Fred Kerley was arrested in Miami Beach on Thursday night following an alleged confrontation with police officers. According to police, Kerley, 29, approached the scene of an active investigation at the 100 block of 9th Street and questioned officers about his car parked nearby. A published report from NBC 6 South Florida said that Kerley's …
Beatrice Chebet finished 2024 in world record fashion as she smashed the 5k mark in 13:54 on Tuesday at the Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona, Spain. Chebet, 24, is the first woman to break the 14-minute barrier on any surface — road or track — and shaved 19 seconds off of the previous record for …
Dina Asher-Smith, Keely Hodgkinson and Katarina Johnson-Thompson were awarded with Member of the Order of the British Empire honors on Monday for their for contributions to athletics. All three athletes are among the group of people who were named as part of King Charles' New Year’s Honours list. More than 1,200 people in fields ranging …
The Wanda Diamond League announced on Monday that a new prize money structure will take effect in 2025, boosting payouts for top competitors but also increasing what lower finishers receive. In addition, certain events qualify for the new Diamond+ designation where athletes can gain even more prize money. Under the latest payout structure, at most …
Mo Katir has been issued a four-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit on Friday following a investigation that revealed he committed three whereabouts violations in 2023. Based on the findings, Katir, who was already handed a two-year ban in February for missing drug tests, admitted to all of the whereabouts infractions. Based on the …
Parker Valby and Leo Neugebauer capped their stellar collegiate careers with some of the most coveted hardware for college athletes as both won The Bowerman on Thursday. For Valby, the win was a cornerstone during a year when she set her fourth NCAA record of 2024, and part of an overall run that saw her …
Elle St. Pierre revealed on social media on Thursday that she is expecting her second child, a son, in the spring. In a photo in her post, St. Pierre was joined by husband Jamie, who showed an image of an ultrasound scan as she held their first son, Ivan. She announced in the post that …
The Marathon Project, which launched in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, will return in 2025 as an annual event, race co-founder Ben Rosario announced on Wednesday. The inaugural event, staged at Wild Horse Pass Resort in Chandler, Arizona, was started as a way to bring elite and top runners together for competition at a time …
Olympic champions Noah Lyles, Grant Holloway and Julien Alfred have all been announced as part of a stacked field that will appear at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on February 2. The partial lineup was announced on Monday and will also include Jake Wightman and Parker Valby's professional debut. Meanwhile, Lyles kicked …
World Athletics announced on Wednesday that six world records set during 2024, including three during the Paris Olympics, have officially been ratified. These latest ratifications are in addition to three other records by Jessica Hull, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Mondo Duplantis that were certified in October. The first record of the Paris Games came in a …