Sports Shorts: Chess player banned over pro-Russia comments

IMAGE: Sergey Karjakin, who was born in Crimea and represented Ukraine until 2009, said: 'An expected, but no less shameful decision by FIDE. All sports selections have been trampled, the basic......

PHOTOS: Isinbayeva vaults to fairytale third world gold

Yelena Isinbayeva, the greatest woman pole vaulter of all time, thrilled a partisan home crowd roaring her every jump when she landed the third and probably last world title of her illustrious......

Confusion reigns as tired Farah just makes cut for 5,000 final

In his own words, Briton’s Mo Farah “is no morning person”. New world 10,000 metres champion Mo Farah brushed the sleep from his eyes and forced his tired legs around 15 laps of......

Russian heptathlete Chernova ruled out of world championships

Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova will not be able to defend her world title next month in Moscow because of injury.Chernova was the highest profile name missing on Tuesday from the team......