Ten more Beijing medallists disqualified after re-testing

Ten more athletes, mostly weightlifters and wrestlers, have been stripped of the medals they won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics after failing doping tests in re-testing of samples.
18 November 2016, 03:44 AM

Usain Bolt to train with Borussia Dortmund ahead of athletics retirement

Usain Bolt plans to train with Borussia Dortmund as he considers pursuing a football career after his retirement from athletics.
13 November 2016, 09:00 AM

Bolt says if he were a footballer, he would be a combination of Messi and Ronaldo

Olympic sprint king Usain Bolt said Sunday that if he ever realised his long-held ambition of becoming a professional footballer, he'd like to have the skills of both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
7 November 2016, 12:19 PM

Usain Bolt to make Australia bow

Sprint superstar Usain Bolt will compete in Australia for the first time when he headlines an innovative team athletics event next year, he said on Friday.
4 November 2016, 07:16 AM

Karate Olympic debut shines light on martial art

Hollywood may have kicked karate onto the world stage, but its first-ever Olympic inclusion at the Tokyo 2020 Games promises to shine a light on the rich history of the discipline.
25 October 2016, 06:49 AM

Tyson Gay's daughter fatally shot

The teenage daughter of former US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay is fatally shot.
16 October 2016, 18:58 PM

Bolt sets last race in Jamaica for June

Jamaica's Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will run his last race on home soil at June's Racers Grand Prix before retiring from competition two months later in London.
15 October 2016, 07:26 AM

Russian high jumper stripped of medal

London Olympic champion high jumper Anna Chicherova has been stripped of the bronze medal she won at the 2008 Games after a reanalysis found the Russian took a banned substance.
6 October 2016, 19:43 PM

Doping: WADA says hackers may have doctored leaked data

Computer hackers who leaked the medical records of more than 100 top athletes in a bid to reveal questionable drug exemptions may have tampered with the data, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
6 October 2016, 07:19 AM

US sprinters Gay, Bailey eye bobsled role

Veteran sprinter Tyson Gay is making a bid to force his way onto the US bobsled team after entering this week's National Push Championships in Canada.
21 September 2016, 05:47 AM

Sixth gold for Felix as USA win 4x400m gold

Allyson Felix clinches a record sixth career Olympic gold as the United States win the 4x400m relay for a sixth straight Games.
21 August 2016, 03:37 AM

Mighty Mo seals distance double, Centrowitz claims 1,500 shock

Britain's Mo Farah completes a historic Olympic distance double double with victory in the 5,000m as American runner Matt Centrowitz scores an upset win to claim gold in the 1,500m.
21 August 2016, 03:17 AM

Bolt praised by rivals after his Olympic finale

The runners who have lost to Usain Bolt for the past dozen years shower the Jamaican superstar with praise, after he completes his historic "triple-triple" in what he has said will be his final Olympics.
20 August 2016, 05:36 AM

Felix hits gold record as US women win relay

Allyson Felix becomes the first woman athlete with five gold medals as she powers the US sprint relay team to victory.
20 August 2016, 04:23 AM

Usain Bolt factfile

Factfile on Usain Bolt after his victory in the 200m at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics Thursday.
19 August 2016, 04:35 AM

Family tragedy behind historic US hurdles sweep

Kristi Castlin dedicates her 100m hurdles medal to victims of gun violence after helping the United States claim a historic podium sweep in the event.
18 August 2016, 05:13 AM

Bolt fires into 200m Olympic final, Gatlin out

Usain Bolt will race the 200m final on Thursday after comfortably winning his semi-final, but there is no place for American rival Justin Gatlin as he fails to qualify.
18 August 2016, 04:16 AM

McLeod brings Jamaica more glory, Rio crowds slammed over abuse

Jamaica unleashes a new sprint sensation as Omar McLeod takes the Rio Olympics 110m hurdles on Tuesday.
17 August 2016, 07:30 AM

China's Cao Yuan wins men's 3m springboard

Cao Yuan shakes off the pressure of being the only Chinese diver left in the field -- a rarity in Olympic finals -- to deliver China's fifth diving gold medal.
17 August 2016, 06:22 AM

Drouin joins Canadian greats with high jump gold

Canada's Derek Drouin overcomes a quality field to add the Olympic high jump crown to his world title after a cliff-hanger of a final in Rio.
17 August 2016, 04:50 AM