Mo Farah

* Athletics needs new sponsor for elite meetings * Charismatic sprinter Bolt helps to sell sport * U.S. targeted for future growth By Keith Weir and Philip O'Connor LONDON/STOCKHOLM, April 26 (Reuters) - The focus of the world's gaze during the 2012...

LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The focus of the world's gaze during the 2012 Olympics, athletics is now searching for a new title sponsor for its elite series of meetings just two weeks before the season opens. Electronics giant Samsung pulled the plug...

(Adds Gelena statement) By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede and Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo put last year's Olympic disappointments behind them on Sunday with victories in the London Marathon. Big crowds, undaunted by...

LONDON (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede and Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo put last year's Olympic disappointments behind them on Sunday with victories in the London Marathon. Big crowds, undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings last week, lined the route...

LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Ehtiopia's Tsegaye Kebede snatched victory in the final kilometre of the London Marathon in an unofficial time of two hours six minutes and four seconds on Sunday. Kebede, winner in 2010, timed his attack perfectly to...

By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Double Olympic champion Mo Farah discovered that the real challenge of running the London Marathon was waking up on time and picking up the right drink rather than doing a recce of the 42.195-km course....

By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Priscah Jeptoo took advantage of a fall by Ethiopia's Olympic champion Tiki Gelana to give Kenya their third successive victory in the women's race at the London Marathon on Sunday. Ethiopian Tsegaye...

By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede and Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo put last year's Olympic disappointments behind them on Sunday with victories in the London Marathon. Big crowds, undaunted by the Boston Marathon...

LONDON (Reuters) - Undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings, big crowds lined the route of London's mass road race on Sunday to cheer on around 36,000 runners, many of whom wore black ribbons to honour the dead and wounded. Hundreds of extra police were...

Tens of thousands of tickets for Usain Bolt's return to the scene of his London Olympic victories sold out within 75 minutes of going on sale on Friday, organizers said. Bolt, who won three sprint golds in London last year to match his Beijing haul,...

For What it’s Worth---February 27 -- How ecstatic are parents across the region that school is back in session, probably just a few more than the kids who’re going back… although I do have one child who’s tired of shoveling snow....

When the Summer Olympics began with the staid Queen of England taking part in a James Bond skit filmed for the best opening ceremony ever, you knew the biggest event on the global sports calendar had a chance to be a celebration of both winning and...