Interview - Yelena Isinbayeva

Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva thinks she could raise the world record to five metres at next year's world athletics championships."You could say it's a good bet I'll break that......

Russia's legendary pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva retires

'If you look at the big picture, when you compete without Isinbayeva it can't be a proper gold medal.' IMAGE: Russian pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images.......

Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva earns IOC spot despite opposition

IMAGE: Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia attends the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images. Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva, a fierce critic......

Pole vault queen Yelena to skip WC; fixes her sights on Rio Olympics

Elena Isinbaeva of Russia during the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships Moscow 2013. Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will not compete......

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......