Athletics
Thirty runners disqualified from Chinese marathon for cheating
Despite what their PE teachers might have told them, for many of those who competed in a Chinese marathon earlier this month, it was not the taking part but the winning that counted. Almost a third of the runners who finished in the top 100 have s...
Olympic Hurdler Has Breast Implants Removed to Increase Speed
An Australian track star had her breast implants removed in an attempt to boost her chances of winning a medal at the 2012 Olympics.
Thai university student equals Asian high jump record, Thailand extend lead in medal tally
VIENTIANE — A Thai university student tied the Asian Games record in women's high jump at the Southeast Asian Games Monday, but confessed she was so nervous during the event she had trouble breathing.
New L.A. Marathon route unveiled
When Dodgers owner Frank McCourt bought the Los Angeles Marathon last year, he gave management a new goal: Create a route that shows off the best of Los Angeles. That new "Stadium to Sea" route will be unveiled today, and it will start -- where el...
American Meb Keflezighi wins New York City Marathon
NEW YORK - Thus did it come around for Meb Keflezighi in the town where he ran his first 26-miler in 2002, where he’d come up just short twice, and where he almost wrecked his running career in the Olympic trials two years ago. Yesterday finally b...
Dan Jansen and Pat LaFontaine to Take On the 2009 ING New York City Marathon
Former Olympic speed skater Dan Jansen and National Hockey League (NHL) legend Pat LaFontaine will each trade in their skates for a pair of orange laces and running shoes as they take on their next athletic challenge -- the 2009 ING New York City ...
IAAF urges caution over Semenya intersex claims
The international governing body for athletics urged caution Friday after reports that the world-champion South African runner Caster Semenya has both male and female organs.
Bolt and Gay avoid Brussels clash
Double Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt will focus on the 200m at the final Golden League meeting of the season in Brussels on Friday.
56 Year-Old Grandmother Announces Attempt to Become First Woman to Complete the 4 Deserts(TM) in Under a Year
After running a marathon on each of the seven continents in under a year by March of 2009, Linda Quirk of Run7on7.com fame is now announcing her next greatest endeavor: to attempt to become the first woman to complete the 4 Deserts - a grueling se...
U.S. runners show physical toll of world championship marathon
Kara Goucher and Tera Moody collapse during individual sessions with reporters to talk about disappointing finishes in the Berlin competition.
Semenya mulled rejecting medal: officials; South African athlete must go under gender test
JOHANNESBURG — South African 800-metre world champion Caster Semenya nearly boycotted the awards ceremony after feeling devastated by the row over her gender, her family and athletics officials said Friday.
Awesome Bolt breaks 200m record
Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt claimed yet another world record as he recorded a stunning victory in the 200m final at the World Championships.
Semenya left stranded by storm
When Usain Bolt is no longer the main topic of conversation at the World Championships, you know something dramatic must have happened.
'Lightning' Bolt Strikes Again at 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics in Berlin, Breaking His Own World Record
Three-time Jamaican Olympic gold medalist and PUMA athlete Usain 'Lightning' Bolt shattered his own world record and delivered a stunning first place finish in the 100m on Sunday night at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, cementing his title as the "...
230 HK athletes to take part in National Games
Hong Kong will send the largest-ever delegation - 230 athletes and 110 officials and medical personnel - to the 11th National Games finals in Shandong from October 16 to 28.
Radcliffe set for New York test
Paula Radcliffe will run in the New York City Half-Marathon on Sunday to gauge whether she is fit to run at the World Championships in Berlin.
Zola Budd still runs, but not from the past
She doesn't let her signature moment -- tangling with Mary Decker at 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles -- define her, as she raises her family in South Carolina and still trains and competes.
Bolt admits to fitness concerns
Usain Bolt is hopeful of adding the 100m World Championships title to the Olympic gold medal he won in Beijing last year, despite not being 100% fit.
Benjamin quits as injuries tell
Wales' former European junior 400m champion Tim Benjamin has quit athletics after struggling with injuries for the past few years.
Bressanone/Brixen - With one jump, 17-year-old Supanara Suksawasti Na Ayutaya (conveniently shortened to S.N.A. on the start lists!) achieved more than what his country has ever achieved in the 61-year history of his National Athletics Federation.