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World Championships - Bolt seals Moscow hat-trick as Jamaica win relay Usain Bolt made it a hat-trick of World Championship golds as Jamaica won the men's 4x100m relay at the Luzhniki Stadium. After winning the individual 100m and 200m titles, Bolt's task was made easier when American...

Janowicz booed for underhand serve Wimbledon semi-finalist Jerzy Janowicz was showered with boos for serving underhand during his quick opening round exit from the US Open. Hampered by a back injury sustained in the gym on Saturday, the normally temperamental world number 14 from Poland...

World Championships - Jamaica win women's 4x100 as US fluff lines Jamaica won the women's 4x100m relay as the United States messed up a changeover at the World Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium. France took silver while the Americans recovered from a dreadful second baton exchange to pip...

Wozniacki survives tough battle with Chinese qualifier Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki reeled off five consecutive games to dig herself out of a hole and safely reach the second round of the US Open. With her boyfriend, Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy, watching from the stands at...

World Championships - Sum smashes PB to take surprise 800 gold in Moscow A personal best from Eunice Sum secured her a shock win in the 800 metres at the World Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium. Unheralded Sum, the Kenyan trials winner, powered past the Russian Olympic champion on the home...

Ivanovic advances despite learning of tragedy Former world number one Ana Ivanovic made a strong start at the US Open but said she was playing with a heavy heart after hearing about the drowning death of a ********* friend back home in Serbia. Vukasin Ziramov, 25, died last week after jumping...

World Championships - Kiprop defends 1500m title in Moscow Asbel Kiprop, who was injured for London 2012, defended his 1500m world title in a time of 3:36.28 at the Luzhniki Stadium. The long-striding Kiprop's devastating finishing kick quickly took him clear when he loomed up on team mate...

World Championships - Russia's anti-gay law uproar an "invented problem" - minister The controversy over Russia's law banning the promotion of homosexuality is an "invented problem "focused on by Western media, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Sunday. The law, which parliament ****** in...

World Championships - Bolt leads charge for more gold The final day of the World Athletics Championships promises to be a fast and furious one with sprint king Usain Bolt aiming to add a third gold to his Moscow tally in the men's 4x100 relay on Sunday. Bolt has been untouchable on the blue...

World Championships - Bolt storms to 200m gold in Moscow Usain Bolt completed yet another crushing sprint double and hardly needed to extend himself to achieve it as he took his third successive world 200 metres title in the year's fastest time of 19.66 seconds, despite easing down at the end...

World Championships - Rollins sees off Pearson for hurdles gold New *** on the block Brianna Rollins dethroned Australia's 100 metres hurdles queen Sally Pearson to win gold in moscow. American Rollins, who celebrates her 22nd birthday on Sunday, was last out of the blocks but had drawn level...

World Championships - Porter claims hurdles bronze for GB as Rollins wins Tiffany Porter earned a brilliant bronze for Britain in the women's 100m hurdles as USA's Brianna Rollins took gold. Rollins shocked Australia's Olympic champion Sally Pearson to win in 12.44 seconds, with Pearson second...

World Championships - Ohuruogu's relay team and Porter strike bronze for Britain Christine Ohuruogu steered Britain to third place in the women's 4x400m as Russia earned a stunning win over USA. The Russian and US quartets were neck-and-neck after three laps, but Russia's Antonina Krivoshapka...

World Championships - Ethiopia's Defar storms to 5000m title Meseret Defar added yet another global 5,000 metres gold to her bulging collection when she won the world title with a textbook performance on Saturday, aided by her Ethiopian team mates. Defar, twice Olympic champion and now double...

World Championships - Green-Tregaro told to change rainbow fingernails Swedish high jumper Emma Green-Tregaro, who painted her fingernails in the colours of the rainbow flag in support of Russia's gay community, has been told not to repeat the gesture in Saturday's world championship final...

