Last week’s IAAF ruling marks the latest chapter in the poliving of black bodies
Earlier on Monday, the IAAF published on its website the names of those who it hopes will justify the need for the new rules in female competition
The South African government says the rules set out by IAAF, specifically target Semenya and has called them a "gross violation" of her human rights
The IAAF announced new rules would be put in place to ban female athletes from competing if their testosterone levels are deemed unnaturally high
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/ 8 December 2011
London Olympic organisers are facing significant budgetary challenges in the run-up to next year’s Games, with bills almost doubling.
The Olympic-sized black eye given to the city of London during four days of rioting and looting is finally starting to heal.
London celebrated the one-year countdown to the Summer Games with the first dive into the new Olympic pool and a presentation of the medals.
Tickets for the 2012 London Olympics went on sale on Tuesday with organisers promising the website would not crash under the expected huge demand.
Sebastian Coe, the chairperson of the London 2012 Olympic Games, said on Monday next year’s Commonwealth Games must be held as scheduled in New Delhi.
Grim-faced Chinese guards protecting the Olympic torch have attracted further criticism ahead of the global relay’s arrival in India, where bitter memories of war with its neighbour remain fresh. Phalanxes of Chinese security personnel are accompanying the flame’s around-the-world journey to shield it from pro-Tibetan demonstrators.
France’s interior minister faulted the Chinese organisers of the Olympic torch relay for its chaotic run through Paris, saying in an interview on Wednesday that French police merely provided technical support. "The Olympic rule is that the organising country is always responsible for preserving the flame," Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said.
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South Africa’s star 800m runner, narrowly failed to win his second world indoor gold medal in Valencia on Sunday night but he ran one of the best races of his career only to be beaten by a sensational Sudanese 18-year-old star, Abubaker Kaki Khamis.
Has there ever been a face quite as misleading as Lewis Hamilton’s? With the sweetest of smiles, pencil-thin sideburns and an almost hairless face, he looks like a cherub in leathers. But don’t be fooled. Hamilton is one of the toughest men in sport.