SPRINTER Asafa Powell has confidently predicted he will beat his 100 metres world record and become the first person to clock under 9.70 seconds.

Tyson Gay picked up a third gold medal and Team USA continued to dominate in sprinting events by winning the 4x100 metres relay at the World Championships in Osaka tonight.

AFTER suffering a viral tummy bug and spending much of the week in isolation from the other members of the Irish team, David Campbell, last night ran the second fastest time of his career at the world championships in Osaka.

Tyson Gay became the third man in history to complete a World Championship sprint double after winning the 200 metres in Osaka on Thursday night.

ASAFA POWELL pocketed a $10,000 diamond after producing another sparkling 100m run — this time in the DN Galan meet at Stockholm’s Olympic Stadium last night.

Former world record holder Tim Montgomery has been stripped of his American 100 metres record following his two-year drug suspension handed down by the Court of Arbitration.

JEREMY WARINER of the United States won the men’s 400 metres title at the world athletics championships in Helsinki last night.

JUSTIN GATLIN became only the second man in World Championship history to complete the 100m/200m sprint double in Helsinki last night when he outgunned the young pretenders to add the 200m title to the 100m crown he won on Sunday.

AMERICA’S Justin Gatlin earned his mantle among the greats of sprinting last night as he added the world 100 metres title to the Olympic crown he won last year.

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.

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.

JAMAICAN Asafa Powell set a new men’s 100m record of 9.77 seconds at the Athens Olympic Stadium last night The 22-year-old bettered American Tim Montgomery’s previous mark of 9.78, which he set in Paris three years ago.

World 100m record holder Tim Montgomery and former Olympic champion Marion Jones made little impact on their return to action in Mexico.

FORMER Olympic and world champion Marion Jones had a dismal return to the track when she finished last over 400metres in her first race of the season.

Former Olympic and world champion Marion Jones had a dismal return to the track when she finished last over 400metres in her first race of the season.

FORMER world record holder and Olympic 100m champion Maurice Greene suffered his second successive defeat at the hands of American compatriot Leonard Scott in the 60 metres in Lievin, France on Saturday.

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.

JUSTIN GATLIN ran the race of his life, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100m field in history to win the gold in 9.85 seconds.

INITIAL investigations have revealed that Greek sprinters Kostadinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou probably faked a motorcycle accident after missing a drugs test, a high-ranking legal source said yesterday.

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.

Haile Gebrselassie, the world’s greatest-ever distance runner, will start a serious road running career by competing in next month’s BUPA Great North Run in Britain.

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.

Athens gold medal favourite Allen Johnson just scraped into the USA team at the Olympic Trials in Sacramento.

America’s sprinters have sent a message to the rest of the world from the US Olympic trials: You have no chance in Athens.

The most powerful nation in world athletics tonight began its search for a team to take on the best of the rest at the Athens Olympics next month.

HISTORICALLY a meeting with the sparkle and tension of the Olympic Games, this year's US trials, starting today, are a test not only of America's best but of the sport itself.

Reigning Olympic 100 metres champions Maurice Greene and Marion Jones suffered unexpected defeats over their gold medal winning distances in the Prefontaine Classic meeting in Eugene.

Peter Beal

WITH wind-driven flames threatening the densely populated San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, firefighters dug in yesterday for another brutal day of battling one of the most destructive and deadly wildfire seasons in Californian state history.

With wind-driven flames threatening the densely populated areas near Los Angeles, firefighters dug today for another brutal day battling one of the most destructive and deadly wildfire outbreaks in California history.

A MILLION dollar sprint featuring the Olympic, world and European 100 metre champions and the world record holder, is the highlight of a glamorous and highly lucrative Moscow athletics meeting tonight.

Dwain Chambers roared into the final of the World Championships in Paris tonight as American Maurice Greene’s six-year reign came to an end.

Tim Montgomery’s former coach Trevor Graham is convinced the world record holder will not qualify for the 100 metre final at the World Championships.

Maurice Greene still considers himself the world's fastest man - even though Tim Montgomery is the 100 metre world record holder.

TIM MONTGOMERY and Dwain Chambers proved in the IAAF Grand Prix final that intense rivalry and not stage-managed races is more likely to produce a world record.

Tim Montgomery and Dwain Chambers proved in the IAAF Grand Prix final that intense rivalry and not stage-managed races is more likely to produce a world record.

Tim Montgomery smashed the world 100 metres record as he beat Britain’s Dwain Chambers in the IAAF Grand Prix final in Paris.

Olympic and world champion Maurice Greene has been left out of the United States team for next weekend’s World Cup final in Madrid.