Summer Sports






Powell out of World Championships with groin strain

By Mike Rowbottom in Daegu

asafa_powell_and_usain_bolt_25-08-11August 25 - Usain Bolt's task of defending his world 100 metre title here became easier here with the news that his friend and colleague Asafa Powell had withdrawn because a recurrence of the groin injury which prevented him running at the Samsung Diamond League meeting in London earlier this month.



Carl Lewis in political race row

By Duncan Mackay

Carl_Lewis_head_and_shoulders_New_York_April_2011August 24 - Carl Lewis is at the centre of a row after a Republican representative in the New Jersey Assembly resigned after his wife sent an e-mail to the nine-time Olympic gold medallist that was allegedly racist.