Long jump star Chris Tomlinson will clash with Godfrey Mokoena at the Aviva International Match in Glasgow on Saturday, January 30. The pair, who won gold and silver respectively at the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia, are set for another lively encounter at Kelvin Hall. Tomlinson, the British indoor record holder, will represent theā¦
Congratulations are in order for Usain Bolt and Brigitte Foster-Hylton for copping the 49th RJR Sports Foundationās Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards at the Pegasus Hotel on Thursday evening. Boltās victory was a cinch after repeating his Beijing exploits a year later in Berlin, and in even more notable fashion with world recordā¦
Richard āTorpedoā Thompson plans to be at his fastest in 2010. The Trinidad and Tobago sprinter told the Express yesterday he wants to improve on the 9.89 seconds personal best he produced in finishing second in the menās 100 metres final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Thompson is also hoping to dive under 20 secondsā¦
Ryan Brathwaite is the 2009 National Sports Personality, after his outstanding performances last year. The announcement came as no surprise after Brathwaiteās impressive year was highlighted by his gold medal performance in the 110m hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin. On his return to Barbados, he was given a kingās welcomeā¦
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Thursday the 10 female collegiate track & field athletes named to the official preseason watch list for the 2010 awarding of The Bowerman as selected by The Bowerman Womenās Watch Committee. Included in the preseason watch list is 2009 Bowerman finalist Porschaā¦
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Thursday the 10 male collegiate track & field athletes named to the official preseason watch list for the 2010 awarding of The Bowerman as selected by The Bowerman Menās Watch Committee. Included in the preseason watch list are 2009 Bowerman finalists Ashtonā¦
South African runner Caster Semenya will not be allowed to compete until a resolution has been reached in her gender case, the countryās athletics association said on Thursday. Big Confusion: Caster Semenya To Compete In South Africa domestic season Ā» Semenya underwent gender verification tests after she won the womenās 800 metres at the Berlinā¦
Larry Rawson, the (T&F) āVoice of ESPNā for its 30 years of existence, will no longer be part of the broadcast team for USATFās series of indoor and outdoor meets. While Rawson has been replaced by Ato Boldon for meets such as the Millrose Games, the Reebok Boston Indoor Games, and the Penn Relays, heā¦
Christine Ohuruogu cut through the high emotions over sportās security issues to declare herself ready and willing to defend her Commonwealth title in Delhi in October. Talk of a boycott by England competitors because of the terrorist threat in India gained pace after the killing of three men in an ambush on the Togo footballā¦
and world champions Maurice Greene of the United States and Tonique Williams-Darling of The Bahamas will be special guests at the sixth staging of the Douglas Forrest Invitational Meet set to take place next week Saturday inside the National Stadium. Chairman of the meet, Brian Smith made the announcement yesterday morning at a press conferenceā¦
Caster Semenyaās lawyers have described as ānonsenseā media reports they are planning to sue the International Association of Athletics Federations and Athletics South Africa for multi-million-pound sums. A Swedish newspaper and athletics websites reported prior to Christmas that Greg Nott, her from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, intended to sue the IAAF for Ā£75million and ASAā¦
In late May 2008, Usain Bolt of Jamaica met with reporters in a hotel in Midtown Manhattan. He had run the 100 meters only four times as a professional and was not yet sure he would compete in the event at the Beijing Olympics. In fact, he said, he only ran the 100 to avoidā¦
