Athletics federation bans Jannat, Kabita from women's events after gender tests
15 August 2026
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Eligibility row in female category hits Bangladesh athletics
10 August 2026
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European Athletics, broadcasters issue guidelines on preventing sexualisation of female athletes
15 July 2026
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Jahid, Rifat, Rafia, Sabina set the pace at national junior meet
3 July 2026
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Nat'l athletics / Motaleb follows idol to 200m crown, Shirin doubles up, Navy dominate meet
19 May 2026
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Nat'l athletics / Two records, two realities as Swapna celebrates while Mehedi waits
20 May 2026
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A race fewer women run
18 May 2026
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National athletics meet still without sponsors
16 May 2026
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Season best not enough as Imranur exits 60m at World Indoors
20 March 2026
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Award-winning athlete Mimu no more
14 March 2026
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North Korea free to take part in 2018 Games, says Seoul
North Korea will be allowed to travel to South Korea for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics if it wishes to take part, Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Monday.
3 April 2017
Is Bolt dating Young?
The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt is believed to be dating one of Western Australia’s most beautiful women Holly Young.
2 April 2017
Flame of reconciliation to burn brightly at Commonwealth Games
The two decade reconciliation process which has seen Australia confront its treatment of indigenous people has been fully embraced by 2018 Commonwealth Games organisers, Gold Coast Elder Ted Williams told AFP.
31 March 2017
Tracks of their tears as Krabbe takes hospice role
On the track, controversial ex-world champion Katrin Krabbe was one of the fastest, now she works as a volunteer in a hospice, speeding to the comfort of the terminally ill.
16 March 2017
Farah sets European record in final indoor race
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah marked his final race indoors by winning the 5,000 metres at the Birmingham Grand Prix on Saturday in a new European record time of 13 minutes 9.16 seconds.
19 February 2017
Russia banned from London World Athletics Championships: IAAF
Russia will miss August's World Athletics Championships in London after their doping ban was extended on Monday, world governing body president Sebastien Coe said.
7 February 2017
Usain Bolt aims for global growth of Nitro team concept
Usain Bolt says he is looking to spread the Nitro team athletics concept globally after the success of the inaugural event in Melbourne on Saturday.
5 February 2017
Sports: Bolt in hurry to bring T20 success to track
The athletics world is hoping to cash in on the success of cricket's high-octane Twenty20 format with a new team event spearheaded by Usain Bolt which starts Saturday in Australia.
3 February 2017
Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps cap era of excellence
Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps towered over the 2016 Rio Games, capping an era of sustained excellence that promises to reverberate through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and beyond.
20 December 2016
The Jamaican sprint legend named athlete of the year for sixth time
Looking back at his astonishing career on the night he was named Athlete of the Year for the sixth time, Usain Bolt said his only real regret was not taking his sport more seriously at an earlier age.
3 December 2016
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
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
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
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
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
Tyson Gay's daughter fatally shot
The teenage daughter of former US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay is fatally shot.
16 October 2016
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
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
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
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