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THIS is the notice handed out to the Doha security staff to ensure disgraced Alberto Salazar does not try to enter the IAAF World Athletics Championship. SunSport has obtained a photo of the A4 paper handed out to those personnel stationed at entry checkpoints of the Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar. Security staff at the […] More
FEMALE competitors at the World Athletics Championships have lodged a formal complaint over the use of controversial “Block Cams” being used. Viewers watching the sprint races from Doha have been taken by surprise at the screening of extreme close-ups of athletes crouching at the start of the races. Team GB’s Dina Asher-Smith has been ribbed […] More
THE whistleblower behind the Alberto Salazar doping ban last night slammed Mo Farah and UK Athletics. American Steve Magness claims Farah has to “answer questions” as he decided to stay with the disgraced coach until 2017 — two years after serious allegations emerged. Mo Farah (right) has been slammed by the whistleblower behind the Alberto […] More
A SPORT dying before our eyes in the desert, with too many influential figures burying their heads in the sand. A huge potential global audience switching off, unable to believe anything they see, because the athletics establishment has been too eager to look the other way on doping. It was already a disastrous time for […] More
HEARTBROKEN Adam Gemili apologised for letting a world medal slip through his fingers, saying: I ran like an amateur. But the Londoner has vowed to stand on the 200m podium at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics next summer. Team GB’s Adam Gemili issued an apology after letting a medal slip through his grasp in DohaCredit: Reuters […] More
SIR Mo Farah’s former coach Alberto Salazar was yesterday banned from athletics for four years for doping offences. Salazar, 61, who oversaw the British athlete’s most successful period on the track, trafficked banned testosterone, an investigation found – and has now been sent home from the World Athletics Championships in Qatar in disgrace. Sir Mo […] More
Dina Asher-Smith has revealed she gave up SWEETS for weeks to ensure she was in the best shape for the IAAF World Athletics Championships. The Londoner raced into the record books on Sunday night in Doha as she won 100m silver for Britain in a national record time of 10.83 seconds. British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith […] More
THE ATHLETES really deserve better than this. Dina Asher-Smith, on the biggest night of her life, when she runs the quickest time ever by a British woman, deserves so much more. British star Dina Asher-Smith won the silver medal in the 100m event on Sunday nightCredit: Alamy Live News And the IAAF should hang its […] More
