David Neville News

Eric Ripert with Jan Dorman, honorary chair of the MFA's patron steering committee, at the VIP reception.

Olympic and world 400 meters champion LaShawn Merritt won the men's 400 meters title at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix here on Sunday.

Jeter dominates at World Athletics Final 2009 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter posted the fastest women's 100m time in 12 years with her victory over the weekend at the IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Tyson Gay beat Asafa Powell in the 100 meters at the World Athletics Final on Saturday, finishing in 9.88 seconds in his last major race of the season.

BASINGSTOKE athlete Robert Tobin picked up his first Grand Prix win in Italy on Sunday - " beating a field including two Olympic medallists.

In 22 days, Chicago will learn if it will be the host for the 2016 Olympic Games or follow New York's failed 2012 bid.

Britain's Lisa Dobriskey beat world 1500m champion Maryam Yusuf Jamal at Italy's Rieti Grand Prix on Sunday.

Kevin Swander has conceded he doesn't log as much mileage as other elite swimmers.

With so many season-ending championships happening in summer sports now, it is nearly impossible to contemplate those on ice and snow.

Demus posts personal best in Monaco 2009 U.S. women's 400 hurdles champion and 2005 World Outdoor Championships silver medalist Lashinda Demus posted the fourth-fastest time ever in her specialty Tuesday at the Herculis IAAF Super Grand Prix in Monaco.

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David Gillick continued his strong July form with a third place finish behind current Olympic champion Lashawn Merritt and David Neville over 400 metres in Monaco this evening Gillick ran an Irish record 44.77 seconds over 400m in Madrid at the start of this month to become the first Irishman to break 45 seconds over the distance.

Jones runs world-leading mark in 100 hurdles Lolo Jones proved to the world that she is back to form, running a world-leading 12.47 seconds in winning the women's 100-meter hurdles Monday at the 25th Vardinoyannia International Track & Field meeting in Rethymno, Greece.

Two gymnasts, all-around gold medalist Nastia Liukin and McCordsville's Samantha Peszek , will compete Saturday for the first time since last year's Beijing Olympics.

Comment about "Merritt fires warning to Wariner" Phone Name Comment 0 Athletics Merritt fires warning to Wariner Graham Wood, Reuters Olympic 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt laid down a significant marker for World Championship rival Jeremy Wariner with a comfortable victory at the Athens Grand Prix on Monday night.

Merritt wins easily in Athens 2008 Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt had little difficulty in winning the men's 400 meters Monday at the 12th edition of the Tsiklitiria Grand Prix at the Athens Olympic Stadium in Greece.

Yargelis Savigne of Cuba won the triple jump at the Tsiklitiria 2009 meeting yesterday with 15 meters.

FIVE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS IN THE MEETING CIUTAT DE BARCELONA Campbell-Brown, Alekna, Majewski, Neville and Williamson to be headliners in the 15th Meeting Ciutat de Barcelona where all Spanish stars will be present Barcelona, 14 July 2009 Five Olympic champions are in the list of participants of the 15th Meeting Ciutat de Barcelona on 25 July.

Olympic champions LaShawn Merritt and Veronica Campbell-Brown cruised to victories at the Tsiklitiria Athens Grand Prix track meet Monday.

Tyson Gay ran the fastest time so far this year of 9.77 seconds to win the 100 metres at Rome's Golden Gala and show Olympic champion Usain Bolt that he will not surrender his world sprint titles without a fight next month.