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Powell set to run Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix

2011-12-17T13:05:00.000-08:00

(bbc.)Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell will make his British indoor debut at the Birmingham Grand Prix on 18 February.Powell has not ran an indoor 60m race since 2004 but believes a change in his competition schedule could give him the edge at the 2012 Olympics."My coach and I think doing an indoor season is the best move," said Powell."If I'm going to be challenging for medals I need to be racing

Usain Bolt & Yohan Blake up for Laureus awards

2011-12-15T20:54:00.000-08:00

LONDONUsain Bolt and training partner, compatriot Yohan Blake, have been nominated for two Laureus World Sports Awards.Jamaican megastar sprinter Bolt has been nominated for the World Sportsman-of-the-Year with tennis star Novak Djokovic, Barcelona playmaker Lionel Messi, Dallas Mavericks' Germany-born centre Dirk Nowitzki, Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel, and Tour de France winner,

Liu Xiang and Li Na nominated for 2012 Laureus awards

2011-12-15T20:51:00.000-08:00

LONDON, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's hurdles star Liu Xiang and tennis ace Li Na were nominated for the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards Thursday.Liu, who became China's first male Olympic gold medalist in track and field when he clocked 12.91 seconds to win 110m hurdles in 2004, was nominated for Laureus World Comeback of the Year. His competitors for the award include French footballer Eric

Bernard Lagat to run 5,000 At the Millrose Games

2011-12-06T20:51:00.000-08:00

(AP)Bernard Lagat will return to the Millrose Games but won't be trying to add to his record total of Wanamaker Mile titles.The American star said Tuesday he would race the 5,000 meters in New York in February and try to regain the U.S. indoor record that Galen Rupp broke earlier this year.Lagat won his record eighth Wanamaker title at the 2010 Millrose Games and finished second in 2011.The

Asafa Powell, Veronica Campbell-Brown to open season in New York

2011-12-06T20:42:00.000-08:00

Elite Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Veronica Campbell-Brown will open their preparation for the London Olympics when they headline the 2012 US Open Track & Field meet in January.The event, scheduled for January 28, will be staged at Madison Square Garden and is the first of six IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting series.While Powell will be making his NYC indoor track debut, Campbell-Brown will be

Allyson Felix to run 60m at Millrose Games

2011-12-06T11:09:00.000-08:00

(Ap)NEW YORK -- Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix will compete in the 60-meter race at the Millrose Games.Organizers announced Tuesday that Felix will run Feb. 11 at the Armory in New York.Felix competed on the winning 4x400 team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She plans to use the Millrose Games to train for next year's Olympics, saying they are "part of my journey to London."She joins a field

Chambers case is heading back to court

2011-12-06T11:05:00.001-08:00

The British Olympic Association are set to announce their intention to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport next week in their doping row with the World Anti-Doping Agency.It is the latest move that could end with sprinter Dwain Chambers competing at his home Olympics in London next year.Two weeks ago, WADA declared the BOA non-compliant over their refusal to lift a lifetime Olympic ban on

Bolt wants to run 4x400 relay at London Olympics

2011-12-06T11:00:00.000-08:00

The defending Olympic champion in the 100, 200, and 4x100 from the 2008 Beijing Games said Saturday that if he is fit and if Jamaica can challenge for gold, he wants a place on the long relay team too, even though he has never competed in the event at the global top level."If I can help to get them a gold medal, I will want to go on that team," Bolt said.The last male athlete to win four gold

Mullings banned for life for doping

2011-12-04T15:37:00.000-08:00

(Reuters) - Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings was banned for life from competing in athletics after a second doping offense, the Jamaican Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel said Monday."We the panel believes that a clear and strong message must be sent to every athlete in Jamaica and elsewhere that prohibited substances will not be tolerated in sports," panel chairman Lennox Gayle told

Usain Bolt already surprising training rivals

2010-10-24T17:50:00.000-07:00

(AFP) KINGSTON, Jamaica — World and Olympic 100 and 200-meter champion Usain Bolt has already surprised his training partners and served notice to his major rivals about his hunger to defend his world titles in 2011.Bolt, a notorious latecomer to practice sessions, was the first person at the track on Monday's first day of workouts in advance of the 2011 season.Bolt said he was "anxious" to begin

Zurich - Samsung Diamond : Jamaica vs USA relay showdowns

2010-08-01T01:59:00.000-07:00

Zurich, Switzerland - (iaaf) A clash of sprint powers Jamaica and the United States, featuring Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay will be among the highlights of the Zurich's Weltklasse on 19 August, the penultimate stop of the Samsung Diamond League series.Bolt, the World record holder, Olympic and World champion in the 100m and 200m, will anchor a high power Jamaican squad which will include Mario

African Athletics Championships : Final Day

2010-07-31T21:56:00.000-07:00

By Mutwiri MutuotaNairobi will bid the 17th Safaricom African Athletics Championships (AAC) farewell with the grand finale last day programme today where all events will see new continental champions crowned.Veteran David Kimutai and defending champion, Grace Wanjiru who set the event record of 1:39.50 in Addis Ababa are out to set the ball rolling for the hosts when they stride to the 20km men

