Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya secured a partial victory in the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday as the 17-jugde tribunal ruled 15-2 that some of her rights were violated in a Switzerland’s Supreme Court hearing. The ruling is the latest in a seven-year legal battle Semenya has waged in her fight against eligibility …
Fred Kerley released a statement on Sunday, addressing his arrest on alleged battery charges stemming from an incident at a Ft. Lauderdale-area hotel where Grand Slam Track athletes were assembled. A police report says Kerley, 29, allegedly struck a woman, identified as ex-girlfriend Alaysha Johnson, also a Grand Slam Track participant, once in the face …
Fred Kerley was arrested Thursday night after he allegedly struck his ex-girlfriend, according to a police report, and will not compete at Grand Slam Track's meet in the Miami area this weekend. Police say that Kerley, 29, struck Alaysha Johnson in the face and caused her nose to bleed following a confrontation at the Le …
Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father of Jakob Ingebrigtsen, told a Norwegian court on Monday that he never hit his son and daughter and denied all charges of physical abuse. Gjert, 59, repeatedly broke into tears during his testimony before five judges and said he was a protective father intent on supporting his children's running careers. He …
Jakob Ingebrigtsen's thrilling weekend on the track was capped with wins in the 1,500m and 3,000m at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China but by Tuesday he was testifying in a Norwegian court of claims of over a decade of abuse by his father Gjert. During a session that lasted over four hours on …
The father of Jakob Ingebrigtsen will stand trial next year on charges that he allegedly physically abused two of his children, the lawyers for Gjert Ingebrigtsen revealed on Friday. Gjert Ingebrigtsen, 58, faced abuse claims earlier this year that involved one of his children, believed to be daughter Ingrid, but according to a report by …