Athletics
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
UK head coach Van Commenee backs struggling Ohuruogo
British athletics chief Charles van Commenee has backed Christine Ohuruogo to come good as the Olympic 400-metre champion struggles to rediscover her best form. The 27-year-old sprinter has not managed to break 50 seconds since her victory in the...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Yego predicts Kenyan sweep
Former world 800m champion Al-fred Kirwa Yego predicted the Ken-yans would dominate the men’s 800 metres at this month’s World Cham-pionships in Daegu. The 24-year-old Yego, who won a silver medal at the last champion-ships in Berlin, will line up...
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
‘Blade Runner’ realises a dream
A dream came true for double-amputee Oscar Pistorius yesterday when he was named in the South African team for the World Championships this month. The ‘Blade Runner’ was selected for the 400 metres and is part of the 4x400 metres relay squad for the...
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Injured Wariner to miss world meet in Daegu
Two-time world and 2004 Olympic 400m champion Jeremy Wariner, of the US, will miss the World Championships later this month in Daegu, South Korea, with a season-ending foot injury. USA Track and Field said Wariner had pulled out of a meet this...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Idowu defends decision to miss UK trials
World triple-jump champion Phillips Idowu insisted he was right to make a late withdrawal from the UK Trials and Championships in Birmingham on Sunday. Idowu was one of the main attractions for the British crowd at his home track, along with world...
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Chambers qualifies for World Championships
Controversial British sprinter Dwain Chambers has qualified for the World Championships in Daegu after winning the UK 100m title in Birmingham last weekend. Chambers received a two-year ban and a life-time suspension from the Olympics in 2003 for...
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Bolt storms home as Merritt returns
World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt cruised to victory in the 200m at Friday night’s Diamond League meeting in Stockholm while American 400m runner LaShawn Merritt returned after a 21-month doping ban, insisting he’s a clean athlete. Bolt won in a...
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Bolt back on track for bumper Stockholm payday
The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt is back in action at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm today and hoping to erase bad memories of last year. Twelve months ago, the Jamaican, who is the reigning world and Olympic champion as well as world...
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Double for Saints as Balzan, Muscat win Birżebbuġa 10K
Jonathan Balzan and Marisa Muscat made it a happy day for St Patrick’s AC as they won the male and female categories respectively of the club’s own 10K race in Birżebbuġa, held recently. Balzan started the race as favourite, moreso after setting a...
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Pembroke newcomer ends season on top
Andrew Mifsud, 13, ended his first year in athletics on a top note, winning nine gold medals in season 2010/11 that culminated in the MAAA National Championships. Mifsud started training in October last year with Pembroke Athleta. He took part in...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Bolt not worried after 100m scare
Usain Bolt, the world’s best known athlete, came within centimetres of suffering only the third defeat of his professional career but laughed off any worries ahead of the World Championships. Bolt suffered a shocking start and opening half of the...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Fighting French duo suspended
Top French runners Mehdi Baala and Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad have been suspended pending an inquiry into their embarrassing punch-up on the track on Friday. The two men squared up and traded blows at the end of the 1500m, prompting Bernard...
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Hooker ‘in at the deep end’ in Monaco
Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt might be the main drawcard for today’s Diamond League meeting in Monte Carlo, but eyes will also be on Australian Steve Hooker’s season debut in the men’s pole vault. Reigning double world and Olympic sprint champion...
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Pistorius a step closer to Olympics
Double amputee track sensation Oscar Pistorius has taken a step closer to taking part in the London Olympics next year after clocking a qualifying time of 45.07 seconds for the 400 metres. The South African known as the “Blade Runner”, who runs with...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Favourites Grech and Sammut win race one
The ninth edition from the Birkirkara St Joseph 5K Road Running Series took off with favourites Gerald Grech and Angele Sammut ensuring a victory in the opening leg. Grech’s victory was his first in this series since Decmber 2008, while Sammut...
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Monday, July 18, 2011
‘Good to be back in business,’ says Isinbayeva
Yelena Isinbayeva got her preparations for world championship revenge off to a perfect start with a dominant victory in her first outdoor meet of the season. The 29-year-old Russian star of women’s pole vaulting had not taken part in an outdoor...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
Absolved Spanish track star set for Olympics
Marta Dominguez, cleared of doping allegations, said she plans to put the “suffering” of the case behind her and get in shape for the 2012 London Olympics. “I cannot say I have not suffered,” she told a news conference. “It was a very complicated,...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Camilleri, Borg for U-23 championships in Czech Republic
As competitions for clubs at Marsa are slowly bringing the domestic season to an end, the international calendar is gra-dually building up to its major events, culminating in the World Championships in South Korea at the end of August. This season...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Powell braves cold for Birmingham win
Former world record holder Asafa Powell confirmed his impressive form this season when he won the 100m at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting on Sunday, his time of 9.91sec achieved despite the chilly conditions. “It was so cold that I didn’t push...
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Gatlin edges Chambers in Madrid meet
Former Olympic champion Justin Gatlin, rebuilding a career shamed by a four-year doping ban, edged Britain’s Dwain Chambers in the 100m at the Madrid meeting. US sprinter Gatlin clocked 10.10sec to beat Chambers (10.13sec) with America’s Travis...