Two reigning World champions and a pair of reigning Olympic champions will headline the Osaka Grand Prix on Saturday, the second IAAF World Challenge meeting of 2010. Leading the field in the women’s 100m will be Jamaica’s two-time Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown. Earlier this year, Campbell-Brown won the World indoor title in the 60m in Doha, and outdoors has run 22.32 in the 200m. Christian... 

Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica created a big time upset to win the women’s 60m dash at the IAAF World Championships in Doha on Sunday. Campbell-Brown, the 2004 and 2008 Olympic 200m champion blasted away from the blocks and cross the finish line in a personal best of 7.00seconds to beat the favourite LaVerne Jones-Ferrette of the US Virgin Islands and American Carmelita Jeter, who had to... 

Great Britain's Dwain Chambers blasts to gold in Doha Great Britain’s Dwain Chambers rocketed to the gold medal in 6.48seconds to win the men’s 60m dash at the World Indoor Championships. Chambers’ time is the fastest in the world this season and he got home ahead of American Mike Rogers and Daniel Bailey of Antigua who finished third. But it was all about one man, Chambers,... 

By Steve Campbell, IAAF, World-TrackChristian Cantwell of the United States Christian Cantwell became the first ever three-time World Indoor champion, after heaving a spectacular sixth round 21.83m effort in Doha on Saturday. Meanwhile, the women’s 60m hurdles gold medal saw American Lolo Jones defending her world indoor title in stunning style 7.72secs, a new championships record. The performance... 

American world indoor 60m favourite Ivory Williams has withdrawn from this weekend’s IAAF championships because of a positive test for marijuana, his manager said on Wednesday. “He had a marijuana positive,” Ray Flynn said in a telephone call from the United States. “To the best of my knowledge it was at the US championships,” Flynn added. With the positive, Williams was... 

Great Britain’s World triple jump gold medal winner Phillips Idowu has withdrawn from the World Indoor Championships in Doha later this week. The 31-year-old, who won World Championship gold outdoors in Berlin last summer, made the decision for personal reasons following the birth of his second child last week. Idowu said: “I am gutted not to be representing the Aviva GB Team in Doha and... 

Charles van Commenee refuses to name specific colours, but firmly believes there is a great chance the Aviva Great Britain team will return from next weekend’s World Indoor Championships with at least five medals. UK Athletics’ dynamic head coach is highly confident Dwain Chambers, Jessica Ennis, Phillips Idowu, Jenny Meadows and the men’s 4×400 metres relay team will achieve... 

Charles van Commenee has named a 38-strong British team for next month’s World Indoor Championships in Doha. Although no medal target has been announced, two years ago Britain won five medals – one gold and four silvers – and the head coach is expected to demand a similar haul this year, depending on whether established athletes such as the defending world indoor champion triple jumper Phillips... 

  Carmelita Jeter of USA celebrates winning in Greece in 10.67s PHOTO/James Davis By Gary Smith, World-Track MIAMI, Fla. — World 100-metres bronze medallist Carmelita Jeter will attempt to break the world record for the 60m dash during the indoor season next year, her agent told World-Track on Wednesday. Mark Block said the American who at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki,... 

By Gary Smith (World-Track) KINGSTON — Former world record holder Asafa Powell says he is close to full recovery from an ankle injury and is looking forward to running faster times this season. "I’d say I’m 90 per cent ready right now," Powell was quoted as telling the Jamaican Observer. "Everything is looking smooth right now because I’m trying not to make...