American Sam Kendricks to miss Tokyo 2020 Games with COVID-19
American world champion in the pole vault Sam Kendricks tested positive for COVID 19 and will miss the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Team USA said. Read more
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Ways to watch and follow Ready Steady Tokyo meet live!
Watch live streaming and follow all the results and updates from the Ready Steady Tokyo - 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting on Sunday, May 9. Read more
Miller-Uibo Runs 22.03 WL, Fred Kerley PB With 10.03
Fred Kerley ran a personal best to win the men's 100m in 10.03 secs at the Pure Athletics Spring Invitational. Kerley aims to run 42 seconds this year. Read more
World Shot Put Champ Gong Lijiao Opens Season With 19.45m Victory
JINAN, China -- Two-time world champion Gong Lijiao of China opened her 2021 season with a comfortable victory in the women's shot put at a national indoor invitational event here on Wednesday. Read more
World champion Steven Gardiner To Race In 200m At 15th Annual Spring Break Classic
World 400m champion Steven Gardiner from the Bahamas is among the list of highlighted athletes who will feature at the 15th Annual Spring Break Classic at the Basilio Rodriguez Stadium in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Read more
Shamier Little Not Considering 400m/400m Hurdles Double At U.S. Olympic Trials
Despite showing some dazzling form over the open 400m during the indoor season, hurdles specialist Shamier Little said she will only focus on running the 400m hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials later this… Read more
“Very Upset” Yohan Blake Thinks Jamaica Is At A Disadvantage Without Local Meets
Sprinter Yohan Blake believes that the lack of track and field competition in the country since the global COVID-19 pandemic is putting local talents at a huge disadvantage. Read more
Yaroslava Mahuchikh vs Yuliya Levchenko At 2021 Banskobystrická latka meeting
World silver medallist Yaroslava Mahuchikh will face fellow Ukrainian Yuliya Levchenko at the Banskobystrická latka meeting – part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour – on Tuesday 2 February. Mahuchikh, still only 19, set a world… Read more
USA World 100m Champion Christian Coleman Suspended For Missing Drug Tests
Christian Coleman, the reigning world champion in the 100-meter dash, was suspended Wednesday by the Athletics Integrity Unit for missing drug tests. Read more
Kendra Harrison v Danielle Williams At Birmingham Diamond League Meeting
BIRMINGHAM, UK -- World record holder Kendra Harrison and world-leader Danielle Williams headline the women's 100m hurdles field for the Müller Grand Prix Birmingham - IAAF Diamond League meeting on Sunday 18 August. Read more
China’s Gong Lijiao Targets World Shot Put Title Defense
SHENYANG, China -- World champion Gong Lijiao is hoping to retain her title at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, later this year. Read more
He’s A Legend: Bolt sets Olympic Record On His Way To Winning Gold
LONDON (Sporting Alert) – Usain Bolt promised that he would do something special and he certainly did not disappoint after the world record holder blasted to another dominant performance to win the Olympic 100m… Read more
Tyson Gay Targets Usain Bolt's 19.19 Half-Lap World Record
American World 100m silver medallist Tyson Gay, who is scheduled to run the 400 metres at tomorrow's seventh staging of the Jamaica International Invitational, is hoping to challenge Usain Bolt's 200m record of 19.19… Read more
Usain Bolt Sends Unbeaten Warning To Rivals
The World’s Fastest Man ambled into a heaving club called Fiction in Kingston, Jamaica, just after 2.30 last Sunday morning. Usain Bolt showed none of the blistering speed which has made him an outrageous… Read more
New Zealand's Olympic and World champion Valerie Vili Splits with coach
New Zealand’s throwing darling Valerie Vili, the Olympic and World Championship gold medal winner has split with long-serving coach Kirsten Hellier. Vili made the announcement at a press conference on Sunday, stating that it… Read more
Usain Bolt To Attack 300m World Record In Ostrava
Usain Bolt (r) of Jamaica on his way to victory in the men’s 200m during day two of the IAAF World Athletics Final at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt will… Read more
IAAF World Indoor Championships – Hurdles Wrap Day 1
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… Read more
World Indoor 60 favourite Ivory Williams tests positive for mari juana
American world indoor 60m favourite Ivory Williams has withdrawn from this weekend’s IAAF championships because of a positive test for mari juana, his manager said on Wednesday. “He had a mari juana positive,” Ray… Read more
Report: Moses Tanui Injured, David Lelei killed in auto accident
Former 10,000-meter world champion Moses Tanui was injured and former world championship runner David Lelei killed in an auto accident on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, the Daily Nation newspaper reported Wednesday. Tanui… Read more