Athletics

Kingston: Yohan Blake won Jamaica's men's 100 metres Olympic trials in 9.95 seconds on Friday after world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt pulled out...

Kingston: Usain Bolt confirmed suffering a grade one hamstring tear at Jamaica's Olympic trials on Friday but the star sprinter expects to secure his...

Hyderabad: Indian quarter-miler Nirmala Sheoran made the cut for next month's Rio Olympics after clocking 51.48 secs in 400m at the National Inter-State...

Eldoret, Kenya: Olympic and world 800m champion David Rudisha scraped into the Kenyan team for the Rio Olympics after finishing third in the east African...

Moscow: Russian doping whistleblower Yulia Stepanova's application to compete as an individual athlete has been accepted, the International Association...

Sydney: Australia's Olympic sprint hurdles champion Sally Pearson said she was 'gutted' after a hamstring tendon tear she picked up in training...

Mumbai: Indian sprinter Dutee Chand made the cut for the women's 100m at the Rio Olympics on Saturday, less than a year after she was cleared to race...

Melbourne: The International Olympic Committee is unlikely to overturn world athletics' ban on the Russian track and field team at the Rio de Janeiro...

Vienna/Moscow: World athletics' governing body on Friday upheld its ban on Russia for systematic doping, leaving the country's hopes of competing in...

Melbourne: For an athlete accustomed to pounding 50 kilometre routes, Australian race walker Jarred Tallent has travelled a longer than necessary road to...