World Championships - Olympic champion Kiprotich adds marathon world title Uganda's Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich showed he was no one-hit wonder by breaking Kenya's stranglehold on the men's marathon at the world championships with victory in two hours nine minutes 51 seconds on...

World Championships - Departing Diack's ***** is athletics for all Lamine Diack, the 80-year-old head of world athletics, says his number one aim before standing down in two years' time is to ensure his sport is available to every *****, in every school in the world. In a wide-ranging...

World Championships - Unbeatable Farah surely in line for Knighthood After Mo Farah's heroics in Moscow, Reda Maher explains why he is so hard to beat – and wants the Briton to receive his country's highest honour. Mo Farah is the double world and Olympic distance champion. It has a nice ring...

Athletics - Reports: Pistorius to face new weapons charges Oscar Pistorius will face new charges of recklessly discharging a weapon in public when he appears in a South African court next week accused of ********* his girlfriend, local media reported on Friday. Neither prosecutors nor lawyers...

World Championships - Photographer's camera wins shot put title for Storl Germany's David Storl retained his world championship shot title in controversial circumstances when his winning throw, originally ruled a foul, was allowed to stand after judges consulted a photographer's camera. Storl...

World Championships - USA bounce back from Olympic disappointment with relay gold World 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt anchored an emphatic American men's 4x400 metres relay triumph on Friday, a year after they were stunned in the Olympic final by the Bahamas. The U.S., who have won the...

World Championships - Fraser-Pryce completes glorious double as Felix crashes out Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce completed a brilliant world championship sprint double on Friday as she added the 200 metres gold to the 100m title but her path to glory was eased by an injury to Olympic...

World Championships - Fantastic Farah cements place in history with double-double Mo Farah defended his World Championship 5,000m title in Moscow with another brilliant run six days after winning 10,000 gold. The British star, who did the distance double at London 2012, needed all of his famed...

World Championships - Bolt leads Jamaican assault on 200m final Usain Bolt led three Jamaicans into the final of the men's 200 metres as the world record holder seeks a third successive world title at his favourite distance. Bolt's team mates Warren Weir, bronze medallist in last year's...

World Championships - Gemili runs sub 20s to romp into final British youngster Adam Gemili smashed his personal best for the second time in one day to win his 200m semi-final in 19.98s at the World Championships in Moscow. Earlier on Friday, Gemili's time of 20.17s in the heats was the fastest...

World Championships - Underfire Isinbayeva says she was 'misunderstood' Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva has said she is opposed to sexual discrimination, and that her English comments in support of her country's anti-gay propaganda law may have been misconstrued. With Russia due to...

World Championships - Britain's Porter wins heat in Moscow, relay team qualify Britain's Tiffany Porter kicked off a fine morning for Britain by winning her 100m hurdles heat in a time of 12.72 at the World Championships in Moscow. Porter was delighted with her commanding performance as she...

Athletics - Gemili aiming high after personal best in first Moscow outing Adam Gemili insists he has the 200m final firmly in his sights after marking his senior World Athletics Championship bow in style with a new personal best in Moscow. Gemili had to wait until day seven to get out on the...

Athletics - Bolt blocks out the pain to advance in 200m Usain Bolt stretched, stifled a yawn and, almost apologetically, extracted his giant frame from his blocks before strolling through his heat as he began his bid for a third successive world 200 metres title on Friday. Bolt, never a fan of...

Nibali back in front after Moreno wins stage Katusha rider Dani Moreno claimed the host nation's first stage win of the 2013 Vuelta a Espana on Tuesday while Italy's Vincenzo Nibali regained the overall lead. A late split in the pack on the hilly stage to Fisterre allowed Giro d'Italia winner...

World Championships - Gemili fastest to qualify in 200m, Bolt cruises through British sprinter Adam Gemili smashed his personal best to qualify joint-fastest from the heats for the 200m at the World Championships in Moscow. Gemili produced the fastest time from a British athlete in the event...

