Foot racing is sport stripped to its most basic elements. A simple uniform, a light pair of shoes and it’s "Runners, take your mark." While cross country and track and field remain immensely popular on the high school and college levels, the sports have not gained enough of a national following to afford true fans the opportunity to watch on television on a regular basis,... 

The Belgacom Memorial Van Damme following a successful bid in 2006 edition by a Kenyan quartet on the World record for the 4x800m Relay, has lined up an attack on the 4x1500m global mark for the 33rd edition of the meeting on Friday 5 September. In 2006, a Kenya squad led home by the future Olympic 800m champion Wilfred Bungei brought the baton across in 7:02.43, so over-turning the World... 

Tyson Gay insists he will be back to full fitness to renew his rivalry with Usain Bolt next season The American came out second best at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in August, claiming silver behind Bolt in the 100m before having to watch from the sidelines as the flying Jamaican smashed the world record in the 200m a few days later. And Gay was denied the chance for revenge... 

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 a gender test on the young star, Caster Semenya, whose blistering time of 1:55.45 in the 800 meters bested the field by a remarkable 2.45 seconds. The... 

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 chance of lowering the mark of 9.77secs set by Asafa Powell three years ago. But the 27-year-old, who was already receiving treatment for a groin injury... 

Right now, since Beijing last year, and now Berlin, Jamaica’s sprinters are the best in the world, and hopefully, speaking as a Jamaican, they will remain so for a long time. If Jamaicans are not careful, however, if they do not stop, look, and check it out, if they do not learn from what has happened in West Indies cricket, the days of winning gold medals at both the Olympics Games... 

The 33rd Belgacom Memorial Van Damme can add another top player to its billing: The American Jeremy Wariner has confirmed he will take part at the 400m. Wariner, current world champion, 2004 Olympic champion and 2008 vice Olympic champion, is coming to Brussels with a goal. "I would like to break the stadium record," Wariner said. The record-holder since 1998, with 44.06, is the... 

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 before the Sports Tribunal made its decision. Snell says she was worried he would feel betrayed. “She said ‘you know I did it, it was stupid,... 

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 on," said Coe, chairman of the London 2012 Organizing Committee. “We need some top choreographers to present a better spectacle. If we don’t... 

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 following her spectacular win at Berlin in the 800m World Championship final, fingers were being pointed at the management of Athletics South Africa,...