Athletics

US sprinter Kerley joins Enhanced Games amid doping suspension

US sprinter Kerley joins Enhanced Games amid doping suspension

Fred Kerley has made headlines by becoming the first male American and track athlete to sign up for the controversial Enhanced Games, Afrosport reports. The inaugural edition of the Enhanced Games is set for 2026 and permits athletes to use banned performance-enhancing substances under medical supervision—a move that has divided opinion across the sporting world. The 30-year-old recently secured bronze in the 100m at the Paris...

Tokyo 2025: Amusan clinches silver in women’s 100m hurdles final at Worlds

Tokyo 2025: Amusan clinches silver in women’s 100m hurdles final at Worlds

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan returned to the podium at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, after claiming silver in the women’s 100m hurdles final on Monday, Afrosport reports. Amusan clocked 12.29 seconds to finish behind Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji, who stunned the rest of the field to claim gold in a National Record of 12.24s. Kambundji, whose previous personal best was 12.40s, dipped at the finish line to become...

Tokyo 2025: Ajayi makes history as first Nigerian in men’s 100m world final in 18 years

Tokyo 2025: Ajayi makes history as first Nigerian in men’s 100m world final in 18 years

Nigeria’s Kanyinsola Ajayi is silencing the doubters at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, etching his name into the record books by storming into the men’s 100m final on Sunday, Afrosport reports. The 20-year-old sprinter clocked 9.93 seconds to finish second in his semi-final at the Japan National Stadium, just behind world champion Noah Lyles, who edged it with 9.92s. South Africa’s Akani Simbine followed closely...

Knighton hit with four-year doping ban, to miss 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Knighton hit with four-year doping ban, to miss 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

American sprinter Erriyon Knighton has been handed a four-year ban, ruling the 21-year-old out of the 2028 Los Angeles Games, Afrosport reports. The two-time Olympic finalist tested positive for the anabolic steroid – trenbolone – in March 2024, a banned substance used for muscle growth. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced on Friday that its panel upheld appeals from both the World Anti-Doping Agency...

‘I could have run faster’ – Track legend Bolt on new sprint technology

‘I could have run faster’ – Track legend Bolt on new sprint technology

Usain Bolt has admitted he could have run even faster times with the benefit of today’s advanced sprint technology, Afrosport reports. The Jamaican sprint legend holds both the men’s 100m and 200m world records, clocking 9.58 seconds and 19.19s respectively at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin. His 100m mark broke the 9.69s record he had set a year earlier at the Beijing Olympics –...