U.S. Olympic track and field athletes will wear uniforms at the London Summer Olympics that Nike says could shave up to 0.023 seconds off 100-meter sprint times - a difference that could have elevated

In what turned out to be a staggering revelation, Asian Games gold-medallist Pinki Pramanik was found to be a male after a medical check-up at a private nursing home on Thursday.

Police arrested the

Pakistan's fastest woman athlete on Thursday committed suicide, reportedly after a quarrel with her fiance, her relatives said.

Mubeen Akhtar had been upset for the past few days as her fiance Liaqu

Arthur Gilbert, from England, has defied his years to become the world's oldest triathlete.

The energetic grandfather, who carried the Olympic Torch through Minehead, Somerset, last month, has taken

Three girls from Kerala — O.V. Revathi, R. Anu and Jessy Joseph — have been selected to the Indian Squad for the Asian Junior Track and Field Athletics Championship being held at Colombo from June 9 t

Run, Norman! Run!

Hungarian Norman Varga has begun a quest to run the length of 50 marathons in 50 days and arrive in London in time for the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games.

Varga is a 25-ye

After being labelled as the fastest man in the State Senior Athletic meet in Kochi, 21-year-old Yesu Raj, from Punjab, is confident of making a mark in the Inter-service Athletic meet that will be hel

Usain Bolt won the 100 meters at the Golden Spike meet, his first victory in Europe ahead of the London Olympics.

The Jamaican, who won three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, had a slow start b

Let us be realistic about India’s Olympic aspirations in athletics. Historically, only the legends Milkha Singh and P.T. Usha believed that winning a medal at the Olympics in athletics was possible.

Chief minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday announced that Asian Athletic Championships would be held in the city in August next year.

In a suo motu statement in the Assembly, she said that the players f