OSLO, Norway (Sporting Alert) — Jamaican superstar sprinter Usain Bolt laid down a dominating world-leading performance to win the men’s 200 metros dash at Thursday’s ExxonMobil Bislett Games, the sixth stop of the IAAF Diamond League meeting for 2013 in Oslo. Bolt, after being upset by Justin Gatlin over 100m in Rome last week, promised to deliver a sub-20 seconds performance... 

ROME, Italy (Sporting Alert) — Justin Gatlin handed Usain Bolt a defeat in the men’s 100m dash at the IAAF Diamond League Meeting in Rome, Italy on Thursday. The American won in 9.94 seconds with the Jamaican Bolt, struggling to over the last 30 metres taking second in 9.95. Reigning World 400m champion Amantle Montsho was also in good winning form after improving her world-leading... 

EUGENE, Ore. (Sporting Alert) — World record holder and track and field icon, Usain Bolt was heavily criticized, following media images showing him posing with clothes produced by The Pothead Diaries, a US firm which promotes drugs. According to the company’s website, their product is to help “express your inner pothead and celebrate our love for the culture and our involvement... 

EUGENE (Sporting Alert) – The following are the results from the 2013 Prefontaine Classic Results IAAF Diamond League meeting which took place at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on Friday and Saturday. The meeting kept up its rich tradition of top class performances with several athletes laying down good marks as they continue to build towards this summer’s IAAF World Championships... 

EUGENE (Sporting Alert) — Olympic champion Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce continued her impressive form this season with a wind-aided 10.71 seconds performance to win the women’s 100m at the 2013 Prefontaine Classic IAAF Diamond League meeting at Hayward Field in Oregon on Saturday. The Jamaican star sprinter, as she’s been doing all season, rocketed from the blocks and kept the advantage... 

NEW YORK (Sporting Alert) —  Veronica Campbell-Brown and Warren Weir were among the winners at Saturday’s adidas Grand Prix held at Icahn Stadium. Jamaicans Win 200m Crowns Jamaica’s 2004 and 2008 Olympic gold medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women’s 200m in a seasonal best of 22.53 seconds (-1.4 m/s), holding off the fast finishing Anneisha McLaughlin (JAM),... 

DOHA (Sporting Alert) — American sprinter Justin Gatlin is warning Usain Bolt that he will not have his own way this season and he must expect a “good dogfight” in the sprints at the World Championships in Moscow in August. Haven’t we heard this before? The American sprint sounded warning last summer as well, but was well beaten by Bolt and his training partner Yohan Blake. Still,... 

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (Sporting Alert) — Usain Bolt opened his season over 100 metres with a tight victory after taking the men’s dash in a modest 10.09 seconds at the 2nd Cayman Invitational on Wednesday night. The Jamaican world record holder had to come from behind to take the win in a photo-finish with his fellow countryman and training partner Kemar Bailey-Cole, who clocked... 

Dereje Debele Tulu breaks course record, Melkam Gizaw takes women’s race in Duesseldorf Ethiopians Dereje Debele Tulu and Melkam Gizaw took the 11th edition of the METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf on Sunday. In ideal weather conditions 26 year-old Dereje Debele Tulu broke the course record with 2:07:48. It was the first sub 2:08 time in Duesseldorf. Second placed Pius Ondoro clocked 2:08:17 while... 

Kenya’s marathon star Duncan Kibet will make a return to the classic distance in Duesseldorf on 28th April. Organisers of the METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf today confirmed the start of the 34 year-old. Back in 2009 Duncan Kibet won the Rotterdam Marathon with a sensational time of 2:04:27. At that time it was a Commonwealth record. No runner has ever entered a German spring marathon...