Usain Bolt back in search of 200 metres hat-trick

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 09:53

Usain Bolt returns to centre stage on Saturday and it seems only a catastrophic injury can prevent the Jamaican world record holder from securing a third successive world 200m title and completing another brilliant sprint double.

Fraser-Pryce in the pink after sprint supershow

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 09:15

Move over Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce stole your thunder. In 10.71 seconds of pure sprinting power on Monday the colourful and diminutive Jamaican outdid the sport`s great showman for razzle-dazzle.

`Clean as a whistle` Bolt aims to renew faith in athletics following drug scandal

Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2013, 10:17

After fellow Jamaican athletes failed crucial drug tests, six-time Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has assured that he wants to help restore faith in the sport, adding that he would work even harder to help the country and the sport.

Jamaican athlete Smikle tests positive for drugs following Powell, Gay

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 12:08

Olympic discus thrower Traves Smikle has revealed a positive drug test, becoming the fourth Jamaican athlete exposed to be doping, although he denied that he did not knowingly ingested a banned substance.

Powell’s sponsorship woes

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 11:18

Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has started facing the side effects of being trapped into the doping net.

Asafa Powell's physio hits back over doping blame

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 18:04

Asafa Powell`s physiotherapist on Wednesday hit back at claims from the Jamaican sprinter that he was to blame for a positive dope test, maintaining that he did not provide him or compatriot Sherone Simpson with banned drugs.

Italian police find stash of pills, medicine in Powell’s room

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 14:35

Italian police have said they discovered a stash of unidentified pills and medicines in the hotel room of Asafa Powell, the Jamaican sprinter accused of doping.

Asafa Powell, other Jamaican athletes deny doping

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 23:12

Three of Jamaica’s top athletes including Asafa Powell have denied taking banned substances after the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) confirmed that five of the country’s athletes have tested positive for illegal substances.

Sprinter Campbell-Brown may get away lightly

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 10:49

Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown, who tested positive for a banned substance in May, is unlikely to receive the standard two-year ban.

Bolt wins Jamaican 100 title to reach worlds

Last Updated: Saturday, June 22, 2013, 10:44

Two-time Olympic reigning sprint double champion Usain Bolt won the 100-metre title at the Jamaican Athletics Championships on Friday night to qualify for August`s World Championships.

Usain Bolt punches semi-final ticket at trials

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 12:44

World record-holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt easily booked his semi-final ticket in the men`s 100m at the Jamaican trials for the athletics World Championships on Thursday.