By Gary Smith Triple Olympic and World sprint double champion Usain Bolt sizzled to a stunning 19.56seconds to win the men’s 200m at the Jamaican International Invitational at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday night. Bolt got off to rocket of a start – blasting to 10.10seconds for the first 100, before covering the final 100m in sub-9.50seconds to send the entire stadium... 

By Gary Smith Carmelita Jeter produced a world leading 10.94 seconds to win the women’s 100 metres dash at the Jamaica International Invitational. The American edged home ahead of defending champion Kerron Stewart, who finished strong with a time of 10.96. Another American Marshevet Myers took third with a time of 11.13. Last year Jeter opened her season with a time of 10.96secs and she was... 

Barbadian young star Akela Jones and Jamaica’s Chad Wright were the start competitors in the early morning session of the opening at the XXXIX CARIFTA GAMES in the Cayman Islands on Saturday. Jones established a new record for the girls’ U17 High Jump with a 1.85m effort, while Wright left it late to capture the boys’ U20 Discus with a massive effort of 63.11m. Finishing second... 

Is there a cooler guy in athletics than Bernard Lagat? The US athlete regained the title he last won six years ago with a totally dominant display and after opening up a 10m lead on this well beaten rivals had the time midway down the home stretch to raise an arm in acknowledgment to the crowd. Beautiful. It may have been one of the most competitive races in the programme, but as soon as Lagat... 

Terrence Trammell of USA in action of the men's 60m hurdles Terrence Trammell showed he will be hard to beat in the men’s 60m hurdles after producing a sizzling 7.51 performance to leave the trailing defending champion Xiang Liu (7.68) of China at a distance. Also this morning: Red-hot LaVerne Jones-Ferrette blasts into 60m final The American got off to fast start and build on it right... 

Great Britain’s Dwain Chambers again looked impressive when winning his semi-final heat of the men’s 60m dash at the World Indoor Championships. Chambers, one of the favourites to win the event, clocked a sizzling 6.51seconds to qualify easily for the final race later this evening. Jamaica’s Nesta Carter, a member of the Jamaican 4x100m Olympic relay gold medal winning world record... 

Louisville’s D’Ana McCarty has won the women’s weight throw for the first individual title at the NCAA indoor track and field championships. McCarty’s toss of 74 feet, 8 1/4 inches gave her a second straight indoor national title in the event. Also Friday, Oregon’s Ashton Eaton took a commanding lead in the heptathlon after four events. Eaton, the defending champion,... 

Now if there is one event at these IAAF World Indoor Championships which deserves front page spotlight that is the men’s 60m Hurdles. Indeed it has all the ingredients for a succulent recipe. Throw in the defending champion, the national hero for over 1 billion people, a former World outdoor record holder, World champion and Olympic champion; add to that the reigning Olympic champion and reigning... 

With a schedule mostly full of preliminary rounds, Friday’s action at the Aspire Dome, where a total of 144 nations have turned up to compete, did not lack for drama. Defending champions and World record holders flirted with elimination–and in some cases were eliminated. Several national records were established, many of them behind the qualifiers, and slightly more than half of a Heptathlon... 

This preview of the men’s events at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Doha, Qatar (12-14 March) is based on entry information received by the IAAF but before the official start lists have been decided. In a wide open event USA’s former World Junior 100m champion Ivory Williams is among the lead medal contenders following his world season leading 6.49 sec to secure the US Indoor...