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Russia’s suspended athletics federation (RusAF) has been granted a six-month extension to finalise its reinstatement plan before World Athletics decides on potential fresh sanctions or even expulsion, the sport’s global governing body said on Saturday. RusAF was suspended in 2015 after a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found evidence of mass doping […]
George Mills heeded the advice of football-playing dad Danny to add a notable chapter to his family’s sporting story. The 21-year-old was crowned British champion for the second time this year by timing his run perfectly to win the 1500 metres in 3 mins 51.39 secs. He did so in the shadow of the Etihad […]
World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his home in Jamaica after last week celebrating his 34th birthday with a mask-free party. Jamaica’s health ministry confirmed late on Monday that Bolt, who holds world records in the 100m and 200m distance, had tested […]
The 2020 London Marathon will not be a mass-participation event, organisers have announced, and will instead be open only to elite runners. The race route has been redrawn to entail 19.8 laps of St James’ Park before finishing on the Mall, and spectators will not be allowed to attend. The event director, Hugh Brasher, said […]
London Marathon chiefs are hopeful of staging at least an elite race to mark their 40th anniversary this October. With major marathons in Boston, Berlin, Chicago and New York all cancelled, 1000s of ‘London’ runners find themselves in limbo. The race was originally scheduled for April 26 before the Covid pandemic shut down the sporting […]
Denise Lewis says athletes “taking a knee” at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham should be down to individual choice. The Commonwealth Games Federation joined a growing list of sports bodies last month allowing athletes to protest against racism without fear of repercussion. Premier League footballers and England and West Indies cricketers have been among […]
The former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang has been banned from athletics for four years after missing three anti-doping tests and lying about his reasons for missing them. Three whereabouts failures in a 12-month period automatically trigger a suspension, and Kipsang committed four – three missed tests and one occasion on which he failed […]
Athletics chiefs have apologised to fans after the sold-out British Championships were rescheduled for behind closed doors. The two-day event at Manchester Regional Arena was initially postponed from June to August, but even that is now considered too soon. UK Athletics chief executive Jo Coates said: “We are sorry that we cannot host our brilliant […]
SEBASTIAN COE insists there will be no deals done to allow banned track and field stars to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. World champions Christian Coleman and Salwa Eid Naser are provisionally suspended for each missing three drugs tests in a 12-month period – an offence which carries a two-year ban. Coleman, who won 100 […]
In her own words, Jessica Ennis-Hill reflects on her achievements… I’ve got incredible, consistent people around me. I’ve lived in Sheffield all my life and if I’d moved to London or LA, I would probably have changed. It would’ve been very hard not to, but my friends and family – including my husband Andy, who […]