Strength in numbers: Deep Canadian team ready to step up at World Athletics Championships
When this year's World Athletics Championships gets underway, a record number of Canadians will be looking to repeat as champions.
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U.S. sprinter Erriyon Knighton gets 4-year ban for positive test for anabolic steroid
Two-time Olympic finalist Erriyon Knighton was banned for four years on Friday in a doping case of an anabolic steroid that rules the 21-year-old United States sprinter out of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
Lutkenhaus, 16, racing and talking like a seasoned pro
TOKYO :When Cooper Lutkenhaus talked about how he developed his 800 metres tactics "at a younger age" on Friday it brought a ripple of laughs from his U.S. team mates wondering just how far back the 16-year-old sensation was reaching.
Timeout Tinch finds his happy place on global stage
TOKYO :Cordell Tinch goes into the World Athletics Championships as a medal favourite in the 110 metres hurdles but he would not be in Tokyo at all but for a decision to get back on the track three years ago.
Canadians in Tokyo: Who, what and when to watch at the World Athletics Championships
Fifty-nine track and field athletes, the most Canada has sent to a World Athletics Championships, will try to top the six medals the 2023 team earned in Budapest, Hungary.
Coe pleased that world championships are now season's finale
TOKYO :Sebastian Coe said that he has received overwhelming support from athletes and coaches for the decision to make the World Athletics Championships, which begin in Tokyo on Saturday, the "crescendo" of the sport's season.
Coe says gene testing of female athletes almost complete
TOKYO :World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe said on Friday the governing body were within "touching distance" of their goal of having all female athletes undergo gene testing before the start of the World Athletics Championships.
Bilbao re-sign defender Laporte after FIFA approval
Athletic Bilbao have signed Aymeric Laporte from Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr after FIFA approved the transfer of the Spanish defender, the LaLiga club said