TRACK AND FIELD RUMORS

Oscar Pistorius and Caster Semenya were left off a list of athletes to be given funding ahead of the 2016 Rio Games because neither is currently training or competing, the South African Olympic Committee said Thursday. Pistorius, a double-amputee runner who competed at the London Games, was not on the high performance list for the next Olympics and Paralympics after his decision...

Oscar Pistorius and Caster Semenya were left off a list of athletes to be given funding ahead of the 2016 Rio Games because neither is currently training or competing, the South African Olympic Committee said Thursday. Pistorius, a double-amputee runner who competed at the London Games, was not on the high performance list for the next Olympics and Paralympics after his decision...

Former Olympic champion Koji Murofushi has lost his appeal against disqualification from an election to become an IOC member representing athletes. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it dismissed the Japanese hammer thrower's challenge of an IOC decision excluding him, after claims he excessively lobbied fellow athletes ahead of voting at the London Olympics. Despite ruling...

I feel somewhat reluctant to call this a 100- eter dash when it was more like a 100-meter crawl, but give credit where credit is due – these old farts in their 90′s got it done.

It's an awful week for the Pistorius family. Not only is Oscar facing murder charges, but so is his brother, Carl, from a 2010 incident.

A report says Oscar Pistorius, the sprinter who is accused of shooting his girlfriend, had boxes and boxes of steroids in his home.

A South Africa newspaper Beeld is reporting that they've contacted sources close to the police investigation in the Oscar Pistorius murder case who are saying that they believe that the murder victim Reeva Steenkamp was sitting on the bathroom sink when Pistorius shot her through the bathroom door.Also the sources went on to say that it appears that Pistorius carried Steenkamp...

Oscar Pistorius, the sprinter known as "Blade Runner," reportedly shot and killed his girlfriend by accident after mistaking her for an intruder.

Former Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton lost another gig as a result of her prostitution story becoming public news recently.

Nineteen-year-old Australian hurdler Michelle Jenneke is doing those warm-up exercises again that have the potential of crashing the Internet. This time she jumped up and down in the rain. Check out the GIF:

Lolo Jones is known for being outspoken on her Twitter account, and has made news there before for showing off a boisterous personality. On Tuesday, however, the Olympic hurdler went too far with some taunting comments that she made in response to a playful challenge by former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand. LeGrand, who is confined to a wheelchair after breaking his neck playing...

The US Olympic hurdler put the speculation to rest about rumors that she and Lions star Ndamukong Suh are dating, saying the two are just friends.

A 74-year-old track official in Germany was killed Monday when he was speared in the throat by a javelin as he was going to measure a throw from a 15-year-old competitor.

Olympian Nick Symmonds may have finished a mere fifth in the 800M during the 2012 London Olympics, yet he has redeemed himself completely by downing a beer before running each of the four laps required to complete a mile in record time. If he threw up, his punishment was to run another lap. Symmonds finished his mile (and chugging of 4 beers) in a very impressive 5 minutes and 19...

Usain Bolt has plenty of endorsement opportunities, but one is standing out for its creativity. The question is: will Bolt accept?

When he wasn't proclaiming himself "the greatest athlete to live," the Jamaican runner took a moment after the 200-meter race to take a shot at Olympic legend Carl Lewis.