PHOTOS: Bolt sprinkles star-dust as athletics goes Hollywood

'I've never handed (a baton) over to a girl. For me that was exciting.' IMAGE: Usain Bolt competes in the mixed 4x100 metre relay during the Nitro Athletics event at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne,......

PHOTOS: Taylor wins triple jump gold with second-longest ever leap

IMAGE: Christian Taylor of the United States competes in the men's triple jump final at the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters American Christian......

Ohuruogu wins women's 400m with late charge

  Britain's Christine Ohuruogu cemented her reputation for leaving it late by snatching the 400 metres World title from defending champion Amantle Montsho with a desperate lunge to the line on......

World Athletics: What you must not miss tonight!

Rediff.com's Day 3 guide to Moscow World Athletic championships. There are gold medals to be won in six categories: Men's pole vault, 08:00pm (IST); Women's shot put, 10:00pm; Men's hammer,......

Britain select two former drug offenders in Olympic team

Sprinter Dwain Chambers and shot putter Carl Myerscough, who have served doping bans after testing positive for anabolic steroids, were named on Tuesday in the British athletics team for the London......