Distance double champion Cheruiyot to miss worlds
Defending 5,000- and 10,000-meter world champion Vivian Cheruiyot will miss the world championships in Moscow because of pregnancy. The 29-year-old ...

Foot healed, Blanka Vlasic will return at NY meet
At the height of her success, high jumper Blanka Vlasic had to relearn how to leap. There was really no other choice for the 29-year-old Croatian.
Qatar's Kemboi wins Prague marathon
Nicholas Kemboi of Qatar won the Prague International Marathon on Sunday while Caroline Rotich of Kenya claimed the women's race. Kemboi pulled away ...

AP source: Bach to announce IOC presidential bid
Germany's Thomas Bach is set to become the first member to declare he is a candidate to succeed Jacques Rogge as president of the International ...
IAAF says 2 Turkish athletes charged with doping
Olympic 1,500-meter champion Asli Cakir Alptekin of Turkey was charged with doping Friday and could be stripped of her gold medal. Another female ...

Olympic discus silver medalist banned for doping
Olympic discus silver medalist Darya Pishchalnikova has been banned for 10 years for doping and will be stripped of her medal, the Russian track and ...

Kiprop of Kenya wins Madrid Marathon
Francis Kiprop of Kenya won the Madrid Marathon on Sunday, a race marked by a minute's silence before the start in commemoration of the victims of the ...

Palestinians hold first Bethlehem marathon
Hundreds of people on Sunday took part in the West Bank's first marathon, looping around the biblical city of Bethlehem four times on a course that ...

Kebede wins London Marathon amid tight security
They crossed the line in front of Buckingham Palace with black ribbons on their chests and the Boston Marathon victims on their minds. Six days after ...
Kenyan runners dominate Belgrade Marathon
Edwin Kitum led a Kenyan trio who dominated the 26th Belgrade Marathon on Sunday, finishing first in 2 hours, 19 minutes and 33 seconds. Eliud Kibet ...
Kipchoge sets course record at Hamburg Marathon
Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge has won the Hamburg Marathon in a course record time while Diana Lobacevske of Lithuania has taken the women's title.
Bolt back in London for Diamond League event
Usain Bolt will headline the Diamond League meeting at London's Olympic Stadium in July, returning to the scene of his clean sweep of sprint gold ...

Column: By hitting Boston, bombers target us all
Women's marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe voiced the question on many lips: "There are some very sick people out there, who would do ...

International officials react to Boston attacks
International reaction to the bombings at the Boston Marathon: ___ "My thoughts and those of all the Olympic Movement are with the victims, their ...
Tilahun Regassa wins Rotterdam Marathon
Tilahun Regassa led an Ethiopian 1-2 to win the Rotterdam Marathon on Sunday, breaking away around six kilometers from the line to finish alone in ...

Kenyans Sugut, Cheyech win Vienna marathon
Henry Sugut led a Kenyan sweep of the podium at the Vienna City Marathon Sunday to win the event for a third time in four years. Sugut, who also won ...
High jumper Vlasic to return in New York
Former world champion Blanka Vlasic will return to high jumping at the New York Diamond League next month after missing the entire 2012 season because ...
Death of runner overshadows Berlin half marathon
The death of a 24-year-old amateur runner overshadowed the 33rd edition of the Berlin half marathon on Sunday. Police said the man collapsed shortly ...
Some, Tadese win Paris Marathon
Kenya's Peter Some won the 37th Paris Marathon on Sunday, while Ethiopian Boru Feyse Tadese clinched the woman's event in a new record time.
Korir wins men's title at cross country worlds
Japhet Kipyegon Korir of Kenya beat defending champion Imane Merga of Ethiopia to win the men's race Sunday at the IAAF cross country world ...
Man dies after running in Barcelona marathon
Barcelona's Clinic Hospital says a 47-year-old man has died of a heart attack after running in the Barcelona marathon. The hospital says he suffered ...
Injured Dibaba out of London Marathon
Olympic 10,000-meter champion Tirunesh Dibaba has pulled out of the London Marathon next month because of a shin injury. The 27-year-old Ethiopian was ...

6 from 2005 worlds caught in doping retests
Six athletes from Russia and Belarus, including three gold and two silver medalists, have been caught for doping in retests of their samples from the ...

Lavillenie in tears despite winning pole vault
Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie's joy at winning the men's pole vault title at the European Indoor Athletics Championships on Sunday was ...
Norway's Aukland, Kveli win Swedish ski marathon
Norway's Jorgen Aukland and Laila Kveli won the 56-mile Vasaloppet cross-country ski marathon on Sunday. Aukland outsprinted Swede Daniel Tynell and ...