A national athlete from Japan, which was also expanding its imperial ambitions, won with an Olympic record of 2 hours, 29 ...

President Shadrack Maluki said they have set themselves an ambitious target of having representation from 12 federations.

Elite athletes say rising temperatures are reshaping the port with some city marathons more impacted than others.

From Abebe Bikila to Letsile Tebogo, African athletes have made history at the Olympics. Relive some of the greatest sporting moments from the continent ahead of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.

The prestigious World Athletics Heritage Plaque was awarded to Fred Lebow, the late New York City Marathon founder, on Friday (31) during the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) Donation Ceremony at ...

two-time Olympic medalist Paul Chelimo poses for a photo at Bear Creek Regional Park on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025 in Colorado Springs, Colo. On a quintessential fall October morning, Bear Creek Regional ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The annual Queen Bee Half Marathon kicked off its weekend festivities downtown with the “warm up” Queen Bee Bash, featuring a special appearance by Olympic champion Jenny Simpson.

Galen Rupp, who is one of the most decorated distance runners in American history, will take part in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon for a sixth time. The 2017 champion, Rupp is the only American ...

TOKYO (AP) — They ran for more than two hours and needed a photo finish to determine the winner. Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania edged out Amanal Petros in a wild men's marathon at world championships ...

Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir won the world championships marathon by two seconds over Ethiopian Tigst Assefa in what turned into a duel between the two most decorated women in the field. Jepchirchir, the ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Boxing Hall of Famer and Pensacola local Roy Jones Jr. was handed the 1988 Olympic gold medal by former competitor and winner, Park Si-Hun of South Korea. Park won the match ...