From next year any athlete committing a false start will be immediately disqualified under a rule change approved by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Wednesday. Under the current system one false start is allowed "against the field" and anyone subsequently false-starting is then disqualified.
Usain Bolt, Ashton Eaton and Christian Taylor are the finalists for the 2015 World Athlete of the Year award, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said on Wednesday.
The British 4x100 relay team at the 2003 world athletics championships were stripped of their silver medal after Dwain Chambers decided not to appeal against his two-year ban for doping.
Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou sent explanations to the IAAF why they missed doping tests at Olympics.
Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were among a group of Greek athletes to be tested by doctors from WADA.
The prize-money for the eight edition of th eevent, which has retained IAAF Gold-label status, has been increased by US $15,000 and will be US $3,25,000.
The Athletes Commission of the IOA has recommended the national Olympic body to put systems in place to deal with issues of the players "with respect and dignity" in the light of the protest by India's top wrestlers.
Sprinter Dwain Chambers has been stripped of his 2002 European 100 metres title after admitting he took the steroid THG that year.
She has also booked a spot at the World Athletics Finals in Monaco scheduled for September 9-10.
Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have sent explanations to the governing body of world athletics as to why they missed doping tests at the Athens Olympics in August.
Lamine Diack, the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), was responsible for organizing and enabling the conspiracy and corruption that took place in athletics' governing body, an independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Thursday.
The Olympic 100 metres champion's options includes appealing to the International Association of Athletics Federations, taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport or filing a federal lawsuit.
Former world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya qualified for the London Olympics on Friday when she eased to victory in one minute 59.58 seconds at a Yellow Pages Series meeting.
Despite a poor showing at the Commonwealth Games, the ace Indian long jumper climbed a notch in the IAAF rankings.
The shot put competition for both men and women would take place in Olympia before the start of the main athletics programme
Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya called the shooting World Cup final, which commenced in New Delhi on Monday, a celebration of excellence and added that the country felt honoured to welcome the best in the business.
Dutee, who missed the original entry standard of 11.26 seconds, got an invite from the IAAF as the target number of 56 athletes for women's 100m event was yet to be reached for the August 4-13 World Championships in London.
Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was 18 to prove she was female,
Algerian middle-distance runner Taoufik Makhloufi has been excluded from the London Olympics for not trying in an 800-metre heat.
Sacked CWG Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, accused in a games-related graft case, sought a Delhi court's permission to attend the 2012 Olympics in London.
The Indian lung jump ace slid a place to No. 5 in the latest IAAF rankings.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has agreed that South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800 metres world title, the country's sports ministry said Thursday. The 18-year-old Semenya, who stormed to victory in August's world championships in Berlin, underwent gender verification tests this summer in South Africa and Germany and a panel of experts has been studying the results for the IAAF.
Several athletes who competed in the world championships in August have tested positive for the new designer steroid THG.
World champion South African runner Caster Semenya, whose victory has been overshadowed by a gender testing row, returned home to a heroine's welcome on Tuesday.
The IBA announced in a statement on Monday it was filing a complaint with Swiss Attorney General Stefan Blatter against the International Olympic Committee, citing safety concerns over gender eligibility.
The double world sprint champion said she would also take part in the weekend's World Athletics Final in Monaco.
European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen does not expect Russia to return to international competition in time for next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
London Olympics organising committee chairman Seb Coe has said for the first time that he would like to become president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) when he steps down from his present job.
Leading sports powerbrokers gathered at the International Olympic Committee's headquarters on Tuesday morning to discuss further crackdowns on drug cheats before the Rio Games.
Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics' governing body, arrived in court in Paris on Monday to stand trial on charges of corruption, money laundering and breach of trust linked to a Russian doping scandal. Prosecutors allege he solicited 3.45 million euros ($3.9 million) from athletes suspected of doping to cover up the allegations and allow them to continue competing, including in the 2012 London Olympics.
Three track and field athletes, including veteran triple jumper Renjith Maheswary, on Monday booked their berths for next month's Rio Olympics with national record breaking performances in the fourth Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru.
Jamaican 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell is not the world's best sprinter, retired 200 and 400 record holder Michael Johnson said. That honour, he said, goes to American world champion Tyson Gay. "Asafa Powell is a great talent but he can never get it done. He's failed time after time at the championships."
In what may come as an embarrassing revelation for India's anti-doping machinery, 500 sportspersons, mostly weightlifters and track-and-field athletes, have failed drug tests conducted by NADA in the last four and a half years.
South African double amputee Oscar Pistorius will not be allowed to compete at this year's Beijing Olympics.
Marion Jones was formally disqualified from all competitions since Sept 1. 2000, including the Sydney Olympics where she won five medals, after admitting last month to taking banned drugs.
