Athletics

Jamaican athlete Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says she is still "on top of the game" at the age of 34 and after running the third fastest 100m of all time in August as she is keeping her options open ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.…

Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey smashed the women's half marathon world record on Sunday, finishing in one hour, two minutes and 52 seconds at the Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP. Gidey, 23, who is also the world 5,000 metres…

Ecuador's World Championship bronze medallist, Alex Quinonez has been killed in his home city of Guayanquil on Friday, the country's sports ministry said. Quinonez, 32, and another individual were fatally shot at around 9:20 p.m. on Friday…

Kenyan athlete Elisha Rotich won the men's race at the Paris Marathon, while Ethiopia's Tigist Memuye claimed victory in the women's event on Sunday. Rotich, 31, set a course record as he crossed the line in two hours four minutes 21…

Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei won a thrilling women's London Marathon on Sunday in two hours, 17 minutes and 43 seconds as world record holder and defending champion Brigid Kosgei faded late in the race to finish outside the podium places.…

Ethiopian athlete Guye Adola survived a midway comeback from race favourite Kenenisa Bekele and a late surge from Kenyan Bethwel Yegon to power to victory in an official time of two hours, five minutes and 45 seconds for the biggest win of…

An advisory group to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will review whether cannabis should remain a banned substance, a move that comes after American track and field star Sha'Carri Richardson missed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after testing…

Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare, may have lost her battle to upturn the 4-year ban placed on her by World Athletics (WA) after failing an out-of-competition test as the result of her B Sample test came out with the same positive outcome…

Burundian athlete Francine Niyonsaba broke the 2,000 metres World Record in her last race of the season, finishing in a time of 5 minutes and 21.56 seconds at the Continental Tour Gold event in Zagreb, Croatia. Niyonsaba, 28, who won the…

Ethiopian athlete Yalemzerf Yehualaw smashed the half marathon world record on Sunday, finishing in 01:03:43s at the Antrim Coast Half Marathon in Larne, Northern Ireland, to shave 19 seconds of the previous mark. The previous record was…