The Latest Breaking News from Eugene

British athlete says he is ‘absolutely devastated’ as Michael Johnson criticises World Athletics over problems

The 2022 edition of the World Athletics Championships began on Friday and 10 days of exciting action lies ahead.

EUGENE, Ore. — Newly renovated Hayward Field sits in the middle of the University of Oregon campus, its futuristic exoskeleton rising above the aging brick buildings like a spaceship. It cost Phil Knight and friends $300 million, and it includes a 5,000-square-foot video board, a 10-story tower with a hall…

Hundreds of athletes, mostly Africans, have faced visa delays in getting to the US to participate in the event.

EUGENE, Oregon: Organisers of the World Athletics Championships were desperately trying to clear a visa issuing logjam that threatened to prevent around 100 athletes, coaches and officials from entering the United States for the competition, which starts on Friday.

The World Athletics Championships is underway in Oregon.

Spencer Webb, a star football player from Sacramento who played tight end for the University of Oregon, died this week in a cliff-diving accident at a popular swimming hole not far from the university’s Eugene, Oregon, campus.

Injury destroyed the British sprinter’s Olympic dreams in Tokyo but she is looking forward and ready to defend her world 200m title

Oregon Ducks tight end Spencer Webb has died after falling and striking his head on rock slides at a popular swimming lake near Eugene, Oregon

The junior was preparing to enter his fifth year in Eugene.

EUGENE (USA): Neeraj Chopra will carry a billion hopes into the World Championship for yet another landmark result and it won't be a surprise if long jumper Murali Sreeshankar also grabs a slice of history at the showpiece, starting here Friday.