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FILE - Kenyan athletes train together just after dawn on a dusty track in Kaptagat Forest in western Kenya, on Jan. 30, 2016. The threat of an imminent ban by track and field governing body World Athletics, which would likely have repercussions for a number of medal contenders at next year's world championships and the 2024 Paris Olympics was conceded by the Kenyan sports ministry in a statement issued on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022.  (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Kenya faces threat of athletics ban for doping 'crisis'

By Gerald Imray Nov. 25, 2022 03:44 AM EST

US marathon trials for 2024 Olympics will be run in Orlando

Nov. 08, 2022 12:15 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The 2024 United States Olympic marathon trials will be held along the streets in Orlando, Florida. USA Track and Field announced...

FILE - Albert Korir of Kenya crosses the finish line first in the men's division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Korir is looking to defend his New York City Marathon title when he races on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
NYC Marathon champion Albert Korir looks to defend title

By Doug Feinberg Nov. 03, 2022 03:11 PM EDT

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge crosses the line to win the Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has bettered his own world record in the Berlin Marathon. Kipchoge clocked 2:01:09 on Sunday to shave 30 seconds off his previous best-mark of 2:01:39 from the same course in 2018. (AP Photo/Christoph Soeder)
Kipchoge clocks 2:01:09 for world record in Berlin Marathon

By Ciarán Fahey Sep. 25, 2022 05:33 AM EDT

FILE - China's Dongpeng Shi competes in a heat of the 110m Hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. The governing body of track and field has acted against suspected systematic cheating in results from qualifying events for the Tokyo Olympics and age manipulation of athletes up to 20 years ago. Chinese athlete Shi Dongpeng was stripped of his silver medal in 110-meter hurdles at the 2002 world junior championships. Shi went on to compete at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics but did not reach either final in his event. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
South Korea Athletics Worlds 8/27/2011

Sep. 23, 2022 11:16 AM EDT

Korir joins Jepchirchir in defending NYC Marathon title

Aug. 10, 2022 11:19 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Albert Korir is joining fellow Kenyan runner Peres Jepchirchir in attempting to defend his title at the New York City Marathon. Korir...

Sportlight-The Dream Team picks up its gold medal

By The Associated Press Aug. 07, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 8 1902 — The United States, led by William Larned, beats Britain three matches to two to capture the Davis Cup. 1903 — Britain wins...

Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 5-11

By The Associated Press Aug. 04, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 5 1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the Phillies 8-5 at...

Sportlight- Tom Glavine earns his 300th victory

By The Associated Press Aug. 04, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 5 1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the Phillies 8-5 at...

Sportlight-The National Basketball Association is formed

By The Associated Press Aug. 02, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 3 1852 — The first intercollegiate rowing race is held on Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., where Harvard beats Yale by four lengths on the 2-mile course....

Shericka Jackson, of Jamaica, celebrates with fans after winning the final of the women's 200-meter run at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Jackson celebrates 200 win at worlds after Tokyo heartache

By Pat Graham Jul. 22, 2022 01:39 AM EDT

Noah Lyles, of the United States, greets fans after winning a final in the men's 200-meter run at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Lyles leads U.S. sweep; Jackson tops Jamaica 1-2 in 200

By Eddie Pells Jul. 21, 2022 10:48 PM EDT

Letesenbet Gidey, of Ethiopia, gets a hug from Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, after winning the women's 10000-meter run final at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Kerley leads red, white & blue sweep of 100 at worlds

By Eddie Pells Jul. 16, 2022 06:28 PM EDT

Allyson Felix, of the United States, gives her daughter Camryn her bronze medal after the 4x400-meter mixed relay final at the World Athletics Championships Friday, July 15, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Felix gets a bronze on her farewell at world championships

By Eddie Pells Jul. 15, 2022 11:19 PM EDT

FILE - Allyson Felix of the United States reacts after winning the gold medal in the final of the Women's 200m during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Felix, retiring after the 2022 world championships in Eugene, Oregon, is looking forward to a much slower pace. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Allyson Felix reflects on footprints she's leaving on track

By Pat Graham Jul. 14, 2022 02:26 PM EDT

Olympic medalist Amos suspended for doping ahead of worlds

Jul. 13, 2022 07:01 AM EDT
MONACO (AP) — Nijel Amos, an Olympic silver medalist in the men's 800 meters, has been suspended ahead of the world championships after testing positive for a rare...

FILE Britain's Mo Farah celebrates winning the gold medal, in the men's 5000-meter medals ceremony, during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has disclosed he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child. The British athlete made the revelation in a BBC documentary. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
UK Olympic great Mo Farah says he was trafficked as a child

By Danica Kirka Jul. 12, 2022 08:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 15, 2016, file photo, Oscar Pistorius leaves the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, after his sentencing proceedings. South African former track star Oscar Pistorius has met with the father of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman he shot to death in 2013, as part of his parole process, the Steenkamp's family lawyer told The Associated Press on Friday July 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
Seeking parole, Pistorius meets with girlfriend's father

By Gerald Imray Jul. 01, 2022 01:55 PM EDT

Fahnbulleh wins 100 and 200 meters at NCAA championships

Jun. 10, 2022 11:50 PM EDT
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Florida's Joseph Fahnbulleh pulled away at the finishes to win the 100 and 200 meters at the NCAA track and field championships Friday night. ...

Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah poses for photos following her win in the women's 100 meters during the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Athletes gearing up with world championships looming

By Anne M. Peterson Jun. 01, 2022 05:55 PM EDT

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