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If the spirit of the Olympics counts for anything, and if Australia is as big-hearted as it imagines itself to be, one of the ceremonies of this 20th anniversary celebration of the Sydney Games should be an apology to Marie-Jose Perec. You…
Mo Farah makes his return to track racing today admitting he missed the buzz too much to stay away. Britain’s most decorated athlete is attempting to break his first official world record by running further in an hour than any human in…
Usain Bolt has tested positive for coronavirus less than a week after his controversial birthday party which is now under investigation from the police. The eight-time Olympic gold medallist was thrown a surprise celebratory bash in his native Jamaica on Friday in…
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…
Olympic legend Usain Bolt has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus and entered self-isolation. The retired sprinter turned 34 on Friday and is believed to have returned a positive test for COVID-19 after a check some days ago. Bolt has begun his self-isolation…
Team GB boss Mark England says Britain’s Olympians will want for nothing when the Tokyo Games finally start a year today. But given the devastating effects of the global pandemic he has asked whether it is time to ease off the all-consuming…
Former Olympic sprinter Chris Lambert fears the momentum created by the Black Lives Matter movement is in danger of stalling before meaningful change can be achieved. Lambert spoke out after Team GB athlete Bianca Williams was caught up in a stop-and-search by…
Michael Johnson has urged the world’s leading sports stars to take a stand in support of Black Lives Matter and play their part in stamping out the scourge of racism across the globe. The four-time Olympic champion admitted recent developments since the…
British Olympian Chris Lambert says the burden of change in the fight against racism has to be taken off individual sports people. Lambert praises Raheem Sterling, Jadon Sancho, Dina Asher-Smith and others for using their powerful sporting voices to campaign for equal…
Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ governing body, goes on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal. Prosecutors allege he solicited 3.45 million euros ($3.89 million) from athletes suspected…
The European Athletics Championships scheduled for Paris in August has become the latest high-profile event to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. A local organising committee (LOC) and the French Athletics Federation (FFA) had been looking at ways to hold the…
Four-time Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah says his “heart is broken” after former trainer Neil Black died suddenly at the weekend. Black, the former performance director of UK Athletics, is believed to have died from natural causes at the age of 60,…