World Championships - Isinbayeva condemns Swede's 'disrespectful' gay rights protest The face of the Moscow world championships, Yelena Isinbayeva, has condemned Swede Emma Green-Tregaro's gesture of support for the Russian gay community as disrespectful and said she supported the law banning...

Nibali goes the extra mile in Spain Italian Vincenzo Nibali had completed the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Espana and pedalled four kilometres back to his Astana team bus for a shower before he learned he had moved into the race lead. A late split in the pack on the hilly stage to Fisterre...

World Championships - 'Isinbayeva anti-gay? No, just lining up a political career' Eurosport's Reda Maher tries to make sense of Yelena Isinbayeva's crass comments criticising a gay rights protest. I interviewed Yelena Isinbayeva as one of my first assignments as an intern for Eurosport back...

Athletics - Fab Friday beckons with the Felix, Farah and Bolt show Usain Bolt starts his quest for a second world track gold in Moscow but American sprinting great Allyson Felix looks set to steal the limelight as she goes for a fourth world 200 metres title on Friday. Briton Mo Farah should...

Athletics - ***** admits to letting 400m hurdles medal go at worlds Eilidh ***** might have finished fifth in her maiden major outdoor championship final but she couldn't help but think that she could have had so much more to celebrate in Moscow. The 26-year-old paid the price for a...

World Championships - Champion Bondarenko misses WR as Grabarz disappoints Newly crowned world high jump champion Bohdan Bondarenko failed in his bid to land the world record after a gripping final in Moscow which saw British Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz finish eighth. Bondarenko...

World Championships - Swede Aregawi takes silver winner Simpson's 1,500m title Sweden's Ethiopian-born Abeba Aregawi learned from her Olympic mistake and produced a devastating final 300 metres to deny defending champion Jennifer Simpson a second 1,500 metres gold at the world championships on...

World Championships - Gordon runs down Tinsley to snatch hurdles gold Mum knows best, so the saying goes, even if the ****** of new 400 metres hurdles world champion Jehue Gordon has not quite got track and field terminology quite right. Heeding her words to "push-ahead" all the way to the...

World Championships - Fraser-Pryce takes it easy in bid for world sprint double Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has her eye on a golden sprint double at the world championships after curtailing the celebrations following her 100 metres victory. Fraser-Pryce, who took 100 gold at the London...

World Championships - Kenya's Kemboi lands world steeplechase hat-trick Kenyan Ezekiel Kemboi refused to buckle and allow teenage team-mate Conseslus Kipruto to threaten his dominance of the 3,000 metres steeplechase by powering to a third consecutive world title. The 31-year-old, sporting a...

World Championships - Hejnova flies to 400m hurdles win as Shakes-Drayton flops Zuzana Hejnova obliterated the opposition to win 400m hurdles gold as Britain's Perri Shakes-Drayton fell to pieces in Moscow. The Czech cruised to an error-free win in a world-lead, national record time of 52.83...

Rain suspends play, Federer match postponed Steady rain hit the US Open on Monday, washing out the last match on Arthur Ashe Stadium court featuring five-times champion Roger Federer. The match between seventh-seeded Federer and unseeded Grega Zemlja of Slovenia will be rescheduled for...

World Championships - Isinbayeva condemns Swede's 'disrespectful' gay rights protest The face of the Moscow world championships, Yelena Isinbayeva, has condemned Swede Emma Green-Tregaro's gesture of support for the Russian gay community as disrespectful and said she supported the law banning...

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Athletics - Athletes add some colour to world championships Swedish high jumper Emma Green-Tregaro made a discreet but colourful show of support for Russia's gay community at the world championships on Thursday. The 28-year-old painted her nails the colours of the gay pride rainbow flag for...

:party: Congrats Maggie Green! :clap: :thumbsup:

World Championships - Okoro makes easy progress, Judd falters Marilyn Okoro admits she has new coach Johnny Gray to thank after breezing through her 800m heat at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow. One year ago Okoro was close to quitting the sport for good after controversially...