Spectator assaults marathon leader
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Italian Stefano Baldini won the Olympic men&#39;s marathon overnight after a spectator dashed on to the course late in the race and bundled the then leader Vanderlei de Lima into the crowd.
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The governing body of world athletics  Friday condemned the behavior of local fans who delayed the  start of the men's 200 meters final with deafening boos and  whistles.
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On August 30, in an unprecedented freak incident during the menâs Olympic marathon in Athens, the frontrunner Vanderlei De Lima of Brazil was tackled by a man who suddenly launched into him and knocked him into the crowd.
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All the action from Athens as Britain's Paula Radcliffe aims to put her marathon nightmare behind her.
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Gary Player's comments on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in golf draw the ire of his fellow South Africans on Thursday.
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Seven people were killed early on Saturday when a car plowed into roadside spectators watching a high-speed street race in a town near Washington, according to media reports.
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Two officials differ on the future of a storied outdoor race.
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A DEFROCKED Irish priest in a kilt almost ruined the Olympic men&#39;s marathon by attacking the leading runner. Brazil&#39;s Vanderlei de Lima was in front, 5km from the finish, when serial protester Cornelius Horan
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The Brazilian Olympic Committee will lodge an appeal against the result of Sunday&#39;s Athens marathon, after it was disrupted by a spectator.
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Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima was tonight involved in the first high-profile security breach of the Olympic Games as a spectator watching the menâs marathon accosted the long-time race leader.
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Thursday night&#39;s 200 metres final started with a disgraceful display by some of the Greek fans in the stadium in response to the absence of their local favourite and defending champion, Kostas Kenteris.
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A former Irish priest pushed Brazil's  Vanderlei de Lima off the road when he was leading the Olympic  marathon on Sunday.
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Vanderlei de Lima, who won bronze in Sunday&#39;s Olympic marathon after being attacked by a spectator when leading the race, says his happiness with the medal outweighed any bitterness over the incident.
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For eight minutes, 56,000 Greek fans protested the absence of their disgraced champion sprinter and hurled their resentment at three United States sprinters when their names
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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 world&#039;s fastest humans teased track fans on Sunday, offering a tantalizing hint of how great a race between them might be.
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The violence that has ripped through Kenya has made training for runners increasingly dangerous. Some of the sportâs biggest names remain unaccounted for in the chaos.