Fraser-Pryce says she was hell-bent on reclaiming 100m title

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 15:19

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has said she was well focused on the task of regaining her World 100 metres title lost two years ago in Daegu, South Korea.

Another empty stadium as Moscow suffers post-Bolt blues

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 17:35

There was a real Monday morning feeling as the world athletics championships got underway to the now-familiar backdrop of a virtually deserted Luzhniki Stadium, though a knot of dedicated Ukraine fans did their best to lift the flat mood.

It was always tough with Gatlin around: Usain Bolt

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 16:32

Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt has said that it was hard to beat US rival Justin Gatlin on the way to reclaiming his 100m title at the World Athletics Championships.

Merritt echoes athletes concerns about sparse crowds

Last Updated: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 22:57

Olympic 110 metres hurdles champion Aries Merritt echoed many athletes disappointment at the lack of spectators at the world athletics championships today at the Luzhniki Stadium.

Focused Bolt primed to dazzle in Moscow

Last Updated: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 10:42

Usain Bolt will be expected to bring some razzle-dazzle to the world championships on Sunday in the semi-finals and final of the 100 metres after the Jamaican played it safe in the heats.

World waits for showman Bolt to strut his stuff

Last Updated: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 09:03

Usain Bolt will need to guard against complacency as he begins his bid to win the 100 metres crown while double Olympic champion Mo Farah goes for gold in the 10,000 on the first day of the world championships on Saturday.

Usain Bolt and team-mates tested at training camp

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 08:49

All 44 athletes on the Jamaican team, including sprint superstar Usain Bolt, were tested Monday at their Moscow training camp for the athletics World Championships.

Usain Bolt fired up for world championships despite rivals` absence

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 10:11

Usain Bolt is determined not to let the absence of some of his main rivals make him drop his guard as he tries to win back the 100 metres world title he lost two years ago.

Usain Bolt fired up for world championships despite rivals` absence

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 10:10

Usain Bolt is determined not to let the absence of some of his main rivals make him drop his guard as he tries to win back the 100 metres world title he lost two years ago.

West Germany`s athletes were `systematically` doped with government backing: Report

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 10:36

West Germany`s athletes were systematically doped with government backing from the 1970s, according to a new report by German researchers.

Mo Farah at the peak of his powers for double repeat

Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 09:17

As double Olympic champion Mo Farah knows he is there to be shot at. But such is his self-belief that it will take someone and something special to scupper the Briton`s bid to repeat the feat at the world championships in Moscow.

Bolt on board for worlds hit by withdrawals

Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 09:11

A year after athletics was at the heart of London 2012 the sport`s biennial world championships is in danger of losing its lustre after a series of doping and injury withdrawals have robbed the Moscow event of much of its stardust.