American Masai Russell won the Olympic 100 metres hurdles title in a blanket finish on Saturday.
Usain Bolt is going to be back at the Olympics after eight years.
Carl Lewis minces no words and is scathing in his opinion on giving all attention to recently-retired Usain Bolt
She is just two points behind leader Veronika Major of Hungary, who shot an aggregate of 592 (294 and 298) which helped her equal the Olympic record.
From the early pioneers to today's global superstars, the Olympics have captured hearts and minds, shaping cultures and inspiring generations.
American sprinter Tyson Gay's former coach has been suspended for eight years for doping violations, the US Anti-Doping Agency said on Wednesday.
India now have 19 Paris-bound track and field athletes and the list includes defending javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra among others.
The coach of sprinter Justin Gatlin has stepped down as the head of the United States relay squads just months out from the Rio Olympics due to a change in USA Track and Field's criteria.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paris Paralympics on Sunday, September 1.
'It's not good in sport, it's not good to push and continue. If you want to run a long career then you have to be fit and healthy but there are competitions where you can't make a decision. Now we will work on this and work on the technique.'
Kohli has amassed 708 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the season
If you showcase this to world, it's not great selling product: Klaasen on New York pitch
Authorities in Kentucky have charged three men, including a father and son, in connection with the shooting death of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter outside a restaurant over the weekend, police said.
An experienced athletics team featuring seven current world champions and a host of medals favourites will represent the United States in next month's Beijing Olympics, USA Track & Field announced on Monday. The 126-member squad includes Athens 2004 Olympic gold medallists Jeremy Wariner (400m) and Shawn Crawford (200m), double world champions Tyson Gay and Bernard Lagat.
The US sprinter was asked not to run in championships because of his initial positive drugs test, a source said
The American governing body USA Track & Field agreed at its annual meeting on Sunday to call for lifetime bans.
The harsh punishment is part of a "Zero Tolerance" plan USA Track and Field hopes to implement next year.
The awards are presented annually to the outstanding U.S. male and female athletes.
World record holders Stacy Dragila and Regina Jacobs and former Olympic champions Allen Johnson and Gail Devers lead the challenge.
An influential athletes group in the US called for anyone caught using steroids to be banned for life.
The awards, the U.S. governing body's highest honour, are presented annually to the outstanding U.S. male and female performers.
Noah Lyles is the first man since Usain Bolt in 2015 to win the sprint double.
Each bottle of pickle that leaves FarmDidi, headed to a consumer, has a little kahani behind it -- it's linked to the tale of a life, the life of a simple, striving village woman who created it, and that's what gives Manjari Sharma satisfaction and happiness.
US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter has been killed in a shooting in the US state of Kentucky.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will begin the season at the Doha Diamond League.
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
Neeraj Chopra lived upto his favourite billing as the star Indian athlete clinched gold in the men's javelin throw at the ongoing World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday.
Dhananjaya de Silva hit a career-best 93 while Maheesh Theekshana took three important wickets to ensure Sri Lanka's pole positio
A round-up of results from the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Doha on Sunday
Major General S C N Jatar, who passed into the ages on Monday night, thwarted anti-national forces at the peak of the Assam agitation. Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) salutes this officer and gentleman.
'The fact that the IOC and Japan decided to postpone has a lot to do with the fact that athletes spoke out and clearly told their stories. It somehow made it real.'
With a jam-packed schedule brimming with both legendary athletes and captivating storylines, Paris 2024 promises unforgettable moments.
DP Manu and Kishore Jena are the other two javelin throwers who will be in action on Friday.
India's 3000m steeplechase record holder Avinash Sable bettered the National 5000m record at the Sound Running Track Meet at San Juan Capistrano, California on Friday.
Chahal is 33 and Bishnoi is 23, but the latter getting as much or more game time in T20Is
Neeraj Chopra is set to switch his training base from Turkey to Finland which will host the Paavo Nurmi Games
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