Meseret Defar will return to competition for the first time since giving birth to a baby as she races the 2015 Geico Rock ’n’ Roll Las Vegas Half-Marathon on Nov. 15, race organizers told SI.com.

Priscah Jeptoo caused a major upset at the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday when she beat Ethiopian superstars Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba clocking 1:05:45, the third-fastest time ever at the 21km ...

Before the starting gun to the women’s 5,000m in Berlin, Vivian Cheruiyot faced the biggest obstacle between her and greatness — the equally diminutive Ethiopian Meseret Defar. So often in the past, ...

The track world was abuzz with Meseret Defar's performance Wednesday in Stockholm, where she set a world indoor record in the 5,000 meters. The news overshadowed Jesse Williams' victory in the high ...

Meseret Defar donated her 2004 Olympic 5,000-meter gold medal to a church museum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She was 20 years old when that one was draped around her neck in Athens. Eight years later at ...

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia will be gunning for a third and final race walk gold in the fifth day of action at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. After gold-medal showings by Aleksandr Ivanov ...

Galen Rupp won the Rock 'N' Roll Philadelphia half marathon today in 1:02:18 to distance the field by more than two minutes. Ethiopian legend Meseret Defar won the women's race by about a minute in ...

A collection of some of the recent top athletics results from around the world, including performances at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix The second meeting of the newly-created IAAF World Indoor ...

London, England – Meseret Defar put in a strong kick as reigning Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba faded on the home stretch, overtaking her Ethiopian teammate to win the women's 5,000 meters Friday.