Eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has announced that he will be playing for the World XI side in this year’s Soccer Aid match at Old Trafford on June 10, a few days before the World Cup’s opening game. Bolt will captain his side against the England XI side...
InsideRunning 18: Lake Biwa Recap
#PrayforBrad is a resounding success as Brad runs Lake Biwa in a new Personal Best of 2:17:20 and there’s much to discuss, including last minute encounters before a blow-by-blow account of the race and where his mental space was at every stage.
In the same race...
By Rich Sands, @sands
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NEW YORK (05-Mar) -- The United Airlines NYC Half is getting a course makeover this year, but returning pros Dathan Ritzenhein and Emily Sisson are confident their past successes in the event will bring them luck on the 13th...
The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafal Omelko, Lukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina broke the world indoor record* in the men's 4x400m with a stunning finish to the final track event of the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018.
USA led for the first three legs with Fred Kerley, Michael Cherry...
By Steven Mills, @trackside2018
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BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (04-Mar) -- Yomif Kejelcha’s winning time in the men's 3000m on the fourth and final day of the 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships here at Arena Birmingham was the slowest on record, but the Ethiopian ran a...
Triple Commonwealth Games 1500m medallist Nick Willis has been forced to withdraw from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
A stress reaction in his fibula, diagnosed five weeks ago has been improving with a range of cross training activities, but the 34 year old is yet to resume running.
"I had hoped...
Two Australians were in action on the final day of competition at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.
It may have been freezing outside thanks to the European cold snap, but the pole vault competition inside Arena Birmingham was hot with over three hours of nail-biting tactics playing out in the...
CGF Statement on the passing of Sir Roger Bannister
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Sir Roger Bannister at the age of 88 at his home in Oxfordshire, England.
Mr. Bannister was the first athlete to run a sub-four minute mile – in...
By Steven Mills, @trackside2018
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BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (03-Mar) -- Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba joined the pantheon of all-time greats across the sport, becoming just the fourth athlete in history to win five individual titles in the history of the IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Dibaba is still...
Tom Walsh has confirmed his place on the top of the shot putting world after retaining his World Indoor Championships title with a masterclass at the 2018 Indoor Championships in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday morning (NZ time).
The Kiwi threw 22.13m twice in the early rounds and then with...
