Tag: IAAF Diamond League
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Semenya’s appeal of IAAF regulations filed with the Swiss Federal Tribunal
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● As promised, South Africa’s Olympic 800 m champ Caster Semenya...
ATHLETICS Preview: Deep fields for the Stockholm Diamond League, including U.S. stars Michael Norman...
A deep and talented line-up of veteran stars is getting ready for Thursday’s Diamond League meeting in the famed Olympic Stadium in Stockholm (SWE)....
LANE ONE: Is swimming climbing toward heaven, or walking the tightrope across the pit...
Since Rupert Murdoch’s audacious $1.6 billion bid that moved National Football League games from CBS to the new Fox network in 1993, sports television...
ATHLETICS: Lyles edges Coleman in 9.86; six world leads in sensational Shanghai Diamond League
This is more like it! The much-anticipated Diamond League meet in Shanghai delivered with fabulous head-to-head competition and six world-leading marks:
● Men/100 m: 9.86,...
ATHLETICS Preview: Coleman vs. Lyles and Samba vs. Benjamin and a lot more in...
The 2018 World Championships in Doha (QAT) are a long way off, but this week’s second Diamond League meet has a heavyweight feel to...
ATHLETICS Panorama: Semenya on Semenya: “I keep training. I keep running.”
After her 30th straight victory in the 800 m in a dominant 1:54.99, South Africa’s Caster Semenya gave a short interview for international television....
ATHLETICS: Eight world leaders, including 1:54.98 for Semenya, in Diamond League opener in Doha
In front of a tiny crowd in the Khalifa International Stadium, the IAAF’s Diamond League opener for 2019 showcased a brilliant set of events,...
ATHLETICS Panorama: Semenya jumps into Diamond League 800 m in Doha
She wasn’t entered in the entry lists posted on Tuesday, but a day after losing her request for arbitration against the female eligibility rules...
ATHLETICS Preview: Diamond League season opens at the site of the World Champs in...
The IAAF outdoor season starts in earnest on Friday with the Diamond League opener in Doha (QAT) in the Khalifa International Stadium that will...
ATHLETICS: IAAF Council wants to revamp the Diamond League; keeps Russia at bay
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Council met in Doha (QAT) and made some major changes to the way the sport will be...
LANE ONE: Why is FINA trying to keep swimmers from making money at swimming?
If you listen to the leaders of the Olympic Movement, and especially International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach of Germany, you will hear –...
ATHLETICS: Coleman and Barega historic in Brussels Diamond League
Two stunning performances took last Friday’s IAAF Diamond League Final at the AG Memorial Van Damme in Brussels from noteworthy to historic:
∙ Christian Coleman...
ATHLETICS: Lyles sensational, Kipruto sublime in Zurich Diamond League final
Noah Lyles and Conseslus Kipruto both did some amazing things at the first of the two Diamond League final meets at Zurich’s Letzigrund Stadium.
Lyles...
ATHLETICS Preview: Baker vs. Coleman in Diamond League Final in Brussels
The IAAF Diamond League schedule will conclude with the AG Memorial Van Damme in Brussels (BEL) on Friday, with 15 events to be held...
ATHLETICS Preview: First of two Diamond League Finals in Zurich Thursday
The IAAF Diamond League “preliminaries” are over and the final two meets of the 2018 season come Thursday and Friday at the Weltklasse in...
ATHLETICS: Coleman & Miller-Uibo win Birmingham showdowns
The last IAAF Diamond League meet prior to the finals at the end of this month proved to be less than hoped for in...
ATHLETICS: Final “regular-season” Diamond League meet comes to Birmingham Saturday
After three and a half months of running, jumping and throwing, the IAAF Diamond League season will finish its “regular” schedule with the Muller...
Final “regular-season” Diamond League meet comes to Birmingham Saturday
Will 100 m co-world leader Noah Lyles be smiling after Saturday's meet in Birmingham?TSX EXTRA – for August 17, 2018: The IAAF Diamond League...
Final “regular-season” Diamond League meet comes to Birmingham Saturday
TSX EXTRA – for August 17, 2018: The IAAF Diamond League season is coming to a close in August and the final “regular-season” meet...
Why eSports has no place in the Olympic Games
TSX HEADLINES – for August 1, 2018: The recent Esports Forum hosted by the International Olympic Committee has tongues wagging that it’s only a...
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