Sports / Athletics

French legend Perec returns for New York marathon 09 Oct 2013 - 10:33 am

PARIS: France’s most decorated athlete Marie-Jose Perec has confirmed that she has started training for the first time in a decade to compete...

Athletics: Bolt and Farah in running for IAAF award 02 Oct 2013 - 12:29 am

PARIS: World and Olympic champions Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Mohamed Farah of Britain have both been named among those on the 10-man...

2012 Games athletes had bad teeth: Study 01 Oct 2013 - 12:41 am

PARIS: Many elite athletes who competed at the 2012 Olympic Games had levels of oral health similar to those of poverty-stricken communities, a...

Kipsang breaks world record 29 Sep 2013 - 11:21 pm

Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang poses after setting a new world record time of 2hrs 3mins 23secs at the Berlin Marathon, in Berlin, Germany, yesterday....

Bolt renews deal with Puma until after Rio de Janeiro Games 25 Sep 2013 - 12:55 am

LONDON: Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt (pictured) has renewed his long-standing sponsorship deal with Puma until after the 2016 Games in Rio, the...

Back in Seoul, Johnson hopes for ‘new chance’ 24 Sep 2013 - 09:37 pm

LEFT: A freeze frame of Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson tearing away for the finish line in the 100m final at the Seoul Olympics...

Islamic Games open in Indonesia 23 Sep 2013 - 12:08 am

PALEMBANG, Indonesia: The Islamic Solidarity Games got under way in Indonesia yesterday despite a chaotic run-up to the event and debates over appropriate...

Bekele outshines Farah at Great North Run 15 Sep 2013 - 10:33 pm

Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele (left) celebrates after winning ahead of Britain’s Mo Farah on the finish line of the Great North Run half marathon...

Gomez holds nerve to take world title 15 Sep 2013 - 10:31 pm

LONDON: Spain’s Javier Gomez won a sprint finish with Britain’s Jonny Brownlee to claim his third World Triathlon Grand Final crown in London’s...

Makau pulls out of Berlin marathon 14 Sep 2013 - 03:58 am

NAIROBI: Marathon world record holder Patrick Makau has been forced to pull out of a new attempt over the distance later this month...

Bolt ready to chill after another golden season 08 Sep 2013 - 01:07 am

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the men’s 100m race at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Brussels on Friday. BRUSSELS: Usain Bolt...

Bolt wraps up golden season with victory 07 Sep 2013 - 02:34 am

BRUSSELS: Jamaican track star Usain Bolt wrapped up another gold-laden season at the season-ending Diamond League meet yesterday with victory in 9.80sec in...

Athletics: Bolt bids for season swansong in Brussels 06 Sep 2013 - 04:15 am

BRUSSELS: Usain Bolt (pictured) will seek a final flourish to bring down the curtain on another season where he confirmed himself as the...

Bolt mulls retirement after 2016 Olympics 05 Sep 2013 - 12:55 am

BRUSSELS: Jamaican track star Usain Bolt is considering retiring after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he said yesterday. But any plans...

Athletics: Sprinter Johnson to revisit scene of global disgrace 02 Sep 2013 - 11:49 pm

SEOUL: Disgraced drugs cheat Ben Johnson (pictured) will revisit the scene of his downfall this month, wrapping up a global anti-doping tour in...

Bekele sets sights on Great North Run, Rio marathon 02 Sep 2013 - 12:07 am

SULULTA, Ethiopia: Ethiopian track legend Kenenisa Bekele said yesterday he was still a long way off from thinking of retirement and is instead...

Bolt sprints to Zurich victory 31 Aug 2013 - 01:10 am

Spectators get autographs from Usain Bolt of Jamaica, as he celebrates winning the men’s 100 metres at the Weltklasse Diamond League athletics meeting...

Disgraced sprinter Johnson leads anti-doping cause 31 Aug 2013 - 01:07 am

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price of Jamaica celebrates with the mascot, after winning the 200 metres. LONDON, England: Disgraced drugs cheat Ben Johnson has resurfaced as...