Semenya glides to 1,500m Commonwealth gold

IMAGE: Caster Semenya celebrates winning gold in the Women's 1500 metres final. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images South African flag-bearer Caster Semenya powered to the 1,500 metres title......

Bolt departure great for rivals, bad for athletics

IMAGE: Usain Bolt in action during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Usain Bolt's rivals will, for once, be glad to see the back of a man who has dominated......

With only one Russian athlete in the fray, Americans eye bumper medals haul

IMAGE: Darya Klishina of Russia warms up before the long jump. Photograph: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images. The United States is expected to run away with the athletics competition in Rio, taking......

Raut creates history with 10,000m bronze

- Images from the Games: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Medals Tally Kavita Raut on Friday created history when she bagged the bronze in the 10,00 metres to becomethe first Indian woman to win an......

CWG: Jamaica names second string athletics squad

Athletics powerhouse Jamaica named an understrength 46-member squad sans some of the biggest stars in the world, including top sprinters, for next month's Commonwealth Games in India. Double world......