Injured again, Asafa Powell pulls hamstring at local meet
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Sporting Alert) — Asafa Powell could miss another World Championship after the former world 100m record holder pulled up at a local meet in Jamaica on Saturday night.
Powell, who missed the 2011 World Athletics Championship [...]
Live Melbourne World Challenge Stream: Spearmon, Korir in action
MELBOURNE, Australia (Sporting Alert) — Wallace Spearmon, who ran a wind-aided 9.92 seconds in Texas last week joins the list of sprinters in the 100-metres at the Melbourne World Challenge – IAAF World Challenge Meetings – [...]
Asafa Powell pulls out of Stawell Gift with hamstring problem
STAWELL, Australia (Sporting Alert) — Jamaican sprinter ace Asafa Powell has been forced to withdraw from Stawell Gift meet in Australia because of an injury.
The former 100 metres world record holder raced over 120m and finished third [...]
Asafa Powell still believes he can take down Usain Bolt
MELBOURNE, Australia (Sporting Alert) — Unless Usain Bolt false-starts, or fail to get in shape and getting beat like at the Jamaica Olympic trials last year, everyone is starting to become more comfortable about when he faces the starter [...]
Yohan Blake and Tyson Gay set for early 100m showdown in semi-finals
LONDON (Sporting Alert) — World champion Yohan Blake and American record holder Tyson Gay, two gold medal contenders, will get an early face-to-face battle after the pair were drawn in the same 100m semi-finals at the London Olympics.
The [...]
Bolt, Gay, Blake stroll through, Bailey fastest in the 100m in 9.88
LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Defending champion Usain Bolt cruised into the semifinals of the men’s 100 metros dash the London 2012 Olympic Games on Saturday morning.
Bolt, the champion from the Beijing Games, and world record holder [...]
Drug testers targeting, Asafa Powell, Jamaican athletes, says sprinter’s agent
LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Jamaican athletes, and Asafa Powell, in particular, has been a massive target for drug tester inside the athletes Olympic Village, the sprinter’s agent Paul Doyle said.
Doyle claimed that of his 35 athletes [...]
Asafa Powell: “a lot of guys will eat my dust” in London
LONDON (Sporting Alert) — A confident Asafa Powell believes that “a lot of guys will eat my dust” in the 100 metres when track and field action begins later this week.
Powell, who has been labeled as a choker at the major [...]
Bolt says he’s ready to go after recovering from slight problems
BIRMINGHAM (Sporting Alert) — Usain Bolt says he’s feeling good and will be ready to defend his 100m and 200m sprint titles at the London Olympic Games this summer.
The Jamaica admits that he had been having some problems with his [...]
Live Aviva London Grand Prix
LONDON (Sporting Alert) — A host of world class athletes will be in action at this weekend’s Aviva London Grand Prix – Samsung Diamond League meeting.
Live Streaming and TV Coverage Details: The event will be live on BBC2 tonight [...]
