
Warner, Theisen hold leads at Hypo Meeting
Damian Warner led the men's decathlon after a cold and rainy opening day of the Hypo Meeting on Saturday, and fellow Canadian Brianne Theisen held a ...

Boston suspect under scrutiny in unsolved killings
A year and a half before the Boston Marathon bombing, the man bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev called his best friend died in a grisly crime: He was ...

FBI: 3 removed backpack from Boston suspect's room
Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and accused Wednesday of trying to protect him by going into ...
Hamstring injury knocks Bolt out of Jamaica meet
Usain Bolt has withdrawn from a meet in his native Jamaica this weekend because of a hamstring injury. The Olympic 100-meter and 200-meter champion ...
Friends of bombing suspect in immigration court
Lawyers for two men friendly with the Boston Marathon bombing suspect say their clients have been extensively interviewed by federal investigators.
Congressman questions Moscow cooperation with FBI
A member of the House Homeland Security Committee says the FBI would have carried out a much more intense investigation of two men now suspected in ...

Lawyer: Jailed pair shocked by Boston bomb claims
Two university friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who were jailed by immigration authorities the day after his capture had ...
Russia contacted US twice about Boston bomber
Two U.S. officials briefed on the Boston marathon investigation say the Russian government contacted the FBI and the CIA separately in 2011 with ...
Italy's Schwazer gets 3 ½-year ban for doping
Italy's anti-doping tribunal has banned former Olympic race walk champion Alex Schwazer for 3 ½ years. Schwazer, who won the 50-kilometer event at the ...

From outsiders to bombing suspects in Boston
Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought to embrace American lives after emigrating from Russia — joining a boxing club, winning a scholarship and even ...

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 ...

London race: Tributes to Boston, extra security
The race was in London, but the thoughts of many were with another city. Thousands of runners who took part in the London Marathon on Sunday paid ...
Mo Farah's marathon debut ends midway
Double Olympic long-distance champion Mo Farah shrugged off criticism and stuck to his plan to run just half of the London Marathon on Sunday before ...
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.

Boston wheelchair winner to help the wounded
Tatyana McFadden's thrill at winning her first Boston Marathon wheelchair title didn't last long. Shortly after leaving the Boston streets to prepare ...

Security on minds of London runners after Boston
For Geoffrey Mutai, the bombs that ripped through Boston stripped away some of the innocence and freedom from marathon running. "Sport is like church, ...
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 ...
Only Pistorius knows what his running means now
For any track athlete, time counts more than anything else. The minutes, the seconds and the fractions of seconds. For Oscar Pistorius now, it's the ...

London Marathon to go ahead after Boston bombings
Determined to put on a show of "solidarity" for Boston, defiant London Marathon organizers will stage the race as planned on Sunday despite the threat ...
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 ...

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang out for season
Former Olympic hurdles champion Liu Xiang will miss the 2013 season because of his slow recovery from an Achilles injury. Jos Hermens, the Chinese ...
2 top Olympic sports lose major sponsor
Two major Olympic sports are in the hunt for new sponsorship deals after key commercial partners announced the end of their partnership right in the ...
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 ...

Former 200m record holder Mennea dies at 60
Pietro Mennea, an Olympic sprint champion from Italy who held the world record in the 200 meters for 17 years, died Thursday. He was 60. The Italian ...
Bolt to run in Brussels meet on Sept. 6
Usain Bolt will run in the Diamond League meet in Brussels on Sept. 6, three weeks after the world championships in Moscow. The IAAF says the Jamaican ...