Stade... 17 Jul, 2016
I�m 100% staying at West Ham, says Payet London, July 15 France playmaker Dimitri Payet handed West Ham a huge boost ahead of the new Premier League season by telling the club he is “100 per cent staying” with the Hammers. Payet had been linked with a move away from West Ham... 16 Jul, 2016
Farah, Schippers to hone Rio preparation Monaco, July 14 Mo Farah and Dafne Schippers, arguably Europe’s two biggest track stars, will hone their Olympic preparations with what promises to be two testing outings at Friday’s Monaco Diamond League. Farah, reigning Olympic gold... 15 Jul, 2016
Gatlin praises new talent Shanghai, May 12 US sprinter Justin Gatlin on Thursday praised the new generation of track competitors, particularly fellow American Trayvon Bromell, as the 34-year-old veteran preps for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Gatlin, who won the 100 metres... 13 May, 2016
Semenya powers through 200m final Doha, May 7 Caster Semenya sent an Olympics warning to her rivals in Doha on Friday with a 2016 world best time in the 800m of 1:58.26, on a night otherwise dominated by Kenyan and American athletes. In the first Diamond League meeting of the... 08 May, 2016
Bolt eyes triple 'three-peat' and sub-19 200m NEW YORK: Sprint king Usain Bolt aims to crown his legacy with an unprecedented Olympic three-peat at the Rio Games, and to top that off by running the first ever sub-19 seconds 200 meters. The long-striding Jamaican suggested he might not stop... 20 Apr, 2016
