Chris Gayle reckons the six-times Olympic gold medallist has what it takes to excel at the game. ...
11:06 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Zurich: Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake both set Weltklasse meeting records despite rain and cold winds at the Diamond League event on Thursday. The hottest star attractions in athletics continued to fulfill their post-London Olympics plan of dividing the glamor sprints between them " and making fast times seem routine. Bolt playfully shivered for the television cameras at the 200 meters starting line, then timed 19.66 seconds in the fastest...
06:35 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Lausanne, Switzerland: Usain Bolt was fast and impressive at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting on Thursday. Yohan Blake was fast and maybe even more impressive. Bolt, the Olympic champion and world record-holder over 100 and 200 metres, timed 19.58 seconds in the fastest 200-metre ever run at the speedy Lausanne track. Yet he was almost overshadowed by Blake, his Jamaican friend and rival, who 20 minutes earlier closed the gap...
05:18 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Usain Bolt is a definite starter for another Olympic Games in four years' time, opening up the possibility of more sprint records or an attempt at other events, the six-time gold medallist said on Wednesday. Speculation has been rife since the London Games that the Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion could quit athletics and not compete at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. His hunger for success, however, appears to...
10:08 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Warne is also leading a campaign to bring Jamaica's star sprinter Usain Bolt to his team. ...
12:12 PM, Aug 21, 2012
The Sydney Sixers franchise are hoping to lure him for the Big Bash League. ...
12:54 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Following are some of the fun and memorable quotes from the London Olympics: "It's what I came here to do, I'm now a legend." - Jamaica's Usain Bolt permits the world to proclaim him a sporting legend after becoming the first man to retain the 100- and 200 metres titles. "There was no pressure. You should play in my country, then you will see pressure. They throw bricks at you."...
10:46 AM, Aug 13, 2012
The six-time Olympic gold medallist in sprint is in talks with a Melbourne-based team. ...
09:10 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Here are the moments that made London 2012 memorable. ...
08:49 AM, Aug 13, 2012
The London Olympics were packed with sporting highlights, personal dramas and emotional highs and lows. Here are 20 golden moments from the Games. Michael Phelps bows out with a record medal haul With a lop-sided smile of satisfaction, the greatest of swimmers and possibly the greatest Olympian of all time, said farewell with one last immense performance for the U.S. relay team in the men's 4x100m medley. Final tally: 18...
08:26 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Usain Bolt on Thursday became the first athlete to successfully defend his 100m and 200m Olympic titles. ...
05:04 PM, Aug 10, 2012
CNN-IBN's experts talk about the record-breaking feat by the Jamaican sprinter after retaining the 200m title. ...
11:50 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: In a show of his sprint dominance to sports fans around the world, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the 200 metres here Thursday to claim being "a legend" who has got "nothing left to prove". Bolt did what he promised he would do. He won the race in a commanding style, getting a flying start and running a fine bend to put him a metre-and-a-half...
09:56 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Newly-crowned "greatest-ever sprinter" Usain Bolt said on Thursday he had lost all respect for Carl Lewis, the man whose on-track exploits he has surpassed with his unique Olympic double-double but who still leads the way in self-regard. American Lewis is the only other man to win two Olympic 100m gold medals, the second coming in 1988 when he was promoted from second place after the disqualification of Ben Johnson....
08:23 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Usain Bolt won the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds Thursday night to become the first man with two Olympic titles at that distance. Bolt beat countryman Yohan Blake by .12 seconds, and Warren Weir took third to make it a 1-2-3 sweep for Jamaica. The 25-year-old Bolt won the 100 on Sunday and now has five Olympic golds " a number he celebrated by hitting the ground and doing...
01:49 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Having set the track ablaze in the men's 100m sprint, Usain Bolt will once again be the favourite to clinch Thursday night's 200m dash, says nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis. Talking exclusively to CNN-IBN from London, the 51-year-old American said the three runners from Jamaica - Bolt, Yohan Blake and Warren Weir - will once again lead the charge in tonight's event. There wont be anything out of ordinary...
02:41 PM, Aug 09, 2012
London: Usain Bolt's bid for an unprecedented Olympic sprint double double in the 200 metres is the undoubted highlight of the seventh day of athletics action at the London Games on Thursday. The 25-year-old came to Britain saying he wanted to establish himself as a "legend" of track and field by becoming the first man to win the 100 and 200m at successive Games and he completed half the job...
09:16 AM, Aug 09, 2012
London: Jamaican Usain Bolt hardly had to break sweat on Wednesday as he coasted into the men's 200 metres final where he will bid for an unprecedented Olympic sprint double-double. Bolt, 25, will be joined in Thursday's gold medal showdown by compatriots Warren Weir and his most likely title rival Yohan Blake, as well as America's one representative Wallace Spearmon. "I'm ready. This is my favourite event so I'm looking...
02:56 AM, Aug 09, 2012
London: Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has offered Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt help in getting a trial with the Premier League soccer club. Ferdinand told the 100 metres gold medallist he would put in a good word with manager Alex Ferguson after Bolt said he would jump at the chance of playing for one of the most famous clubs in the world. "@usainbolt if you want that trial at...
09:22 AM, Aug 08, 2012
London: Two-time men's Olympic 100 metres champion Usain Bolt says he has told compatriot and training partner Yohan Blake not to think about winning the men's 200 metres later this week. The men's 200m got underway at the London 2012 Olympics with the heats on Tuesday, with both Jamaicans easily advancing to Wednesday's semi-finals. Blake shocked Bolt in both sprints at the Jamaica Olympic Trials in June but Bolt warned...
02:53 AM, Aug 08, 2012
