Australia's fastest woman has turned down an offer to race in the Nitro series because she feels burnt by Athletics Australia.

Looking back at his astonishing career Usain Bolt says his only real regret is that he did not take his sport more seriously at an earlier age.

Sally Pearson's long road back from injury will bypass the biggest new thing in Australian athletics and take her straight to europe instead.

Perth student motors to victory to pay off car debt.

Having locked in Usain Bolt to run in Melbourne this summer organisers are now chasing Australian superstar hurdler Sally Pearson to captain the Australian team.

The world's fastest man wants to run with Australia's fastest boy. Usain Bolt wants Jack Hale to be on his team for the new Nitro Athletics series in Melbourne in February next year.

Several years ago Athletics Australia held a press conference with John Steffensen. They were never sure what Steffensen would say at the best of times but knew that when he spoke he got people's attention. So they held their breath and offered him up.

Unloved for high performance, hurdler Michele Jenneke and sprinter Melissa Breen could be sought as sports entertainers for Nitro.

The best woman in world sport is a man. You read that right. The International Olympic Committee has given its top award for women and sport to a man.

Usain Bolt will not only be paid to run in Melbourne he will be an equity partner in the new athletics concept that is hoped to re-energise athletics like Twenty 20 cricket and be taken to the rest of the world

Melissa Breen says Usain Bolt headlining the Nitro Athletics series is a massive coup for the sport in Australia but believes her funding snub will see her miss the tournament.

Melissa Breen could soon find herself pitted against — or even alongside — Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt's career has been about making his sport fun and watchable so the idea of a new concept for his sport that tries to do both makes it both.

The fastest man ever the world, the world's greatest ever athlete, Usain Bolt, will race in Australia this summer. 

Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt said he lives to inspire and hopes to be remembered as "one of the greatest athletes in sport" when he retires from competition.

Not one Australian male track and field athlete is ranked the best in the Commonwealth.

Australian pole vault record holder Alana Boyd has decided that the best year of her decorated career is the perfect time to bow out.

Rugby union wasn't ACT Brumbies team manager Ben Gathercole's first love, but he grew to love it over his two seasons with the Super Rugby province.

The IAAF's Ethics Board has backed Sebastian Coe after the president of athletics' governing body denied discussing rumours that Qatari officials had been paying bribes in a bid to secure hosting rights for the 2017 world championships.