Kenenisa Bekele won his third straight 10,000 metres world title on Monday with teammate Sileshi Sihine pacing him and finishing second in a dramatic victory for Ethiopia
He became the second Ethiopian winner in the history of the world's oldest annually contested marathon.
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Lauryn Williams clocked 10.93 seconds to join men's gold medallist Justin Gatlin as a world champion.
Bekele broke Haile Gebrselassie's 10,000m mark while Dragila reclaimed the women's world pole vault at a meeting in the Czech Republic.
The former world and double Olympic 10,000m champion is back in training after surgery on his Achilles tendon injury.
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Haile Gebrselassie would be replaced by Abiyote Abate in a last-minute change to the Ethiopian squad.
Ethiopian distance runner Kenenisa Bekele and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva take honours.
Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana smashed the world record to win the Olympic 10,000 metres title on Friday, blowing away the competition in one of the greatest ever long-distance races at the Games.
Haile Gebrselassie is struggling with a leg injury and could miss out on his bid to become the first man to win three successive 10,000 metres titles.
At 22, Kenenisa Bekele is a phenomenon, having won the world long and short course cross country titles for the third time this year.
Another world distance record fell to an Ethiopian-born athlete when Elvan Abeylegasse shattered the women's world 5,000 metres record.
The 30-year-old Ethiopian reaffirmed his intention to go for a third Olympic 10,000 metres gold in Athens next year.
The Ethiopian broke the 5,000 metres indoor world record at a Grand Prix meeting held at Birmingham.
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A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Laggards at the world stage, the 27-member Indian team was not expected to win any medal but it performed better than expected in this World Championships with three finalists.
Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana put on a brilliant display of front-running to win the women's 5,000 metres at the world championships on Sunday and deprive compatriot Genzebe Dibaba of an unprecedented double gold.
Mo Farah set the first world record of his glittering distance running career on Saturday when he established a new indoor two-mile mark in Birmingham.
The British runner clocked 30 minutes, 21 seconds to win the World's Best 10,000 road race.
Indian companies feel it will be difficult to take on the competition from Bangladesh, Cambodia and others, with their made-in-India products. Ethiopia offers ready-to-use sheds, income tax breaks, training subsidies, and a tax-free gateway into the US, Europe and China. Moreover, labour is available for $60 per month compared to $130-$150 in India.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
A sweeping reform package that changes how the scandal-hit governing body of world athletics operates was overwhelmingly passed at a special Congress on Saturday.
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Dudu Omagbemi and Konstantinos Katsouranis scored in each half as FC Pune City beat Atletico de Kolkata 3-1 and snapped the league leaders' unbeaten run in the Hero Indian Super League in Kolkata on Friday.
The 26-year-old Abshero, a former world junior cross country champion, would be looking to make a big impact on his first trip to India with a personal best time of two hours, four minutes and 23 seconds, the best among those who have entered the race.
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Ethiopia ended the hopes of 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa from making next year's finals in Brazil after a dramatic round of African group stage qualifying matches on Sunday.
Eliud Kipchoge's story is unusual because when he came into competitive running it was not in the marathon. Fortunately for himself and the rest of us, he then turned to the marathon. Aakar Patel salutes the great runner's incomparable spirit.
Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) will kick off their Indian Super League campaign against a formidable Chennaiyin FC coached by World Cup champion Marco Materazzi on Saturday.
With no Russians, few stars and the sport engulfed in a doping crisis the world indoor athletics championships begin this week with officials holding their breath and eager to put the spotlight back on the track.
