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Hodgkinson shines in rainy 800m in Lausanne
Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson produced a dominant display to win the women's 800-metres at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne.
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Lyles loses 100 to Seville in rain-soaked Lausanne
Olympic champion Noah Lyles was beaten by Jamaica's Oblique Seville in the 100 meters on Wednesday at a rain-soaked Athletissima meet in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Ukraine's Bekh-Romanchuk banned for doping
Ukrainian track-and-field star Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk was banned for four years after testing positive for testosterone, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced Tuesday.
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Sprint champ Lyles 'super excited' about progress
Noah Lyles, who lost weeks of training to an unspecified injury in April, said Tuesday he's "super exited" about his progress heading into track and field's world championships.
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Hodgkinson runs world-lead time on injury return
Keely Hodgkinson enjoyed a spectacular return to action Saturday setting an 800-meter world lead in Poland in her first race since the 2024 Olympics.
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Johnson sorry for missed GS Track payments
Grand Slam Track founder Michael Johnson has apologized for missing payments to athletes and said the event would not go ahead in 2026 unless a solution was found.
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Kerley suspended for doping whereabouts failures
U.S. Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures under the sport's anti-doping rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit said.
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Duplantis raises the bar, sets 13th pole vault WR
Mondo Duplantis set the pole vault world record for the 13th time in his career, raising the new mark to 6.29 meters (20.636 feet) at a meet in Budapest.
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Richardson apologizes to boyfriend after arrest
Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a video on social media and issued an apology to her boyfriend, Christian Coleman.
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Transgender athlete debate rolls on six months after executive order
Six months after President Trump signed an executive order banning trans women from women's sports, these athletes are still trying to find ways to compete, and battles around their participation continue.
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Lyles stare-down, Bednarek shove cap tense 200m
The U.S. track championships turned physical Sunday, with Noah Lyles and Kenny Bednarek getting involved in a shoving and shouting match as they crossed the finish line of a hotly contested 200-meter final.
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Richardson falls short of qualifying for 200m final
Sha'Carri Richardson narrowly missed qualifying for the 200-meter final Sunday at the U.S. track and field championships, concluding a tumultuous week.
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Asher-Smith wins 200m at UK Athletics Champs
Dina Asher-Smith produced a championship record and pipped Amy Hunt to gold in the women's 200 metres at the Novuna UK Athletics Championships.
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McLaughlin-Levrone wins second 400m U.S. title
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who has dominated the 400-meter hurdles in recent years, won her second U.S. title in the 400-meter flat Saturday to secure a spot at world championships later this summer.
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Track star Richardson arrested in alleged assault
Sha'Carri Richardson, the reigning 100-meter world champion, was charged with fourth-degree domestic violence after an alleged incident at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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Women face gene testing for track & field worlds
World Athletics, track and field's governing body, has set a Sept. 1 deadline for female athletes to pass a gene test for competing at the world championships in Tokyo.
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Ireland's first female track Olympian dies at 96
Maeve Kyle, Ireland's first female track and field Olympian, has died at the age of 96, the Olympic Federation of Ireland said.
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U.S. sprinter Lyles drops 100 to Jamaica's Seville
Oblique Seville left Olympic champion Noah Lyles chewing his dust as the Jamaican blasted out of the blocks and kept the hammer down to win the London Diamond League 100 meters in an impressive 9.86 seconds.
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28 years later, Brits get relay gold from DQ'd U.S.
Britain's men's 4x400-meter relay team was presented with the gold medal from the 1997 world championships, having been elevated from silver after the belated disqualification of the U.S. team.
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U.K. gov't backs London bid for '29 track worlds
The British government has announced its support of London's bid to host the 2029 athletics world championships.
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Trans woman sues Princeton over sprint removal
Sadie Schreiner, a transgender woman, is suing Princeton claiming she was illegally removed shortly before her race in a school-hosted track meet in May.
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Marathon WR holder suspended over doping test
Ruth Chepngetich, who set the marathon world record by almost two minutes at the Chicago Marathon last October, was provisionally suspended Thursday for a positive doping test.
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World's oldest marathoner hit by car, dies at 114
Fauja Singh, who became the oldest man to run a full marathon in 2011 at age 100, has died at age 114 after being hit by a car in his native village in Punjab.
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Animesh Kujur breaks invisible barrier with new 100m record
An Indian ran the 100m in the 10.1s for the first time ever when Kujur clocked 10.18s in Greece.
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The importance of Neeraj Chopra
The success of NC Classic also holds a sobering message. If you want to become an Olympic powerhouse, you need dozens of similar events across the country, sports and age groups.
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Eight matches that doomed Louis van Gaal at Manchester United
John Brewin reviews the eight matches that ultimately doomed Louis van Gaal's tenure as manager at Manchester United.
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'I think I'm a better fisherman than Steyn and Morkel'
South African fast bowler Kyle Abbott brags about his angling skills, and confesses to bullying Australians in the Kings XI dressing room
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The athleticism of Beyonce
Is Beyonce an athlete, too? Joy Priest explores the musician's roots as a young runner in the South and examines how the musician trains like a competitive sportswoman.
