Three-time gold medalist from Rio de Janeiro Athletics Jamaican Usain Bolt and American gymnast sports Simone Bile, winner of five medals won plebiscite International Sports Press Association (AIPS) 2016 years for athletes of the world.more
Jamaican track superstar Usain Bolt plans to concentrate on the 100 metres in the 2017 season which will bring the curtain down on a glorious career in which he has captured nine Olympic gold medals.more
Russian officials have for the first time admitted to the existence of a doping operation which affected major competitions, the New York Times says.more
The Jamaica sprinter Usain Bolt, who retained his three Olympic titles at the London Games, has been named sportsman of the year by French daily newspaper L'Equipe.more
With Russia standing accused of meddling in American politics and in Syria and Ukraine, new revelations about Russian doping in sports might seem anti-climactic.more
Olympic champion Christoph Harting announces plans to drive a distance of 80 m. He believes in yourself and believe that it is able to improve the personal record by almost ... 12 meters. "Many say that it is impossible to throw the discus 80 meters'.more
More than 1,000 Russian athletes across over 30 sports - including football - were involved in or benefitted from state-sponsored doping between 2011 and 2015, it has been revealed.more
he IAAF has today launched a secure online portal in six languages that can be used to report doping, the latest weapon in its fight against cheating in sport.more
Matthew Centrowitz was not always certain he wanted to be a runner. Long before the Olympic gold medalist made history at the Rio Olympics in August by becoming the first American since 1908 to win the 1,500-meter race, Centrowitz had his mind set on conquering another sport - soccer.more
Oscar Pistorius has been transferred to a new prison in South Africa after demanding a move to the jail which has recently had new bath tubs installed.more
The Jamaican sprint superstar, 30, has 'been genuinely talking to people' about a career switch - and will train with Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund soon.more
The women's award is between Ethiopia's 10,000m champion Almaz Ayana, Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson and hammer thrower Anita Wlodarczyk from Poland.more
The best Polish female and male runners: Piotr Cypryanski & Karolina Wasniewska were awarded with trophies by Consul Katarzyna Padło. - at Consulate General of Poland in New York. Around 200 Polish runners visited the Consulate to share their marathon experiences.more
The fastest man the world has seen, the greatest athlete ever, Usain Bolt, has confirmed he will race in Melbourne this summer. During the Rio Olympics Bolt had flagged his interest in coming to Australia to be part of the radical new Nitro athletics series but it was not until this week that details - and funding - was confirmed and he agreed to compete.more
This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2016 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the IAAF Awards Night in Monaco on Friday 2 December 2016.more
Jessica Ennis-Hill's coach has said the 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion has chosen the right time to retire after a glittering career that also saw her crowned world champion twice.more
Bolt, along with Olympic champion teammates Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Asafa Powell, will be honored with statues in a park outside the National Stadium in Kingston. The four statues will be constructed in the next two years.more
