New broadcast guidelines: Video style is only part of the issue, attire must be...
According to European Athletics, sports broadcasts continue to sexualize female athletes through biased camera angles and suggestive editing. These include lingering close‑ups, revealing low...
Hitting the wall: Men may be more likely to race the marathon aggressively than...
A recent Scientific Reports analysis of runners in the Berlin Marathon race found that a significant pace drop in the closing kilometres affected 17...
Women’s 800 metre world record watch: Is 2026 the season?
Former Czechoslovakian (Czech Republic) middle-distance runner Jarmila Kratochvílová holds the current 800 metre world record at 1:53.28. She set the time on July 26,...
NCAA recruiting has been uprooted, and nobody told the families
A mother and her daughter joined me on a video call a few weeks ago. They’re the kind of people who show up on...
Breaking: Enhanced Games was underwhelming, disorganized, and suffered massive financial problems
Oh, the delicious irony.
Those who support honesty, an even playing field, and fair play in sports may be laughing today. It turns out...
World Athletics removing the marathon event from the World Athletics Championships
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World Athletics is removing the marathon from the World Athletics Championships. A World Athletics spokesperson told CBC...
World Athletics broke its own rule around the Adidas shoe worn by Sabastian Sawe
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World Athletics president Sebastian Coe told BBC Sport Africa that the organization will...
2026 London Marathon, 1:59:30: From the ridiculous to the sublime; should we believe what...
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Sabastian Sawe didn’t just win the London Marathon, he shattered the limits of belief.
A 55-second world record...
Is it the right decision to have seven women race for Team USA in...
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"You can't always get what you wantBut if you try sometime, you'll findYou get what you need."
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When stars like Jacob Kiplimo and Beatrice Chebet force an uncomfortable question about trust...
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Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo and Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet have something in common. In their respective events, they are the...
