In South Africa, an 18-year-old who was recently victorious at the world track and field championships in Berlin has come under heavy scrutiny. The International Amateur Athletic Federation asked that nation's athletic federation to conduct…

Tyson Gay has not ruled out attacking the UK all-comers 100 metres record at the British Grand Prix in Gateshead on Monday. After lowering his national record to 9.71 seconds at the recent World Championships, Gay would normally have a good…

Disgraced Olympian Liza Hunter-Galvan is unlikely to ever compete for New Zealand again after receiving a two year suspension. The 40-year-old Olympic and Commonwealth Games athlete phoned one of her biggest backers, Peter Snell, just a day…

On Sunday, legendary distance runner Sebastian Coe offered the sport of track and field a dire warning. Change or else. "We can't expect the public to sit there for hour after hour when there are only three or four events going…

Caster Semenya's testosterone levels were found to be within the range that allows her to participate in women's races, despite being higher than usual, according to a press report in South Africa. After the fallout and speculation…

Dave Laut, Hueneme High School’s athletic director and a former Olympic shot putter, was shot to death outside his Oxnard home about midnight Thursday when he reportedly went to investigate noises in his backyard, police said. Oxnard…

Less than a fortnight after claiming heptathlon gold at the World Championships in Berlin, Jessica Ennis has Denise Lewis' British record firmly in her sights - but she will not be breaking it this season. The Sheffield athlete led from the…

Lisa Dobriskey is determined to build upon the World Championships 1500 metres silver medal she won last weekend with a series of tough races before the season ends next month. Dobriskey, whose early-season schedule was wrecked by injury,…

It seems like everything and everyone rises to the top once they are associated with Usain Bolt, and the sprinter's agent Ricky Simms is not immune. Simms, who is also a director at Pace Sports Management in the United Kingston, represents…

There was good news for Britain from Usain Bolt yesterday ahead of tonight's Zurich meet when he announced that his expanding horizon will include the long jump but does not go as far as the triple jump. "I think triple jump puts a lot…

Zurich has often been characterised as 'the Olympics in one day'. I've never liked the comparison. To me, it is manifestly unfair to the Olympics and to Zurich. In culinary terms ( and I hope I've got this right), the Olympics is…

Great Britain and N.I's newly crowned world champions heptathlete Jessica Ennis and triple jumper Phillips Idowu will join a battery of Berlin medallists at the British Grand Prix in Gateshead on 31 August. Ennis, the European Athletics…

Usain Bolt may have taken sprinting to stratospheric new levels but Britain's best cannot afford to become too disheartened by the Jamaican's amazing success. That is the view of Bath Bullet Jason Gardener, the 2004 Olympic sprint relay…

No rest for the weary. Even for a double World champion. Just five days after completing the first ever 5000m and 10,000m double victory at a World championships, Kenenisa Bekele will return to the track to take care of the next and most…

Following his world record exploits at the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany, Jamaica's Usain Bolt is to be featured on the cover of renowned American sports magazine, Sports Illustrated. Bolt who sped to world record…