
Bolt runs track record 19.79 over 200 at Bislett
Piqued by suggestions of a possible decline, Usain Bolt responded with a blistering season debut at 200 meters and a new track record at the Bislett ...
Bolt keen to break 20sec mark in Bislett 200m
Usain Bolt hopes to bounce back from a rare defeat with a convincing victory in the 200 meters at the Bislett Games on Thursday. The Jamaican, who ...
European indoor champ Naimova tests positive
Tezdzhan Naimova has tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid after winning the women's 60-meter race at the European indoor championships in ...
Malachowski throws year's best to win discus
Piotr Malachowski of Poland had the best throw of the year with 71.84 meters to win the discus at the FBK Games, beating Olympic champion Robert ...

Beaten by Gatlin, Bolt shows signs of slowing down
After five years of dominating sprinting, Usain Bolt is showing signs of slowing down. The Jamaican lost by one-hundredth of a second Thursday to ...

Gatlin wins 100 at the Prefontaine Classic
Justin Gatlin turned back the clock with a victory in the 100 meters at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday. Gatlin won at the Diamond League meet in ...
El Moutawakel rules out presidential bid
Former Olympic hurdles champion Nawal El Moutawakel says the time is not right to make a run for the IOC presidency. The Moroccan told The Associated ...

Adam Nelson to get 2004 gold in shot put
Nine years later, Adam Nelson can finally call himself an Olympic gold medalist. The American shot putter was officially elevated on Thursday to ...

Canadians Warner, Theisen win at Hypo Meeting
Damian Warner held on to his lead from the opening day to win the men's decathlon at the Hypo Meeting on Sunday, while fellow Canadian Brianne Theisen ...
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 ...

Burial of Boston bombing suspect appears legal
The burial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev appears to be legal, a law enforcement official said after examining the paperwork ...

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 ...

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 ...
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 ...