Aries Merritt

By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI, May 18 (Reuters) - Olympic 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce eased to victory on a damp evening at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on Saturday while world champion Carmelita Jeter was stretchered off the track...

At age 27, after six unremarkable years on the international track circuit, everything came together for Aries Merritt in 2012. A better diet that made him leaner.  No injuries for the first time he can recall.  The experience necessary to flow instead...

LONDON -- Dawn Harper probably smiled more Tuesday as an Olympic silver medalist than she did as a champion four years ago in Beijing, where the 100-meter hurdles title landed in her lap after teammate Lolo Jones stumbled. Her knees scarred but her...

BASKETBALL Women Quarterfinals Australia 75, China 60 United States 91, Canada 48 SOCCER Men Semifinals Mexico 3, Japan 1 HANDBALL Women Quarterfinals Norway 21, Brazil 19 South Korea 24, Russia 23 Spain 25, Croatia 22 HOCKEY...

With an average of 15.3, he's all about speed. Josh Hilgemann, 17, has been running track for five years and fondly remembers the day he began his life as a 110-meter hurdles runner. “During my seventh-grade year, I ran distance, and one of my friends...

BASKETBALL Men Quarterfinals d Argentina 82, Brazil 77 United States 119, Australia 86 Spain 66, France 59 Russia 83, Lithuania 74 HANDBALL Men Quarterfinals Hungary 34, Iceland 33 Sweden 24, Denmark 22 France 23, Spain 22...

LONDON - Allyson Felix grinned as she waited for the official results to pop up on the scoreboard. She knew what was coming, and she was going to enjoy this moment. Olympic champion, at last. The American sprinter won the 200 meters at the London...