The 30-year-old, who won Olympic gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016, will miss this year's Olympic Games in Paris.
Tamberi's preparations looked to be on course when he jumped a world leading 2.37 metres to win the European title in June, but he then picked up a minor thigh injury
The CAS banned teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva in January for four years for doping, effective from December 2021, a decision that also stripped the Russian Olympic Committee of its gold medal in the team event at the 2022 Games, nearly two years after the competition.
The Joy and Drama of Track and Field at the Olympics.
Third seed Alexander Zverev eased past home favourite Ugo Humbert
Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway raced to victory in the 5,000 metres on the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Sunday.
Cassandre Beaugrand won gold in the women's triathlon at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday
While most of his rivals prepared for the 50 kilometre race walk at the 2019 Doha world championships by warming up in full track suits in the 32 degrees Celsius heat, Evan Dunfee did the polar opposite.
Images from the athletics action at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, on Friday.
A true legend of the game who paved the way and taught so many of us how to be as a player and as a person.
Twenty-three million tuned in to watch the opening ceremony in France - more than for matches in the Euro 2024 soccer championship.
Portugal's Bernardo Silva and Cristiano Ronaldo scored first-half goals in a comfortable 3-1 win away to Poland in the Nations League on Saturday as the Group A1 leaders continued their perfect start to the competition with three wins.
Take a look at the five top contenders for the men's singles title at the French Open:
American Ryan Crouser became the first man to "three-peat" in the Olympic shot put on Saturday.
Chopra had missed the Birmingham CWG due to a "minor" groin strain he suffered while winning a historic silver in the World Championships in Eugene, USA last month. He was advised one-month rest.
Michael Johnson interviews Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce after her 100 metres title win at the World Championships on Sunday, July 17, 2022.
Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela soared to her fourth consecutive world triple jump title on Friday.
France showcased its cultural diversity, spirit of revolution, impeccable craftsmanship, and architectural heritage in a riveting opening ceremony for the 33rd Olympic Games.
On Sunday, she won her third straight world indoor triple jump gold, adding to successes in Portland in 2016 and Birmingham in 2018.
2023 was marked by outstanding sporting achievements, shattered records, and the crowning of new champions, all captured by photographers documenting every significant twist and turn.
'I'm just glad to overcome today's challenge in straight sets and move on.'
Midfielder Donny van de Beek has had to pull out of the Netherlands squad for the European Championship because of injury.
Garcia Leon won the inaugural women's 35km race walk at the worlds
Russian figure skater Valieva banned for doping, ROC loses Olympic gold
Five top contenders for the women's title at the French Open, which starts on Sunday.
Alcaraz was impressive in his first Grand Slam match since his US Open triumph last year
Neeraj has won gold medals in Olympics (Tokyo in 2021), Asian Games (2018) and Commonwealth Games (2018), besides becoming the Diamond League champion last year.
The 32-year-old, who has also won world championship medals in the 200m and the long jump and is competing in her fourth Olympics, had comfortably won her 100m heat in Tokyo on Friday with a time of 11.05 seconds, qualifying for Saturday's semi-final.
Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra says he needs to recharge and come back stronger for a packed 2022 calendar, which includes the World Championships, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
Neeraj Chopra has displayed sizzling form in season 2023, winning almost everything on offer. However, the star athlete has no qualms admitting that defending his gold medal at the Paris Olympics will be a huge challenge since maintaining top form on a consistent basis is not easy.
'I knew that Valencia was going to be a really fast course, one of the fastest in the world. So to get to achieve what we came here for is something really special'
American Holloway wins third straight world 110m hurdles title
Antonio Watson won a thrilling World Championship 400 metres gold on Thursday.
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympics and refusing to co-operate with the investigation.
The situation around Valieva and the Russian team had been 'incredibly distracting' for other skaters.
World champion and season leader Anderson Peters of Grenada won the competition with a best throw of 90.31m which he came up with in this third attempt.
China had made the request but declined to provide details.
A World Championships gold is the only medal missing in Neeraj Chopra's decorated cabinet and the superstar Indian javelin thrower will fancy his chances.
In a now-deleted episode of The Sunday Plodcast, Butchart had said there was a delay in getting his PCR test result before his flight home from the United States and he had changed the date on an old test as he prepared for check-in, the Times newspaper had reported.
India's Avinash Sable qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase after shattering his own National record for the second time in three days though he finished 13th in the final at the World Athletics Championships, in Doha, on Friday.
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