World champ Sally Pearson 'very disappointed' with win at Athletics ACT champs
There's a reason Australian hurdler Sally Pearson's the world champion.
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Wells clocks fastest time in two years for double-jump bid
Lauren Wells is a step closer to a Commonwealth Games double after a brilliant effort on Saturday.
Browning beats Hales in Comm Games prep, but Breen injured
Australia's rising sprinters went head to head at the AIS on Friday in a mouthwatering battle on the track.
Pearson on a different planet, even for a Queanbeyan Gift winner
Queanbeyan's Andrea Thompson will race the world champ as part of her heptathlon preparations.
Sprinter uses 'passionate kissing' defence in doping case
The moral to this story is that it is perfectly OK to passionately kiss your mate, even if he or she has a sinus infection.
Facing Hale not a hairy moment for Farlow
Canberra masters sprinter Adam Farlow will hide his grey hairs from the young guns of Australian sprinting.
Teen sprint star's huge PB scuppered by officials' error
Teen sprint star Jack Hale might have been the fourth-fastest Australian man over 100m in history but for a blunder by West Australian athletics officials.
Crowds set to Bolt after Pearson
Two-time world champion Sally Pearson can attract "Usain Bolt-like" crowds.
Cameron Crombie fighting fires and training for Comm Games
Real estate agent Cameron Crombie is volunteer firefighter training for the Commonwealth Games shot put.
Comm Games help O'Hanlon become world champ
If it wasn't for the Commonwealth Games, Canberra sprinter Evan O'Hanlon wouldn't be the reigning world champion.
'I can cry, but no hugs allowed': The Comm Games family affair
Neil and Kerry Boden will be athletics officials on the Gold Coast, giving them a perfect chance to watch their daughter.
Canberra's Beki Smith wins Australian 10km race walking title
Now Canberra's Beki Smith has her fingers crossed she'll compete at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Justin Gatlin's tests to be run again after doping expose
Justin Gatlin's previous drugs tests are to be re-run in the light of an investigation by the London Telegraph, sources have revealed.
Gatlin at the centre of new doping scandal
Justin Gatlin, the world 100 metres champion, is at the centre of a new doping scandal after members of his team offered to illicitly supply performance-enhancing drugs.
Athletics and doping: we've come far but there's a long way to go yet
These new allegations regarding doping in sport show two things: how far we have come in the fight against doping in sport and how far we have yet to go, writes former WADA president Dick Pound.
Breaking the Gatlin scandal: how did they do it?
Justin Gatlin is at the centre of a new doping scandal after an undercover investigation by the UK's The Daily Telegraph - but how did they do it?
Strong 100m wins for Pearson and rising star Browning
Superstar Sally Pearson and rising star Rohan Browning have recorded impressive 100m wins at a track meet in Brisbane.
Final kick from King Islander McSweyn secures Zatopek
Stewart McSweyn wins Zatopek and becomes the first King Islander to go to the Commonwealth Games.
Australia set for downsized aths team for home Games
Australia face the prospect of fielding a smaller athletics team than England's at next year's home Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Giant leap: Wells still weighing Comm Games double jump
The Canberra hurdler is still weighing up her Commonwealth Games double-jump bid.