CALLUM HAWKINS admits he will just be happy to be back racing on Monday after collapsing at last month’s Commonwealth Games. The Brit races for the first time since falling to the ground while leading the Commonwealth marathon when he takes on Mo Farah in the Vitality London 10,000. Hawkins was on course for victory […]
USAIN BOLT’S retirement from athletics last year has left a number of sprinters hoping to take the crown as the fastest man in the world. The Jamaican has dominated the sport, never mind sprinting, for the past decade. But with the latest leg of the Diamond League circuit taking place in Eugene this weekend – […]
OLYMPIC champ Darren Campbell admits he is “relieved to be alive” after suffering a bleed on the brain. The retired British sprint ace, 44, suffered a seizure at home last Tuesday and had to be resuscitated in hospital. Campbell is now recovering and confirmed he had a pituitary apoplexy. He told the BBC: “I nearly died. You […]
THE IAAF has been accused of “blatant racism” over new regulations which will impact Caster Semenya. The rules will limit the testosterone levels of female athletes competing over distances between 400 metres and a mile. And South Africa’s ruling party the African National Congress has hit out at what it believes is a case against Olympic champ […]
A TOP doctor at the IAAF has claimed a new intersex category may have to be introduced to athletics within the next decade. The sport’s governing body have this week published controversial new rules restricting the amount of testosterone in women competitors. But the IAAF are facing accusations the regulations are being targeted directly at […]