Canada's Ben Johnson has revealed simmering anger over his Seoul 1988 drugs scandal and hit out at rival Carl Lewis.

South African 400m hurdles record holder LJ van Zyl would rather be the underdog than the favourite going into the London Olympics.

Double Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will race in the Zurich leg of the Diamond League on August 30.

South African race walker Marc Mundell says he had to dig deep in challenging conditions to qualify for the Olympics.

SA 400m hurdler LJ van Zyl says he would prefer not going to the Olympics ranked No 1 in his event.

American sprinter Allison Felix has many options ahead of the Olympics, but she won’t nail down her programme just yet.

British sprinter Dwain Chambers finished an unimpressive sixth in his first 100 metres race since regaining Olympic eligibility.

Olympic long jump silver medalist Khotso Mokoena narrowly missed out on qualifying for the London Olympic Games at the Doha Diamond League meeting.

Justin Gatlin took another huge step to sprinting redemption by nipping Asafa Powell by a head in the 100m at the opening meeting of the Diamond League in Doha.

The season-opening Diamond League meet on Friday offers a chance for many of the world's elite athletes to chart their progress and renew old rivalries.

Long-jumper Khotso Mokoena will attempt to qualify for the Olympics when he competes at the Doha Diamond League meeting.

Jamaica’s Yohan Blake raced to a 9.84 win the 100m in George Town – just .02 second slower than Usain Bolt’s time this year.

Cuba's Olympic hurdling champion Dayron Robles will race in the United States for the first time next month.

Justin Gatlin, who like Dwain Chambers has been blighted by doping controversy, said he is happy the Briton has received the green light to compete at the London Games.

Simon Magakwe says nothing will stand in his way in his pursuit to reach the men's 100 metres final at the London Olympic Games.

South Africa's elite athletes were lauded by Athletics SA (ASA) on Monday in the wake of the domestic track and field season.

The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, has come in for criticism from black Jamaicans because he is dating a white woman.

SA Open athletics championships saw many African athletes participating in the event, however, there were some ridiculously small fields in some events.

Former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell has withdrawn from Saturday's Jamaica International invitational with a groin injury.

South African women's 400m hurdles champion Wenda Theron reached her first Olympic qualifying time at the SA Open athletics meeting.