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World athletics chief Sebastian Coe blasted the "obsession" with Usain Bolt as Yohan Blake kick-started track and field's new era without the Jamaican sprint king at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
World athletics chief Sebastian Coe blasted the "obsession" with Usain Bolt as Yohan Blake kick-started track and field's new era without the Jamaican sprint king at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
The IAAF has ratified the world record set by American sprinter Christian Coleman in the 60m dash.
The 22-year-old Coleman broke Maurice Greene's 20-year-old indoor world record by running 6.34 seconds in Albuquerque on February 18.
A former Ghanaian athlete, Eric Nkansah Appiah has charged the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) to look beyond just securing scholarships for budding athletes, but provide means of support for them to be able to effectively combine school and sports when they travel.
Nkansah has also charged the GAA to come up with more pragmatic programmes that will help current national athletes to build on their experience and exposure to help them deliver at international competitions and win laurels for the nation.
Zion Williamson plays with force and ferocity, a Hulk in hightops who looks as though he'd never show a soft side. Draft night proved otherwise.
Williamson was the No. 1 pick of the New Orleans Pelicans -- a surprise to nobody who watched basketball this past season. But afterward he couldn't hide his emotions, even though he along with everyone else knew what would happen Thursday night.
James Harden and the Houston Rockets are finding their rhythm at the right time. Looks as if some help is on the way, too. Harden made eight 3-pointers and scored 36 points, helping Houston beat the Sacramento Kings 127-101 on Wednesday night.
Cameroonian basketball star Joel Embiid took to social media to voice his frustration at being left on the sidelines for his team’s Eastern Conference first-round Game Two playoff loss to the Miami Heat on Monday.
On Wednesday, the New York Knicks fired coach Jeff Hornacek after two seasons on the job. Additionally, the Orlando Magic parted ways with coach Frank Vogel yesterday after his second season there, too.
The Clippers are finally out of their misery, a long season marred by significant injuries coming to an end just short of the playoffs.
They finished with a winning record of 42-40, but their streak of consecutive postseason appearances ended at six. They closed out the season Wednesday night with a 115-100 loss to the Lakers, dropping their last four games in a row.