Athletics News. Track, Field, Olympics

Bianca Williams receives Met Police apology after racial profiling claims

07/08/2020 Metropolitan Police

British sprinter Bianca Williams has received an apology from police after she and her partner were handcuffed in a stop-and-search.

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Usain Bolt unveils baby daughter’s name as Olympic icon shares adorable pictures

07/07/2020 USAIN BOLT

Usain Bolt has finally revealed the name of his adorable daughter after long-term partner Kasi Bennett gave birth to their

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Christian Malcolm backed by Darren Campbell for atop job in UK Athletics rebuild

07/02/2020 London 2012 Olymp, UK Athletics

Darren Campbell says the “time is right” for Christian Malcolm to be handed a top job in British athletics. Malcolm,

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London Marathon director Hugh Brasher still ‘hopeful’ race can go ahead in October

06/19/2020 ATHLETICS, London Marathon, Mo

Hugh Brasher insists he is still “hopeful” the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon will go ahead after growing speculation that

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Michael Johnson urges world’s sports stars to take a stand and support Black Lives Matter

06/19/2020 Black Lives M, Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson has urged the world’s leading sports stars to take a stand in support of Black Lives Matter and

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Rooney slams athletics’ weak response to missed drugs tests after Coleman bust

06/17/2020 Commonweal, Tokyo Olympic Games

Martyn Rooney says athletics is being embarrassed by its ineffective response to star names flouting drug test rules. World 100

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Greg Rutherford ‘can’t envisage’ Olympics without fans amid Tokyo 2020 doubts

05/22/2020 Eurosport, Greg Rutherford, Toky

Greg Rutherford says an Olympics staged behind closed doors would “lose its edge” and be nothing like as special. Tokyo

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UK Anti-Doping finally receives UK Athletics report on Alberto Salazar that includes Mo Farah medical data

04/30/2020 Alberto Salazar, Mo Farah, UK

UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) has finally received an internal report from UK Athletics (UKA) into its relationship with disgraced American coach

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Olympic chief warns Games will be "scrapped" if they can’t take place next year

04/28/2020 Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Yoshiro Mo

The boss of the Tokyo Olympics says the Games will be “scrapped” if they cannot take place next summer. Yoshiro

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World Athletics Championships moved to avoid Commonwealth Games 2022 clash

04/08/2020 ATHLETICS, championships, World

Organisers of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the United States have agreed to stage the event three weeks earlier

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Coronavirus: Reduced drug testing ‘a gift’ to cheats in sport, says British race walker Tom Bosworth

04/07/2020 ATHLETICS, Coronavirus, Tom Bo

Reduced drug testing during the Covid-19 pandemic is like a “gift” for those unscrupulous athletes who will go to any

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Many doping cheats banned from 2020 Olympics free to compete in 2021 Games

04/04/2020 Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Tokyo Olym

Hundreds of doping cheats ineligible for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be able to compete in next year’s rescheduled Games

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‘We will win this’: Defiant Eliud Kipchoge confident Kenya will win battle against coronavirus pandemic

03/30/2020 2, Coronavirus, Eliud Kipchoge

Eliud Kipchoge, the world’s greatest marathon man, reckoned his first reaction was shock when he heard at home in Kenya

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