Powell smashes 100m world record
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Jamaican Asafa Powell breaks the world 100m record by clocking 9.74 secs at the IAAF Grand Prix in Rieti.
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With a powerful, poised performance in the menâs 100 meters, Tyson Gay passed the world-record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica with about 30 meters remaining.
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Australia&#39;s Jodie Henry set a world record of 53.52 seconds for the women&#39;s 100 meter freestyle at the Athens Olympics Wednesday.
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U.S. speedskater Shani Davis breaks his own world record at 1,500 meters Sunday at the World Cup final in Calgary, Alberta.
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Meseret Defar broke the women's 5,000 meters world record with a time of 14 minutes 16.63 seconds at a Golden League meeting on Friday.
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Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell failed in his bid for a second 100 meters world record in less than a week although he still powered his way to victory at the Van Damme Golden League meeting on Friday.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - Jamaican sprinter Asafa   Powell is hoping the challenge of an in-form Tyson Gay can help   propel him to a 100 metres world record in Stuttgart on   Saturday.
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The most anticipated duel of the world track and field championships turned into a one-man show. Under a full moon on another hot, sticky night at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan, yesterday, Tyson Gay , the latest American sprint sensation, surged ahead of the co-world record-holder Asafa Powell over the final 40 meters to win the 100-meter ...
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World 100 meters record holder Asafa Powell is due to return from injury at the third Golden League meeting of the season in Rome on Friday.
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Joanna Hayes of the United States stamped her authority on a chaotic Olympic 100 meters hurdles competition when she blazed to the gold medal in a Games record 12.
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ATHENS : Nearly 700 demonstrators rallied in central Athens to protest at the arrival of US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is due to attend the Olympic Games&#39; closing ceremony at the weekend.
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ATHENS : New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer smashed her second world record in as many days on the way to claiming the 3000-metre individual pursuit cycling gold medal at the Athens Olympics.
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Justin Gatlin scorches to Olympic 100m gold ahead of Francis Obikwelu and Maurice Greene.
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Just before dawn Saturday, activists broke into one of the most secure areas in Greece -- the Parthenon -- and hung a mammoth banner declaring US Secretary of State Colin Powell a &quot;killer.&quot; The next day, during the final Olympic event, a man broke through a security cordon and attacked the front-runner in the marathon.
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The United States broke the world record  to win the men's 4x100 meters medley relay at the Athens  Olympics Saturday and allow Michael Phelps to match Soviet  gymnast Alexander Dityatin's 1980 record for the most medals at  one Games.
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RIETI, Italy -- Asafa Powell bettered his world record in the 100 meters Sunday, running 9.74 seconds at the Rieti Grand Prix.
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OSAKA, Japan  - American Tyson Gay surged past Jamaica's Asafa Powell to win gold in an electrifying men's 100 meters final at the world championships on Sunday.