American McLaughlin breaks women's 400m hurdles world record

IMAGE: Sydney McLaughlin, 21, seized the lead around the final bend and into the home stretch to power home and beat Rio Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad's previous mark of 52.16. Photograph:......

Sports Shorts: Dutch Olympic athlete jailed for drug trafficking

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday. IMAGE: Madiea Ghafoor was stopped at a border check in Elten in June where 50kg of ecstasy, 2kg of crystal meth and 11,950 euros in......

Felix to run 400m and relays at World Championships

Olympic 200 metres gold medallist Allyson Felix has chosen to run the 400 metres at next month's world championships, her coach told Reuters on Wednesday. "We wanted to do both (the 200m and 400m)......

Sports Shorts: Nelson to end hurdling career; F1 live Twitter show

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday. IMAGE: Dawn Harper-Nelson of the United States celebrates winning silver in the 100 metres hurdles at the World Athletics......

Athletics PIX: De Grasse, McLaughlin scorch the track

IMAGE: Canada's Andre de Grasse glances to his left as he finishes ahead of Kenneth Bednarek of the United States to win the gold medal in the Olympics men's 200 metres final, at Olympic Stadium......