Former 100m champion Asafa Powell targets three more sub-10s and Olympic medal
Jamaican Olympian and former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell said he intends to get to that elusive mark of 100 legal sub-10 times and an Olympic medal before he hangs up his spikes.
Powell, 38, holds the record for...
Thompson-Herah beats Fraser-Pryce to win top athletics magazine award
Elaine Thompson got the gold over Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in Track and Field News’ Podiums for 2020.
The magazine, considered the bible of the sport, has selected the three best athletes in each discipline ranking them for gold, silver and bronze,...
Promising sprint goddess Briana Williams withdraws from Bahamas meet
Briana Williams has withdrawn from the Christmas Class Odd Distance meet in Freeport, Bahamas.
At the two-day event, the 18-year-old Williams was set to compete in a 300m race today and a 150 sprint on Saturday but a reported failure...
Tokyo 2020: Russia banned from next summer’s Olympic Games
Russia will be barred from competing as a nation at the Olympic Games, Winter Olympics and football World Cup over the next two years after the Court of Arbitration for Sport partly upheld a suspension imposed for breaching anti-doping...
World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia was nearly called off due to COVID-19
World Athletics president Seb Coe has applauded the return of competition during the latter months of 2020 but reveals the World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia in October was almost cancelled due to the coronavirus, bad weather and a...