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Ethiopia's Shura Kitata outsprinted Kenya's Vincent Kipchumba to win's the men's London Marathon while Kenyan world record holder Brigid Kosgei cruised to a dominant victory in the women's race.more

Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus as Jamaica's Prime Minister says there will no special treatment if anyone has been found to break the rules stemming from a party held for the former sprinter's recent 34th birthday.more

Full line-ups for October 4 showpiece confirmed, with world record-holders competing and Sir Mo Farah acting as pacemaker.more

Briton Mo Farah will be the pacemaker for the elite men's race at October's rescheduled London Marathon. Farah, 37, is among the competitors to have achieved the Olympic-qualifying time of two hours 11 minutes 30 seconds.more

The Paris Marathon has been canceled because of the coronavirus after repeated attempts to find a new date, organizers said Wednesday.more

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The 2020 London Marathon will involve only elite athletes, with 45,000 'mass-event' runners unable to take part because of coronavirus concerns.more

The legendary Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt, who became a father for the first time in May, has no intention of persuading Olympia Lightning's daughter to play sports. "She will do what she wants. I only intend to support her, not to direct her," said the eight-time Olympic champion.more

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon has become the latest major marathon to fall victim to the global Covid-19 pandemic, as organizers called off the race for only the second time in its history. The 43rd edition of the race was due to take place on October 11, with an estimated field of around 45,000 runners and wheelchair athletes, and around 1.7m spectators expected.more

The Paris marathon, postponed for the first time to October 18 due to the coronavirus pandemic, has been postponed again to November 15, the organizer, ASO (Amaury Sport Organization) announced on Monday.more

Norwegian pole vaulter Sondre Guttormsen posted an unsuccessful jump video on social media. In a week, the recording exceeded 14 million views and became an internet hit.more

Organizers canceled the Boston Marathon on Thursday for the first time in its history, bowing to the social distancing requirements of the coronavirus outbreak and ending a 124-year run that had persisted through two World Wars, a volcanic eruption and even another pandemic.more

Usain Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medalist, world-record holder and fastest man in history, just added a new title: dad.more

One of the most outstanding runners of recent years, Mo Farah believes that postponing the Olympic Games in Tokyo for a year can help him win another Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 m race. "I got a few extra months of training as a gift," he commented.more

The London Marathon due to a pandemic was postponed from April 26 to autumn, but the organizers prepared a charity action-challenge 2.6 for this Sunday. The money collected will be donated to British foundations.more

France's former Olympic pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie has found a way to keep his competitive juices flowing during the coronavirus lockdown by staging an "international home containment competition".more

April's London Marathon has been postponed and rearranged for 4 October because of the coronavirus outbreak. The event was scheduled to take place around the streets of the city on Sunday, 26 April. It is the first time the race has been postponed since its launch in 1981.more

The coronavirus paralyzes the sports calendar and calls into question the next great events.more

Polish athletes are not panicking because of the outbreak of the new coronavirus, but they have serious concerns about the possibility of canceling the Olympic Games in Tokyo.more

Mo Farah has withdrawn from The Vitality Big Half due to injury. Organisers announced that the 10-time global track gold medallist had sustained "a minor Achilles injury" in training.more

American gymnast Simone Biles and Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal won a plebiscite of the French newspaper "L'Equipe" for the sports "Champion of Champions 2019" (Champion des champions). Biles was honored in this way for the second year in a row.more

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has announced he will be "back on the track" at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The British long-distance runner announced, in a video posted on his youtube channel, his intention to switch back to the track from road running, where he had been focusing on the marathon distance (42.2km) since August 2017.more

Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi will be the first runner from Japan to carry the flame on its journey to next year's Summer Games, the Tokyo organizing committee said Monday.more

Karsten Warholm from Norway and Authorised Neutral Athlete Mariya Lasitskene were crowned European Athletes of the Year at the annual Golden Tracks award ceremony which took place in Tallinn, Estonia on Saturday (26).more

Anita Włodarczyk is to receive the gold medal of the Olympic Games in London tomorrow during the Gala of the 100th anniversary of the Polish Olympic Committee.more