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Serbian President Boris Tadic faces a fine for allegedly drinking champagne at a stadium with his sports minister and the head of the soccer federation.

ADDIS ABABA: Youngster Tilahun Regassa on Sunday broke the course record for the men's Great Ethiopian Run, upsetting favorites in the annual 10 kilometre road race.

Not only will the defending titlists be back for Thanksgiving Day's Manchester Road Race in Connecticut, but their closest tormentors will also be returning.

On a day when he looked good to bag a major victory, the Ugandan road runner was eluded by luck.

Double Olympic gold medalist Tirunesh Dibaba scorched her first-ever attempt at 15 kilometers on the road in Nijmegen, Netherlands, today, stopping the clock at the 26th Fortis Zevenheuvelenloop in 46 minutes and 28 seconds, a pending IAAF world record.

ETHIOPIA'S double Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba improved the 15km world record on Sunday on her way to victory in the IAAF Seven Hills Run here.

The Ethiopian national athletics squad at the Thessaloniki, Greece IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Championship has returned home after a triumphant performance and quick revenge over arch rival Kenya.

Dathan Ritzenhein Is in 'Rocky 4 Mode' Training for World Half-Marathon The World Half Marathon Championships are in Birmingham, England, on October 11 and "going into Rocky 4 mode" is how Ritzenhein describes the period close to a big race when "I want to isolate myself off like when Rocky goes to Siberia to train." This time, he says, is more ...

Meseret Defar took her ninth overall World Athletics Final title as the traditional season-capping two-day meet ended its run after it's seventh edition in this sprawling northern Mediterranean city.

LONDON: Former Olympic 10,000 metres silver medallist Ejagayehu Dibaba will have to sit out Sunday's 10km Great Yorkshire Run after she was unable to obtain a visa to enter the United Kingdom, media reports said yesterday.

BERLIN: Jamaica's Usain Bolt dominated the World Athletics Championships here in the same way he did the Beijing Olympics, winning triple gold and shattering the world records for the 100m and 200m.

Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia won his first men's 5,000 meters world title to complete a golden double at the 12th World Championships on Sunday.

Alfred Kirwa displayed the grit and fighting spirit he is famed for to bag the final silver for Kenya as the World Athletics Championships ended in Germany.

Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia won his first men's 5,000 meters world title to complete a golden double at the 12th World Championships on Sunday.

Usain Bolt won his third gold medal but failed to break a third world record when Jamaica stormed to the men's 4x100 meters relay title at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Saturday.

Dayron Robles clears a hurdle during his heat Tuesday. An injury may prevent Olympic champion Dayron Robles of Cuba from competing in the semifinals of the men's 110-metre hurdles at the world track and field championships in Berlin.

It is the age of Usain Bolt in track and field, as Bolt reminds us by showing off before and after he blows away world records and fields of fast, muscular men.

THE sprinting cast played their parts to perfection yesterday as Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay took centre stage, backed up by a comedy cameo from Asafa Powell and Dwain Chambers as villain.

BERLIN: Kenya's Linet Masai ended Ethiopia's 10-year domination of the women's World 10,000 metres title when Meselech Melkamu celebrated too early and was caught on the line in a thrilling final on Saturday.

The World Championships 100 metres cast played their parts to perfection on Saturday as Usain Bolt [ Images ] and Tyson Gay [ Images ] took centre stage, backed up by a comedy cameo from Asafa Powell [ Images ] and Dwain Chambers as villain.