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9 hours ago
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Athletics-US sprinter Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures
FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - Silesia - Silesian Stadium, Chorzow, Poland - August 25, 2024 Fred Kerley of the U.S. celebrates after winning the men's 100m REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo
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US sprinter Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - Silesia - Silesian Stadium, Chorzow, Poland - August 25, 2024 Fred Kerley of the U.S. celebrates after winning the men's 100m REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo NEW YORK - Olympic 100 metres silver and bronze medallist Fred Kerley has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for whereabouts failures, the organisation said on Tuesday. The 2022 World Champion in the 100m withdrew from the U.S. track and field trials late last month, writing on social media that he was: "Taking some time out to get back on track." "The 100m should be a straight sprint. 2025 has presented many hurdles," he wrote on X. "Thanks to all my supporters." His representative was not immediately available to comment. REUTERS
The Star
22-07-2025
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Athletics-World Athletics releases annual sustainability report for events
FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - Monaco - Stade Louis II, Monaco - July 11, 2025 World Athletics president Sebastian Coe during the medal presentations REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo (Reuters) -World Athletics on Tuesday released its first annual review assessing meets against its "Athletics for a Better World" standard, designed to minimise environmental impact while enhancing social and local economic benefits. The sustainability report categorised events from 2024 into five achievement levels - platinum, gold, silver, bronze and recognised - based on compliance with the ABW standard. "The World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 and the Oslo Bislett Games achieved platinum, and the Hypo-Meeting combined events meeting in Gotzis, Austria, and the Weltklasse Zurich achieved gold," World Athletics said in a statement. The review, which looked at reports from 102 events from 36 countries, found that 48 meets reached one of the achievement levels. "It's a start our entire sport can be proud of," World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said in a statement. 'We knew from experience and discussions with organisers that sustainability planning and reporting does require an allocation of additional time, resources and expertise. And we know that poses organisational challenges across our events, which will need time to change." The ABW standard evaluated events in six areas, including leadership in sustainability, sustainable production and consumption, climate change and carbon, local environment and air quality, global equality as well as diversity, accessibility and wellbeing. "When fully adopted, the ABW standard will apply to about 500 in-stadium athletics and mass participation road running events, making it the largest sustainability evaluation system in the sport industry," World Athletics added. (Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in BengaluruEditing by Toby Davis)
Straits Times
14-05-2025
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Alcaraz beats Draper at Italian Open, Sabalenka felled by Zheng
Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 14, 2025 Russia's Mirra Andreeva in action during her quarter final match against Coco Gauff of the U.S. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 14, 2025 Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her quarter final match against Russia's Mirra Andreeva REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 14, 2025 Coco Gauff of the U.S. shakes hands with Russia's Mirra Andreeva after winning her quarter final match REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 14, 2025 Russia's Mirra Andreeva serves during her quarter final match against Coco Gauff of the U.S. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 14, 2025 Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her quarter final match against Russia's Mirra Andreeva REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 14, 2025 Britain's Jack Draper in action during his quarter final match against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 14, 2025 Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in action during his quarter final match against Britain's Jack Draper REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel Third seed Carlos Alcaraz overcame a nervy start to beat Briton Jack Draper 6-4 6-4 on Wednesday and reach the Italian Open semi-finals for the first time. However, women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka fell by the wayside after being toppled 6-4 6-3 Zheng Qinwen. The Chinese eighth seed will next face Coco Gauff for a place in the final. Four-times Grand Slam champion Alcaraz, who is gearing up to defend the French Open title later this month, fired off 24 winners in a strong performance to seal victory. "The most important thing that I did today was not thinking about the results at all. Not thinking about if I was up, if I was down. Just trying to do the things that make me happy," Alcaraz said. "I didn't let him dominate or stay long in the rallies. So I think that was a really good weapon today for me. I'm just really proud about the way that I approached the match." The Spaniard looked slightly edgy at the beginning and a double fault at an inopportune moment left him trailing 4-2, but he quickly levelled the first set and used his drop shot intelligently to gain the upper hand. The second set also began in chaotic fashion with a break apiece, but Alcaraz recovered and dug deep to defend two breakpoints for a hold, before breaking to love and taking a 5-4 lead with a wonderfully disguised drop shot. The 22-year-old will next face either defending champion Alexander Zverev or home hero Lorenzo Musetti in the semi-finals. Earlier on Wednesday, Norwegian Casper Ruud beat Jaume Munar 6-3 6-4 to set up a quarter-final meeting with world number one Jannik Sinner. GAUFF BEATS ANDREEVA In the women's singles, it was seventh time lucky for Zheng as she finally beat Sabalenka after losing all six of their previous encounters. Sabalenka's frustration spilled over as she shouted an obscenity at a spectator, earning a code violation. Zheng fired four aces en route to sealing a showdown with Gauff. "I don't know why I just play good in Italy. Thanks to the fans who came to support me here. Grazie," Zheng said. World number three Gauff quelled the challenge of seventh seed Mirra Andreeva with a 6-4 7-6(5) victory to enter the semi-finals for a second successive year. Gauff has dropped just one set in her five matches at the tournament so far. "At the end, my defence, it was tough. We were both tight in the tiebreaker, it was whoever could make the last ball," said Gauff, who has reached the semi-finals in Rome three times. Gauff came into the clash with a 3-0 head-to-head lead over Andreeva and there were no early signs that things would be any different this time, with the American dominating proceedings in the first set. Gauff had a tougher time in the second set as Andreeva regained her focus and broke for a 3-2 lead, but the American, a relative veteran at 21 compared to her 18-year-old opponent, used the variety in her game to keep herself alive and force a tiebreaker. The teenager struggled to match Gauff's level in the tiebreaker and hit a backhand long to surrender the contest. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
