Mo Farah announces he is changing his name ahead of marathon push
Mo Farah has announced that he wants to be known by a different name as he embarks on his road career.
The four-time Olympic gold medallist, who brought the curtain down on his championship track career with a gold and a silver at the World...
Kenyans sweep Boston Marathon titles, but Americans make progress
By Jimmy Golen
U.S. claims 6 of top 10 spots among men, 2 of top 4 women
BOSTON - The Kenyans are back in Boston after a relative lull that saw them shut out in the world's most prestigious marathon twice in the past three years.
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Rio Olympics 2016: Mo Farah makes history by winning 10,000m gold
Olympics{RIO2016}Gold medals never come easy, but Mo Farah’s third was harder than most. First Farah fell, and then he found himself in a fierce final sprint with Kenya’s Paul Tanui. Farah won in 27min 05.17sec, and by a little less than half a second....
Summer Olympics Begin With Uplifting Spectacle in Gritty Rio
By SIMON ROMERO
Horndiplomat-The Summer Olympics, fraught with financial and political difficulties, began at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times
RIO DE JANEIRO — If there was a nation in need of an uplifting spectacle at this moment, even...
Twitter Reacts to the Olympic Refugees Team
Horndiplomat-Twitter reacts to the first team of displaced refugees appearing at the opening ceremony in Rio.
West Ham ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea in race to sign Premier League ace
Hordiplomat-West Ham United are close to agreeing a deal to sign Swansea City star Andre Ayew, despite reported interest from Liverpool and Chelsea.The striker, who impressed last season for the Swans, scoring 12 goals as they rallied to avoid relegation in the second half...
Kenya: Boxing for change
By:Amanda Fisher
Nairobi, Kenya - In a darkened hall deep inside a slum in Kenya's capital Nairobi, the air is filled with the scent of sweat, Olympic dreams and the thwack of flesh connecting with flesh.
Kenya is known for its running talent, yet among the...
Sir Mo Farah: ‘I am a clean athlete’
Sir Mo Farah has insisted he is "a clean athlete" following a newspaper report alleging the athlete's American coach Alberto Salazar may have broken anti-doping rules.
A leaked US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) report, dated March 2016, and obtained by the Sunday Times alleges Mr Salazar...
FIFA agrees to expand World Cup to 48 teams
Soccer's governing body, FIFA, voted on Tuesday to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from its current 32, brushing aside concerns that the expansion would lower the overall standard of the tournament and make it too big and unwieldy.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino, fulfilling...