Lyles will face competition from 200m Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo, Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, who was the runner-up in the 100m final in Paris, as well as Oblique Seville, Bendarek and Britain’s Zharnel Hughes, who is targeting a podium finish.

Beatrice Chebet won the 10,000 metres world title while the cream of sprinting delighted a sellout 55,000 crowd at the world championships on Saturday -- a stark contrast to the empty stadium at the Covid-affected Tokyo Games in 2021.

Trayvon Bromell was once seen as the world’s next great sprinter. Bromell took the crown as the fastest teenager in history for his high school and collegiate accomplishments, which led many

Ferdinand Omanyala advanced to the semi-final of the men's 100m at the World Championships and is set to face gold medal favourite Kishane Thompson in the semis.

Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir produced a dramatic, lung-busting final 100m sprint to outpace Ethiopa’s Tigst Assefa for gold in the women’s marathon at

The Bank of Botswana issued a banknote featuring its first Olympic gold medalist, sprinter Letsile Tebogo, and the men’s 4x400m relay team that he anchored to silver medals at the Paris Games. The 50 pula note was announced on Friday, the day of the bank’s 50th anniversary celebration.