Europeans : Sprinter Ottey makes history at 50

2010-07-31T06:07:00.000-07:00

By Ben Hayward, Associated Press WriterBARCELONA, Spain — Fifty-year-old Merlene Ottey became the oldest athlete to compete at the European Championships after anchoring Slovenia's 4x100 women's relay team on Saturday.Ottey, a naturalized Slovenian of Jamaican origin, surpassed the record previously held by 47-year-old French marathon runner Nicole Brakebusch-Leveque.Ottey said competing at 50

Bolt, Gay, Powell to clash on Aug 6

2010-07-29T12:08:00.000-07:00

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — World 100-metres record-holder Usain Bolt will take on US sprint rivals Tyson Gay and fellow Jamacian Asafa Powell in the IAAF Diamond League meet here on August 6, organisers confirmed yesterday.The race will mark the first time that history’s three fastest men will compete together since the 100-metres final at last year’s World Championships in Berlin where Bolt set

Justin Gatlin to return from 4-year ban at Estonian meet

2010-07-29T12:02:00.000-07:00

(AP) TALLINN, Estonia — Organizers say former Olympic champion Justin Gatlin will make his comeback from a four-year doping ban at the Bigbank Kuldliiga meet in Estonia Aug. 3.Spokesman Taavi Esperk says the American sprinter will run in the 100 meters at the meet in the northeastern town of Rakvere, about 62 miles from Tallinn.Gatlin is also reportedly set to race at the Ergo Games in Tallinn on

2010 European Championships Set for Today

2010-07-27T08:11:00.000-07:00

Barcelona, Spain (BGN) – For the first time, the 2010 European Athletics Championship will be held in Spain – at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia. The athletics tournament will last a total of 6 days, from July 27 to August 1st 2010 along with an opening ceremony on the 26th. With 50 nations and over 1300 athletes taking place – it is set to be one of the biggest athletic

Dayron Robles Second Consecutive Diamond League

2010-07-26T18:26:00.000-07:00

MONACO (AP) — Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles has pulled out of Thursday's Diamond League meet in Monaco because of sore legs.Organizers on Tuesday said the defending Olympic champion and world record-holder is still suffering from the pains which forced him to withdraw from the Paris Diamond League meet last week.Robles' withdrawal means there will be no showdown in Monaco with David Oliver of the

Samsung Diamond League: Farah to take on Lagat in London 3000m

2010-07-26T18:18:00.000-07:00

London, UK - Only two weeks after the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Great Britain’s Mo Farah is set for a fascinating head to head with Bernard Lagat, at the Aviva London Grand Prix, the 12th stop of the 14-meeting Samsung Diamond League series. Lagat, the world champion over both 1500m and 5000m at the World Championships in Osaka 2007, will arrive to the Aviva London Grand Prix

Tyson Gay wins 200m but Yohan Blake is the real standout performer

2010-07-26T16:14:00.001-07:00

Isinbayeva rules out any 2010 comeback

2010-07-15T19:26:00.000-07:00

MOSCOW, July 9 (Reuters) - Olympic pole vault champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva will not compete this season but hopes to come back stronger next year, her coach said on Friday."Yelena started light training at the end of June," Vitaly Petrov was quoted as saying by the Russian media."We're not talking about getting her ready for big competitions but just trying to regain her

Shelly-Ann Fraser's hearing Set For Next Week

2010-07-15T19:22:00.000-07:00

According to "Track Alert's" blog, World and Olympic 100m Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, will have to wait until next week for her case to be heard by the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) Disciplinary Panel.Fraser returned a positive test for the non-performance enhancing drug oxycodone, at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on May 23. She ran 11.29 at the meet to finish second behind

British gov't offers to assist Bolt with tax concession

2010-07-13T16:40:00.000-07:00

LONDON (AP) — Britain's sports minister offered to help resolve the tax issues that have caused Olympic champion Usain Bolt to withdraw from the Crystal Palace Diamond League meet.Bolt announced on Monday he would not compete at the August 13-14 event because his earnings in London would be greatly diminished after taxes.Sports Minister Hugh Robertson told the BBC he'll see what he can do, but

Jamaican athletes head to the New York Diamond League

2010-06-08T15:20:00.000-07:00

The list of Jamaican athletes down to participate in the New York Diamond League event at the Icahn Stadium, Randall’s Island this Saturday, is headed by the nation’s undisputed global sprint queen, the highly decorated, Veronica Campbell-Brown and national junior record holder Yohan Blake.Campbell-Brown, bolstered by two Olympic gold medals in the 200m, takes on that event where she will come up

Tyson Gay misses out on New York Diamond League meeting

2010-06-08T15:17:00.000-07:00

The former world champion Tyson Gay's fitness level is likely to keep him out of Saturday's New York Diamond League meeting, according to his agent. "It looks very unlikely he will compete, " Mark Wetmore said. "There's a readiness needed to run the 100 metres, and he does not have that."Gay, the world's second fastest man, had been expected to challenge Usain Bolt in New York, but the Jamaican

Asafa Wins Big at the Diamond League

2010-05-15T21:20:00.000-07:00