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Nisar Ahmad, once hailed as India’s Usain Bolt, ready to sparkle again after setbacks

Abhishek Mukherjee
Nisar Ahmad trains at the Chhatrasal stadium in Delhi on February 9. After two years of basking in the spotlight, the sprinter saw his career going off the rails a bit.

Holding's 'Why We Kneel, How We Rise' named Sports Book of the Year

Reuters
FILE PHOTO: West Indies fast bowling great Michael Holding's book 'Why We Kneel, How We Rise' won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award on Thursday.

Carter handed four-year ban for second doping violation

Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Retired sprinter Nesta Carter avoided the maximum punishment for a second doping violation on Wednesday when Jamaica's Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel handed him a four-year ban for the use of the banned drug Clomiphene.

West Indies great Holding urges honest conversation on race relations

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Michael Holding

Usain Bolt: I could have won Tokyo Olympics 100m

AFP
Usain Bolt said he could have emerged from retirement to win a fourth straight Olympic 100m title in Tokyo this year. (File Photo)

De Grasse ready to dominate sprints, says Bolt

Reuters
DeGrasse has been on Bolt's radar since finishing runner-up to the Jamaican sprint king in the 100m at the 2016 Rio Games and now the Canadian may finally be ready to assume the throne.
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How will athletics look at the Olympics in the post-Usain Bolt era?

K. P. Mohan
Sydney McLaughlin smashed countrywoman Dalilah Muhammad’s world record at the US Olympic trials on June 27 to set up a mouthwatering clash between the two in Tokyo.

Tokyo Olympics: Eight athletes to watch in women's 100m sprint

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Dina Asher-Smith and Blessing Okagbare. (left to right)

Olympic Records that are also World Records

Team Sportstar
The record books have been shuffled endlessly throughout the 29 Olympic Games in history, however, a few performances remain as the benchmark for others to surpass.

Tokyo Olympics: Advances in spike technology are laughable and unfair, says Bolt

Reuters
Jamaica's Usain Bolt, who holds the world record for 100m and 200m sprints, competed in Puma spikes throughout his career. (FILE PHOTO)
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