Gender controversy overshadows Semenya's gold

South African teenager Caster Semenya, whose rapid improvement has prompted officials to order a gender verification test, won the women's world 800 metres title with a crushing performance on......

Kaniskina races to 20km walk gold

Olympic and world champion Olga Kaniskina was in a class of her own when she raced to a 20km walk gold medal at the world athletics championships Sunday. The petite 24-year-old Russian surged......

Jelimo hits jackpot, Bolt wins in Brussels

Kenyan Pamela Jelimo claimed the Golden League's $1 million jackpot on Friday, while fellow Olympic champion Usain Bolt beat Asafa Powell to win the 100 metres at the Memorial Van Damme meeting.......

Isinbayeva, Jelimo light up Beijing

A world record pole vault for Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva and an electrifying 800 meters run by 18-year-old Kenyan Pamela Jelimo lit up the Bird's Nest Stadium on Monday evening. The shock......

Isinbayeva steals the show

A nonchalant manner masking her lust for gold, Yelena Isinbayeva sashayed into Osaka's Nagai stadium and stole centre stage at the world championships in Osaka on Tuesday. Kenya swept the men's......