EUROPEAN Indoor 60 metres champion Jason Gardener believes drug cheat Justin Gatlin is unlikely to compete at the 2012 London Olympics.

Mark Lewis-Francis has revealed that he is one missed drug test from facing the one-year ban which Christine Ohuruogu served.

Olympic champion Mark Lewis-Francis insists Great Britain’s 4x100 metre relay team at the World Championships in Osaka has the individual potential to be better than the one that stormed to gold in Athens three years ago.

World record holder Asafa Powell made a stunning start to the outdoor season by running the fastest 100metres in the world this year at the Artur Takac meeting in Belgrade.

Asafa Powell has laid down a challenge to joint world-record-holder Justin Gatlin.

Three-time 100 metres world champion Maurice Greene insists he is more motivated by helping the United States to a world record in the sprint relay than gaining revenge over the British at the World Championships starting on Saturday.

World 100m record-holder Asafa Powell will go head-to-head with Olympic champion Justin Gatlin at the Norwich Union London Grand Prix on July 22.

WORLD 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell will take on Olympic champions Justin Gatlin and Shawn Crawford as well as world sprint champion Kim Collins in a world-class 100m in Rome on July 8.

New 100m world record-holder Asafa Powell sees no reason why he cannot run even faster after setting the mark at 9.77seconds in Athens.

The Olympic gold-medallist Mark Lewis-Francis has escaped a ban after testing positive for cannabis at this year’s Spar European Indoor Championships.

American Maurice Greene insists revenge will not be his motivation when he lines up against Mark Lewis-Francis at tomorrow night’s Norwich Union Grand Prix.

British sprinter Abi Oyepitan aimed a cheeky taunt at Maurice Greene after Britain’s 4x100metres relay quartet had pulled off a stunning victory over the USA.

Great Britain’s men’s 4x100metres relay squad pulled off a sensational gold medal-winning performance in Athens tonight.

Mark Lewis-Francis is psyching himself up for the Olympics by watching the classic boxing film 'When We Were Kings' – and believes he is capable of reigning supreme in the 100 metres.

Britain's Kelly Holmes was again tight-lipped about her Olympic ambitions after finishing second over 1,500 metres in tonight’s Weltklasse Golden League meeting in Zurich.

VICTORIES by four genuine Olympic medal hopefuls helped atone for a bitterly disappointing display by Britain’s 100 metres sprinters in the Norwich Union London Grand Prix at a sweltering Crystal Palace last night.

Victories by four of Britain’s genuine Olympic medal hopefuls helped atone for a bitterly disappointing display by the 100 metres sprinters in the Norwich Union London Grand Prix at a sweltering Crystal Palace this evening.

Sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis insists he will not be jumping the gun by looking further than his next race when he competes in the 100 metres in the Olympics next month.

Top British sprinters Mark Lewis-Francis and Darren Campbell will get a first glance at their possible American Olympic rivals in Philadelphia this weekend.

World 20-kilometre walk silver medallist Gillian O’Sullivan will compete indoors in Belfast later this month where she set a world 3km walking record 12 months ago.

Darren Campbell edged out Mark Lewis-Francis by one hundredth of a second in the 60m final at the Irish Indoor Athletics Championships in Belfast.

Mark Lewis-Francis says he still considers Maurice Greene the world's best 100 metres runner - despite the two defeats the world champion suffered last weekend.

Mark Lewis-Francis has been told to forget about the biggest disappointment of his meteoric sprint career and go out and have fun in the rest of the world championships.