Ethiopian marathon runner Ruti Aga suspended for doping and tampering
Thirty-two-year-old Ethiopian distance runner Ruti Aga has been handed a provisional, appealable suspension for doping-related offences, which include testing positive for the banned substance...
Will Femke Broeders-Bol beat Audrey Werro during the World Athletics Ultimate Championship?
Can Keely Hodgkinson, Femke Broeders-Bol, or anyone else, for that matter, defeat Audrey Werro in the women's 800 metres at the World Athletics Ultimate...
Audrey Werro narrowly holds off Femke Broeders-Bol in Brussels Diamond League 800 metre championships
Swiss 22-year-old 800 metre phenom, Audrey Werro, narrowly held off the hard-charging Dutch athlete Femke Broeders-Bol, who this year converted to the 800m, after...
Day 1 at the Brussels Diamond League meet, Ingebrigtsen does not mince words
The opening night of the Brussels Wanda Diamond League Final at King Baudouin Stadium delivered a series of record-breaking performances, headlined by Collen Kebinatshipi...
Which is the hotter ticket for the Brussels Diamond League, the women’s 800m or...
While there have not been any so-called global championships in the sport of athletics this year, the season has been busy. There were the...
Will Emmanuel Wanyonyi or Marco Arop beat David Rudisha’s world record of 1:40.91 in...
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Emmanuel Wanyonyi is back in world-class form after the Weltklasse Zürich Diamond League meet on August 27. The...
Jonah Koech Kipruto, a former Kenyan, representing Team USA, banned for doping
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Jonah Koech, also known as Jonah Koech Kipruto, has been suspended by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)...
Anti-doping: Russia quietly reports another 152 whereabouts failures
Russian anti‑doping turbulence continued into mid‑summer, with the national agency RUSADA quietly posting yet another cluster of missed‑whereabouts violations—pushing the 2026 tally to 152....
Flashpoint: The 23 Chinese swimmers and the growing rift between USADA, WADA and CHINADA
The simmering dispute between World Athletics, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) shows little sign of cooling. With...
Great Ethiopian Run 10K set to grow to 60,000 for 2026 running
The Great Ethiopian Run, Africa’s largest mass-participation road race, has unveiled an ambitious five-year strategic plan to become the largest 10-kilometre event in the...
