World championships attendances boosted by free tickets: organizers
Organizers of the world athletics championships in Doha said on Saturday that attendance had been boosted in part by the distribution of free tickets by...
Venezuelan Rojas retains women’s triple jump world title
Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas retained her world triple jump title on Saturday with a display which reflected her recent dominance of the event as she twice...
American Biles lands new skills at worlds
American Simone Biles landed the triple-double on the floor exercise and the double-double dismount off the balance beam at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart,...
Coleman, Lyles help U.S. end relay gold medal drought
The United States blazed to the 4×100 meters relay title at the world athletics championships on Saturday, setting a new American record of 37.10 seconds...
Turkey’s Kanter says he was harassed by Erdogan supporters
Boston Celtics and Turkey center Enes Kanter said he had been harassed outside a Massachusetts mosque on Friday by two men he described as supporters...
Kenya’s Obiri defends 5,000m world title
Hellen Obiri of Kenya displayed her dominance of the 5,000 meters at the world athletics championships on Saturday by winning a second consecutive world title...
Jamaica beat Britain for women’s relay gold
Jamaica stormed to world championship gold in the women’s 4×100 meters relay on Saturday, beating Britain in a battle that featured 100 and 200m winners...
Angry Hassan completes unique double
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands completed a unique double when she dominated the race to win the 1,500 meters at the world athletics championship on...
Kovacs snatches shot put gold on final throw
American Joe Kovacs produced the third best shot put of all-time of 22.91 meters to snatch the world championship gold medal from New Zealand’s Tomas...
Dutchwoman Hassan completes unique double
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands completed a unique double when she dominated the race to win the 1,500 meters at the world athletics championship on...