Athletics
Ruti Aga handed six-year ban: the sanction came from a forged prescription, not the substance
32:32.40 in Karachi: Mahnoor Fatima's Gold and What It Reveals About Pakistani Athletics
Tigst Assefa, 68 Seconds and a Collapsing Foot: Berlin Watches a World Record Slip Through Her Fingers
Jemma Reekie and the Stolen Summer: From a Fall in Poland to the European Road Mile Record
When Data Disappears: Women's Sports and the Matches No One Records
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Withdraws From the 1500m: When the Second Race Has to Wait for an AchillesOn Sunday afternoon, when the gun went for the men's 1500m final, the inside...
Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended: 2:18:31 in Sydney and the Silence Before the GunOn the clock in Sydney, the numbers stopped at 2:18:31. Irene Chepet Cheptai...
Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended for Doping: When 2:18:31 Becomes an IndictmentOn August 30, 2026, Peres Jepchirchir crossed the finish line at the Sydney...
Ruti Aga handed six-year ban: the sanction came from a forged prescription, not the substanceThe clinic named on the prescription does not exist. The person who signed th...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: The Fake Prescription Cost More Than the SubstanceThe sheet of paper was torn from an old prescription pad, signed by a family...
Six Years for a Prescription Slip: Why Ruti Aga's Ban Is Three Times the Doping OffenceThe prescription slip was thinner than a lottery ticket. It sat inside a case...
Mahnoor Fatima and Sindh's 5,000m race walk gold: reading 32:32.40 on the right scaleOn the track loop at NED University in Karachi, the judge raised a hand to...
Mahnoor Fatima's Sindh gold in the 5,000m race walk: reading the 6:30 per kilomet paceTwelfth lap on the eight-lane track at NED University, Karachi. The woman in...
32:32.40 in Karachi: Mahnoor Fatima's Gold and What It Reveals About Pakistani AthleticsHook The sound of feet on the synthetic track at NED University in Karachi is...
From Nurse to $700,000: Deconstructing the Income Model of a Chinese MarathonerIn the past three months, I have repeatedly received questions from Japanese...
Nine Pages, Nine Blanks: The Audit Vietnamese Women's Athletics Has Never RunThe report ran nine pages and sat on my desk on Tuesday morning, and I read i...
Assefa's 2:11:04 in Berlin: A World Record Dropped in the Final Two KilometresThe final two kilometres of the Berlin Marathon are a straight, flat stretch ...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Twenty-Minute Gap Nobody MentionsI rewatched the Dong Tru bridge footage three times. Not for the closing surg...
Amber Heard's 1:39 Half Marathon: When a 40-Year-Old Actress Runs 21 Kilometers, What Are We Actually Measuring?On a rain-slicked course in San Sebastián, a 40-year-old woman crossed the...
When the Track Stops Being a Guessing Game: Physical Pressure and the Battle of the UnnamedOver the past three weeks, I have sat down with notebooks from last season,...
Three Women and the First Podium: When Rasselbock Backyard Ultra Rewrote the Limits of EnduranceThere is a moment in backyard ultra races that people do not remember for the...
The V.League Transfer Window: Contract Noise and the Truth Buried in the Pressing IndexIn a meeting room at the training centre of a V.League club, I once placed a...
Empty Files and Silent Failures: When Sports Systems Report 'Clean' Because They Read NothingIn March 2026, I sat in a meeting room in Nagoya with fourteen pages in front...
Tigst Assefa, 68 Seconds and a Collapsing Foot: Berlin Watches a World Record Slip Through Her FingersThe electronic clock at the Brandenburg Gate stopped at 2:11:04. Tigst Assefa...
Nairobi 2029: Kenyan Athletics Between the "Improving" Claim and 140+ Doping SanctionsIn October, in Nairobi, Sebastian Coe stood before the press as President of...
