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Jamaica break world record in men's 4x100m relay

Usain Bolt anchored Jamaica to a world record time of 37.04 seconds in the final of the 4x100 metres relay at the world championships on Sunday.

The Jamaicans bettered their own mark of 37.10 seconds

Fabiana Murer claims pole vault gold as Yelena Isinbayeva crashes out

Yelena Isinbayeva pushed her gamesmanship one step too far on Tuesday and crashed out of the world women's pole vault, a competition won by Brazil's Fabiana Murer.

Murer, who was fifth at the Berlin

Tintu Luka settles for silver in Belgium

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A hat-trick of gold medals eluded ace Indian middle distance runner Tintu Luka despite coming up with her season's best performance as she settled for a silver at the Flenders Cup in Leuven, Belgium t

Tintu Luka grabs another gold, Ghamanda Ram wins silver

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India's ace 800m runner Tintu Luka's wait to qualify for London Olympics continued even as she won her second gold medal in four days on the European circuit.

Luka, legendary P T Usha's protege, won

Ashwini, Priyanka's B' samples also test positive

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Dope tainted athlete Ashwini Akkunji's London Olympics dreams are virtually over as her 'B' sample also tested positive for anabolic steroids and she now faces the prospect of a two-year ban for her o

Doping mess: Surprise raid at NIS Patiala, 'B' samples fail

Sacked athletics coach Yuri Ogorodnik on Saturday defended himself and said that he never provided the banned anabolic steroids to Indian athletes as the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) conducted a

India’s sacked athletics coach from Ukraine fears for his life

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Sacked athletics coach Yuri Ogorodnik on Wednesday expressed fear for his life in India and defended himself by claiming that he did not play any role in the doping scandal that resulted in six of his

India sacks Ukrainian coach, orders probe after positive tests

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The Indian sports ministry has sacked a Ukrainian track and field coach and ordered a thorough investigation into an embarrassing doping scandal after eight athletes tested positive for banned anaboli

Athletics legends blame federation, coaches for doping scandal

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Former athletes on Monday blamed the national federation and the coaches for the doping scandal that rocked the country, saying that they were hand in glove with the athletes in bringing the country t

Track to celluloid

National 100m hurdles champion G. Gayathry has changed her attention to celluloid — albeit briefly. Gayathry is the heroine of director Balu Manivannan’s Tamil film Aasaipadugiren, which captures the

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