Sergey Bubka

IAAF president Sebastian Coe says world governing body has made progress on Russian doping, leveling female playing field

Coe, who won 1500m Olympic golds for Britain in 1980 and 1984, beat legendary former Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka to take over as head of the International Association of Athletics Federations from the now-disgraced Senegalese Lamine Diack in 2015.

US Championships: Allyson Felix misses out on qualifying for Worlds; Fred Kerley stuns Michael Norman for gold in Men's 400m

It will be the first time Felix has not entered an individual event at a major championships, ending a sequence of appearances that stretches all the way back to 2003.

Legendary athletes Alexander Popov, Sergey Bubka deny taking bribes for backing Rio's Olympic bid

Sergio Cabral, a former governor of Rio de Janeiro, said at a court in Brazil that Popov as well as Bubka received bribes in exchange for supporting the city as host to the 2016 Olympic Games.

Laureus 2018-19: Latest edition of the 'Oscars of sports' to be held in Monaco in February

The 19th edition of the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards will be held in Monaco on 18 February, 2018. Last year, tennis great Roger Federer won the Laureus Sportsman of the Year award for a record fifth time.

Laureus World Sports Awards 2018: Kapil Dev, Yuvraj Singh and other stars to grace ceremony

A glittering collection of the greatest sportsmen, sportswomen and teams have been nominated for this year's Laureus World Sports Awards, following a global vote by the world's media.

Mumbai Marathon 2018: From senior citizens to fitness trainers, how the maximum city gears up to run

The Mumbai Marathon is a true-to-life representation of the maximum city, where people come to outdo themselves rather than compete with others | #FirstCulture

Mumbai Marathon ambassador Sergey Bubka's fortuitous journey to becoming pole vault legend

Bubka played the sport in an era where there was no technology to guide the athletes. But his technique and his mind helped him be better and soar higher than all of his compeititors.

Laureus World Sports Awards: All you need to know about categories and process to select winners

How many categories of Laureus World Sports Awards are there? And how are the winners picked? Here's how:

Rio Olympics 2016: IOC president slams Brazilian crowd for booing Renaud Lavillenie

Athletics legends Sebastian Coe and Sergey Bubka comforted distraught French pole vault star Renaud Lavillenie after he was booed for the second day by a hostile Brazilian crowd on the Olympic medal podium.

'Shameful wake-up call': IAAF slaps provisional ban on Russia for doping cover-ups; could miss out on Rio 2016

Russian Sports Minister Mutko said before the council meeting to stress that Moscow was ready to "create a new anti-doping organisation" were the IAAF or WADA to demand it.