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BBC removes Michael Johnson from World Championship coverage as athletes still owed millions

Johnson’s Grand Slam Track league is mired in a financial crisis and owes millions to some of the sport’s top stars that competed earlier this year

The Independent UK

California man killed his wife so she couldn’t testify against him in domestic violence case, prosecutors say

The case was the first ‘no body homicide case’ to be filed in Shasta County in California, say prosecutors

The Independent UK

Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track misses the vital village-fete feel of athletics

Shearing off apparently extraneous matter is how the featherless chicken was hatched. But ditching field events is too much plucking

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Michael Johnson admits Grand Slam Track cannot pay its athletes until new investors are found

Johnson says he has to ‘own’ the failings of his new athletics championship

The Independent UK

Michael Johnson admits Grand Slam Track on hold until 2025 debts are paid

The four-time Olympic champion admits the new circuit owes millions in prize money from its debut season and will not return until athletes are paid in full

The Guardian - US

Will of man suspected of being army’s top IRA spy Stakeknife to be sealed, high court rules

Judge rules that Freddie Scappaticci’s will cannot be made public for 70 years in a legal first

The Guardian - UK

Will of man believed to be Stakeknife will not be made public, High Court rules

Freddie Scappaticci was believed to be Britain’s top agent inside the IRA, which he always denied before his death in 2023.

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World Athletics monitoring outstanding Grand Slam Track payments to athletes

Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, said ‘it’s not good’ as athletes wait on payments from the series, which was cut last month from four meetings to three

The Guardian - UK

Josh Kerr: Getting to the top is the easy part, it's staying there that's tough

Josh Kerr has enjoyed a hugely successful first half of 2025 and as he looks forward to defending his world 1500m title in September, he's…

The National (Scotland)

The key change helping Georgia Hunter Bell step out of Keely Hodgkinson’s shadow

The Olympic bronze medalist from Paris drops down in distance to test her speed at the Stockholm Diamond League in her pursuit of a rare double later this year at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships

The Independent UK

Grand Slam Track: Organisers claim new athletics competition a success despite slashing season finale

Michael Johnson claimed the competition has achieved its launch goals despite closing early due to financial difficulties

Evening Standard

Michael Johnson explains why he cancelled Grand Slam Track meet in LA

Organisers of Grand Slam Track remain confident the new athletics competition will continue in 2026 despite the premature end to its inaugural season

The Independent UK

Olympic medallist Fred Kerley arrested again after allegedly hitting ex-girlfriend

The US sprinter will not take part in Grand Slam Track this weekend

The Independent UK

Duplantis Kicks Off Diamond League Amid Johnson-led Changing Landscape

Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis heads up a stellar cast of athletes kicking off the 16th Diamond League season in Xiamen on Saturday amid a changing landscape that has seen Michael Johnson launch his Grand Slam track series.

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Matthew Hudson-Smith claims Grand Slam Track glory as Emmanuel Wanyonyi stuns 1,500m field

Olympic 800m champion Wanyonyi produced the performance of the night to beat Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse and Cole Hocker

The National (Scotland)

Susan Egelstaff: Athletics is struggling; is Grand Slam Track the answer?

In terms of public interest and media attention, athletics is struggling. Grand Slam Track is the brainchild of former Olympic champion, Michael…

The Independent UK

Gabby Thomas headlines Grand Slam Track winners on day one of first-ever event

Dina Asher-Smith finished third in the 200m while there were wins for Sydney McLaughlin-Lavrone and Kenny Bednarek

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Michael Johnson’s New Grand Slam Track League Promises Speed, Star Power and a Big Payday

The inaugural season of the new professional track series is set to kick off in Kingston, Jamaica, with lofty goals of revolutionizing the sport.

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The Guardian - UK

Big matchups and bigger bucks: Michael Johnson pledges Grand Slam Track will bring ‘fantasy to life’

Athletics legend says his new four-part event, which launches on Friday, is exactly what the sport needs

The Independent UK

‘No gimmicks’: Michael Johnson details exactly what to expect from Grand Slam Track

Grand Slam Track is ‘what the sport needed’, says co-founder Michael Johnson ahead of opener in Kingston

International Business Times

Athletics World Watching As 'Grand Slam Track' Prepares For Launch

What is being billed as a "revolution" for the sport of athletics gets under way in Kingston on Friday with the opening meeting of US sprinting legend Michael Johnson's ambitious Grand Slam Track series.

The Independent UK

Josh Kerr: ‘Grand Slam Track is the start of a new era, the stakes are so high’

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The 1,500m world champion tells Jack Rathborn how he is embracing ‘a new era’ for athletics when he kicks off his Grand Slam Track campaign on Saturday and why he has no regrets after beating rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen but failing to win gold at last summer’s Olympics

The Independent UK

Grand Slam Track: Schedule, times and start lists for first-ever event

World and Olympic champions including Gabby Thomas, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Cole Hocker will be in action in Jamaica

The Independent UK

Welcome to Grand Slam Track, Michael Johnson’s brainchild with speed stars, prize money and live data

The new athletics league launches in Kingston, Jamaica this weekend with a radical format and an ambitious goal to capture ‘the youngest fanbase of any sports league in the world’ – but will it fly or flop?

The Conversation

Step length, a devastating finish and ‘springs in his spikes’: the science behind Gout Gout’s speed

Every now and then an athlete comes along who makes people wonder, “how are they so fast?”

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