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Asher-Smith returns with personal best 60m win
Britain's Dina Asher-Smith returned to competitive action for the first time in over a year on Friday and equalled her personal best in winning the 60 metres race at the World Indoor Tour in Karlsruhe.
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Olympic Sports
COVID-19: British Athletics cancels indoor champs
British Athletics has cancelled its indoor championships set to begin in Glasgow next month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the governing body said on Friday.
Olympic Sports
London Marathon plans record no. of runners
This year's London Marathon is set to break new ground with a world record 100,000 runners expected to compete both on the streets of the city and in a remote race "wherever they are on the planet," organisers said on Thursday.
Tennis
Aussie still on as planned, but 72 in quarantine
Despite 72 players now in a 14-day quarantine, Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said the Grand Slam will start as scheduled on Feb. 8.
Track and Field
Olympic champion Rollins-McNeal suspended
Olympic hurdles champion Brianna Rollins-McNeal has been provisionally suspended for a doping rules violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Thursday
Olympic Sports
Tokyo exec tries to reassure doubting public
The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee tried on Tuesday to reassure the Japanese public that the postponed games will open in just over six months.
Olympic Sports
IOC's Pound not sure Tokyo Games will happen
Canadian IOC member Richard Pound said he "can't be certain" the postponed Tokyo Olympics will open in just over six months because of the surging pandemic in Japan and elsewhere.
Olympic Sports
All 68 Tokyo sponsors agree to extend contracts
Tokyo Olympic officials said Thursday they have reached a "basic agreement" with all 68 domestic sponsors to extend their contracts into next year to support the postponed Games.
Olympic Sports
World indoor championships in China postponed
The World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China have been pushed back again to March 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemi.
Olympic Sports
IOC confirms Bach only candidate for presidency
Thomas Bach will have no opponents for his reelection as president in a vote scheduled in March, the International Olympic Committee says.
Olympic Sports
Malcolm: I'm not a trailblazer, best man for role
British Athletics head coach and former Olympic sprinter Christian Malcolm has said he isn't a trailblazer and that he got the role because of abilities, not his skin colour.
Olympic Sports
Tokyo Marathon 2021 postponed due to COVID
Next year's Tokyo marathon has been rescheduled until after the delayed Olympics due to the ongoing concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Olympic Sports
Police face misconduct probe for Williams stop
Five London police officers are being investigated for misconduct over the treatment of Black athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos in July.
Olympic Sports
Coe 'supportive' of taking knee at medal podium
Sebastian Coe said he would be "supportive" if an athlete chooses to take a knee at the medal podium during the Tokyo Olympics.
Track and Field
Diack sentenced to 2 years in prison for scheme
Former IAAF president Lamine Diack was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for his role in a scheme that allowed Russian athletes who paid hush money to keep competing when they should have been suspended for doping.
Track and Field
Van Niekerk wins on return to track in Europe
Van Niekerk beat Jochem Dobber of the Netherlands and Poland's Karol Zalewski in a low-key return after recovering from a debilitating knee injury and COVID-19.
Olympic Sports
Team GB athlete sets 4 world records in 4 hours
Team GB's Hannah Cockroft broke her own world record times at the British Wheelchair Athletic Association Grand Prix in Stoke.
Olympic Sports
Registration for '21 Boston Marathon put on hold
Boston Marathon registration, which had been scheduled for September, is on hold as organizers try to figure out how the race will need to change in the coronavirus era.
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Malcolm appointed Britsh Athletics head coach
Christian Malcolm had been working as Australia Athletics' head of performance and will take up his role with the British organisation later this year.
Olympic Sports
Bolt tests positive after mask-free birthday party
World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus, Jamaica's health ministry confirmed late Monday.
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