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South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, in prison for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, may soon meet her parents as part of the process leading to parole being considered, officials say.more

The 2022 edition of the Boston Marathon, which is set for April 18, will require all participants to be fully vaccinated to run in the race, the Boston Athletic Association announced on Tuesday.more

A married couple have apologised after ‘cheating’ at this year’s London Marathon. They were seen running the iconic 26.2 mile course together while wearing the same number (11250).more

Usain Bolt is celebrating the release of his debut album, Country Yutes. The champion athlete, who retired from track and field in 2017 after sustaining a serious hamstring injury, is now pursuing a music career.more

Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia won the men’s London Marathon for the first time on Sunday and Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya was victorious on her debut in the women’s race.more

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Tuesday it will review the status of cannabis on its banned substances list in the wake of the positive test that saw US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson suspended from the Olympics.more

Lucyna Kornobys became the paralympic vice-champion in shot put (F34) in Tokyo. The Pole achieved 8.60 m and repeated the success of 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Renata Kałuża took third place in the individual time trial on handbike (H3). more

The Polish women's relay 4x400 m won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Natalia Kaczmarek, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik and Justyna Święty-Ersetic improved the country's record with a score of 3.20.53. The Americans won - 3.16.85.more

Poland's Dawid Tomala cruised to victory in the Olympic men's 50km race walk with a dominant performance over the second half of the race in Sapporo on Friday, reaching the top of the podium in just his second completed race of the distance.more

Anna Kiełbasińska, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik and Justyna Święty-Ersetic won their semi-final with time 3.23.10 and advanced to the final of the 4x400 m relay race in the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The fight for medals on Saturday.more

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya took refuge in Poland on Wednesday after refusing to return to her authoritarian homeland from the Tokyo Olympics in a saga reminiscent of Cold War sporting defections.more

A Belarusian sprinter – 24-year-old Krystsina Tsimanouskaya – is currently in the Polish embassy in Tokyo, having spent time under Japanese police protection amid fears for her safety.more

Wojciech Nowicki and Paweł Fajdek will perform in the hammer throw final of the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Wednesday. Both Poles are candidates for the medal, although the second of them provided the fans with extra nerves in the qualifying rounds.more

Poland's 4x400m mixed relay team won the first gold medal for the country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday. Today they received gold medals.more

The Polish 4x400 m mixed relay won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. In the final, the Polish team improved the European record by sometimes 3.09.87. The representatives of the Dominican Republic came second and the Americans third.more

Usain Bolt said that advances in spike technology that could help wipe out his world records are laughable and that the new shoes also give an unfair advantage over any athletes not wearing them.more

The studded shoes with which Karsten Warholm (25) ran when he set a world record in Bislett were developed in collaboration with the Mercedes Formula 1 team, in which world champion Lewis Hamilton (36) is the star.more

In elite sport there is often a fine line between defiance and delusion, and Mo Farah appeared to be skirting dangerously close to the latter in the aftermath of one of the worst runs of his career on Saturday night.more

Twenty-one people were killed when extremely cold weather struck during an ultramarathon in rugged Gansu province in northwestern China, sparking public outrage on Sunday over the lack of contingency planning.more

Sir Mo Farah will look to book his place for Tokyo 2020 at the British Athletics 10,000m Championships next month. The four-time Olympic champion is making his first return to the 10,000m since winning his sixth world title in 2017.more

World record holder for 100 and 200 meters, eight-time Olympic sprinter champion Usain Bolt admitted that he did not have the patience yet, which he believes is necessary to become a coach. The situation is changing, however, because ... he is taught patience by his several-month-old daughter.more

Eight-time Olympic champion and the 100m and 200m world record holder Usain Bolt says he does not see his records being broken anytime soon.more

Multiple Olympic gold-medallist and British icon Sir Mo Farah is reportedly set to be a campmate on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!. According to The Sun, the long-distance runner is set to be paid a fee of around £300,000 which could make him the best-paid star on this year’s series.more

Jamaican Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange announced that a statue of legendary sprinter Usain Bolt is ready to be erected in his native parish of Trelawny before the end of the year.more

Kenyan Runner Daniel Wanjiru has been suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a period of four years for the use of a banned substance.more