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