Sports Shorts: Tokyo 2020 marathon to end with gruelling incline

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday. IMAGE: Tokyo marathon in 2018. Photograph: Tokyo Marathon Foundation/Twitter The route for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics marathon......

Sports Shorts: Olympic high jumper Mason dies in motorbike crash

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Britain's high jumper and Olympian Germaine Mason. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters/File High jump star Germaine......

Jamaican sprinter Carter files CAS appeal

Embattled Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) after he was retroactively found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, his lawyer......

Bolt fires 'All-Stars' to Nitro Series win

 'All-Stars' finished the team-based meeting with 3,040 points, edging Australia by 77 points, with Bolt playing a key role IMAGE: Usain Bolt of Usain Bolt's All-Star team hugs Genevieve......

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,......