Mo Farah spurns world marathon spot as track return speculation mounts
Britain's Mo Farah has turned down the chance to contest the marathon at this year's IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, increasing the possibility of a return to the track. Farah, who finished fifth in Sunday's London Marathon, had been eligible for selection for the ...
Suguru Osako set a new Japanese record Sunday in the Chicago Marathon as he finished third behind Britain's Mo Farah and Mosinet Geremew Bayih of Ethiopia. Osako completed the race in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 50 seconds, slashing 21 seconds off the mark set by ...
The widow of Pat Tillman has expressed disappointment over President Donald Trump after the administration imposed a temporary ban on travel to the United States from seven majority Muslim countries. Marie Tillman posted a message on Facebook saying she was saddened by the executive order, ...
Allyson Felix and LaShawn Merritt are savvy track stars who've been around long enough to know that not everything always goes to plan. But over the final 30 minutes of Saturday's topsy-turvy night at the Olympic track, both Americans came away with the prizes they'd ...
Tripped or not, it seems nothing can stop Mo Farah over 10,000 meters in a major championship. Not his training partner clipping his heel in the Olympic final. Not the assembled power of Kenya's best trying to wear him down. Not the final kick of ...
With the Rio de Janeiro Olympics only two months away, another gold medal looks a long shot for Sally Pearson. Up-and-coming American Kendra Harrison couldn't be more ready. In a loaded field for the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Diamond League event in Birmingham on Sunday, ...
Shearman details life behind sporting lens
Mark Shearman has achieved extraordinary success as a sports photographer, specializing in track and field. He has a remarkable portfolio — containing images of Olympic legends such as Edwin Moses and Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt and Sebastian Coe — that few can ever hope ...
Mo Farah stumbled once, then again, and still qualified easily for the 5,000-meter final at the IAAF World Championships. With his dominance over the 5,000 and 10,000 over the past five years, Farah is becoming the Usain Bolt of long-distance running. And like the Jamaican ...
Conte says coverup protected big stars at Seoul Games
Years before he made the decision to "go down the slippery slope," and provide performance-enhancing drugs to elite athletes, BALCO founder Victor Conte, a standout triple jumper in high school, made a name for himself as a self-made expert.
Double Olympic champion Mo Farah has been questioned by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency as part of an investigation into allegations surrounding his coach Alberto Salazar. The Sunday Mirror newspaper said Farah spoke with USADA in a hotel in London on Saturday for five hours. Britain's ...
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has launched an investigation into allegations that famed track coach Alberto Salazar encouraged Olympic silver medalist Galen Rupp and others in his stable of elite runners to skirt anti-doping rules, AP has learned. A person with knowledge of the investigation told ...
Angered by "rumors and speculation" swirling around him, two-time Olympic champion Mo Farah said Friday that he has never taken performance-enhancing drugs and described his two missed tests as "simple mistakes." The British distance runner missed the tests in 2010 and 2011 in the buildup ...
