Blast from the past! Ben Johnson's disgrace at Seoul 25 years ago

Mike Collett, now Global Soccer Editor for Reuters, was an athletics reporter for United Press International in 1988. Here, he recalls covering the unfolding story of Ben Johnson's downfall at the......

Ben Johnson heads top 10 sporting disqualifications

Spaniard Borja Etchart is the latest professional golfer to get disqualified; he was ejected from the Andalucia Open after twice wrongly placing his ball. A look at the top 10......

I would have still won that race without drugs in 1988, says Ben Johnson

Cheat. Disgrace. Canada's shame: Ben Johnson has been called all these things and more in the last 25 years.Few athletes evoke the same depth of disdain as Johnson, the Canadian sprinter whose......

Ben Johnson's protgs for trials at Salgaocar

Legendary sprinter Carl Lewis came to India in his prime to participate in a Permit Meet in New Delhi during the late eighties. Now it's the turn of his once bitter adversary Ben Johnson to step on......

Carl Lewis: poetry in motion at Showbiz Games

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics were pure showbusiness and Carl Lewis made the perfect matinee idol.Watching him in the Coliseum was an unforgettable experience. Poetry in motion, he seemed to glide......