Athletics

The Americans came as ever with great hopes of dominating track and field but have just four titles thusfar

Nine out of 10 members of country's contingent have failed to win any medal in Tokyo until now

For the first time since 2008, the 200 metres will be without triple Olympic champion as Team USA bids for the gold

US gymnast withdraws from vault, uneven bars finals; Nigerian sprinter Okagbare tests positive for banned substance

Pakistani javelin thrower aiming for 90 metre throw to bag at least bronze in 2020 Olympics

Sprint king disappointed with lack of development of compatriots after his retirement

Four-time Games champion falls short of qualifying mark for 10,000 metres

Track legend passes away aged 91 following a long battle with Covid-19

Sunday’s opening Diamond League in Gateshead serves as warm-up for Tokyo Olympics

British sprinter says ‘all hell would break loose’ if IOC punishes athletes for protesting during Olympics

Pakistani javelin thrower dreams of Olympic medal with training in Turkey

Pakistan javelin thrower keen to fine-tune his preparation for Tokyo Olympics in July

24-year-old’s brother pleads for help to get him to UK for better treatment

24-year-old optimistic before participating in Tokyo Olympics this year

American 200 meters champion will be at Olympics if rules are not ‘ridiculous’

Pole vaulter plans to go higher after beating Ukrainian great Bubka’s record

Athlete activists are not a new breed but sport and protest have been a polarising volatile mix

Hundreds of events disappeared, athletes lost chances to get hands on trophies, medals

Gym equipped with wooden boxes over which youngsters can soar in twists and flips, and padded mattresses to land on

World body chief Coe warns it will be harder than ever to get away with taking banned substances at Tokyo Olympics

World body says it will alert authorities if prohibited substances are found in them

Head of world body says healthy individuals should give way to people with more pressing needs

Ugandan runner lowers previous mark set by Bekele to 26mins 11.00 secs

Briton makes comeback after three years, says he’s happy to win

Ugandan beats Bekele's 16-year-old mark by almost two seconds with 12min, 35.36sec time

Move will be forced into action next year with reduction to 1-3 months from two years

Lyles says a potential ban for his fellow American sprinter could hurt their chances at Tokyo Games

US sprint star said he had unsuccessfully challenged an AIU finding that he missed a test on December 9 2019

Pakistan Olympic Committee official reveals no federation submitted forms of medications athletes were taking

56-year-old is the first Olympian in the world to die from the virus

Experts warn prolonged isolation could take a big mental toll on people whose livelihoods are linked to competition

Banka aims to encourage sponsors and corporate partners to back the fight against doping with hard cash

Kipchoge may be the only man to have broken two hours, but he ran with an echelon of pacemakers.

Sprinter talks experience of running 400m race, future of girls in athletics

Western romanticism have become ingrained within our society that we leap at first chance of international recognition

37-year-old South African set out from St Peters Bay in Barbados at 8.20 on Saturday morning

Biwott is the third female Kenyan marathon runner to be hit with a lengthy ban for doping

Organisers says two-time Olympic champion ‘unable to organise her schedule’

Reports suggest RUSAF officials fabricated documents to show Danil Lysenko was too ill to provide his whereabouts

South African says IAAF cannot ‘drug me or stop me from being who I am’

Meilutyte was star of the 2012 London Games, where as a 15-year-old she won the 100 metres breaststroke event

Bahrain's Kirwa, 35, finished second behind Kenya's Jemima Sumgong in Rio 2016's marathon

Five-time Olympian said athletic apparel company froze her payments when she revealed she was expecting first child

Thomas Bach reveals expert panel will study its implications

South African claims ‘actions speak louder than words’ after winning 800 metres event

Nadeem, aiming for 2020 Olympics, wants government to increase focus on athletes

Pakistan’s worst-ever performance at the Asian Games calls for overhauling of federations

Claim comprehensive win as they amass 219 points

Bannister's black-leather pair of shoes were sold for £266,500 in September 2015

Ayesha and many others participate in self-defence workshop organised by PMA, Japanese Consulate