It was neither the best of times nor the worst of times for the men's and women's cross country squads last Saturday. On one hand, the men's and women's teams posted strong finishes of eighth and ...

PARIS — Italian transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo failed to reach the final of the women’s T12 400 meters for visually impaired runners after finishing third in her semifinal at the Paralympic ...

Valentina Petrillo became the first out transgender runner to take part in the Paralympics when she competed in the women’s 400m T12 heats on Monday. Italy’s Petrillo made it through to the semifinal ...

Oscar Pistorius, the amputee sprinter who runs with the aid of carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, has failed in his bid to qualify for this summer’s Olympics in Beijing, after South Africa’s athletics ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Surinam's only Pan American Games medalist, 800-meter champion Letitia Vriesde, was stripped of her gold Sunday after testing positive for excessive caffeine.