AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele will run the TCS Amsterdam Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Sunday 21 October, race organizers confirmed. The multiple World and Olympic track champion will be competing…

OTTAWA – Andre De Grasse has decided to cut his season short for a second successive term after struggling to recover from a hamstring injury. The Canadian triple Olympic medallist was forced to end his 2018 campaign after he re-aggravated…

LONDON -- Former World and Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain has decided to hang up her track and field spikes at the age of 34. Ohuruogu, who has been plagued by injuries over the last few years, and is now doing a…

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt says he aims to enjoy what is expected to be his final season on the track next year. The world record holder over both the 100m and 200m events, plans to step away from the track at the…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Sporting Alert — Usain Bolt completed his third successive Olympic Games sprint double, after racing away with the men's 200m title at Rio 2016 on Thursday night. The world record holder posted a time of 19.78…

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Sporting Alert – Elaine Thompson returns to the track on Monday's Day 4 of track and field competition when she runs in the heats of the women's 200m. Watch Live Streaming of Olympic Games Track Day 4 Thompson, who…

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce opened her quest to become the first woman to win three successive Olympic 100m titles with an impressive 10.96 seconds in the heats at Rio 2016 on Friday's opening day of track and field…

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Sporting Alert – There was a major disappointment for Jamaica on the first day of track and field competition at Rio 2016, with Discus thrower Fedrick Dacres failing to advance from the qualifying round in the…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sporting Alert - Rio 2016 will officially commence on Friday with the Olympic Games opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium. Live coverage gets under way at 7:30 p.m. ET and it will be on NBC and streaming live on NBCSN.…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sporting Alert - Usain Bolt says he's in 9.60 seconds shape and has warned his American rivals that they will feel his "full wrath" at Rio 2016 later this month. http://gty.im/583540332 Bolt, who is hunting an unprecedented…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Former Olympic champion Linford Christie thinks sprint legend Usain Bolt is great because the Jamaican sprinter prepares the right way. http://gty.im/178930135 "Bolt trains the old way with a lot of longer runs,"…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Coach Stephen Francis has revealed that Elaine Thompson competed with a "damaged" hamstring at the Jamaica Olympic Championships last month. Thompson, the 2015 IAAF World Championships 200m silver medallist from…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Olympic 110m hurdles bronze medalist Hansle Parchment has failed to recover from a mid-season injury and will not take part at Rio 2016, his manager confirmed on Tuesday. Parchment, who won a bronze medal at the…

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Sprinter Julian Forte says he would be disappointed to lose his Olympic Games place in the 200m to Usain Bolt, but admitted that the world record holder deserves the spot. http://gty.im/544270316 Forte finished third in…

EUGENE, Ore. - After finishing fourth and being shut out of the women's 200 metres team, Allyson Felix admits that she is disappointed about not being able to defend her Olympic title in Rio, next month. Felix, who won gold at London 2012,…