Athletics

Usain Bolt  World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt said on Monday he was self isolating while waiting to hear back from the health ministry after taking a…

Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez World 400 metres champion Salwa Eid Naser was provisionally suspended for registering four “whereabouts failures”, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Sunday. The…

Former President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack in Paris, France, January 13, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics’ governing body, arrived…

Serena Williams With the coronavirus pandemic turning daily life upside down and confining people indoors, 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams shared an increasingly common sentiment on social media –…

Although Russia’s circumstances are different from Yugoslavia’s, Mallon thinks it is timely to dust off the playbook used to handle the situation 28 years ago and occasionally since Clean Russian…

Usain Bolt runs on the track at the newly-completed National Stadium during an event to celebrate the opening of the venue set to be the centrepiece of next year’s Olympics,…

The ban means the Russia flag and anthem will not be allowed at events such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and football’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar Russia was banned…

Weary of a doping saga that has dragged on since 2015, WADA looks prepared to follow through on threats it made to come down hard on Russia if it failed…

Kenya’s former world half marathon record holder Abraham Kiptum Kenya’s former world half marathon record holder Abraham Kiptum has been banned for four years over an anti-doping violation, the Athletics…

The International Olympic Commission will not change its decision to move the 2020 marathon to Sapporo to avoid the heat, a top Tokyo Olympics planning official said on Friday, despite…