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20 days ago
Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson confirms he will refund a sum of $500,000 (£375,000) he allegedly "secretly" paid himself before his Grand Slam Track league collapsed.
28 days ago
BBC not planning to use Johnson in 2026 coverage ○
The BBC does not plan to use four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson in its athletics coverage this year.
35 days ago
Michael Johnson accused of taking $500,000 from debt-ridden track league ⊕
Court filing claims project leader took money days before collapse
Grand Slam Track filed for bankruptcy owing up to $50m
Michael Johnson has been accused of paying himself $500,000 (£372,000) eight da…
4 months ago
Duplantis wins top award and takes aim at Grand Slam Track’s exclusion of field events ⊕⊕
Duplantis named World Athletics’ male athlete of year
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins top female award
Armand Duplantis has capped a remarkable 2025, in which he broke four world records and won another…
6 months ago
Grand Slam Track denies Michael Johnson earned $2m from scrapped series ○
Former sprinter claims he is facing own financial losses
‘Michael has asked for patience while we try to fix this’
Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track organisation has denied the former American sprint…
Oblique Seville backs current sprint crop to get down to 9.6sec but says Bolt will always be best ○
World champion says ‘only matter of time’ to reach 9.6sec
Seville dismisses effect of Noah Lyles’ mind games
On Sunday night, Oblique Seville became the first Jamaican to win the men’s 100m world title…
7 months ago
Michael Johnson admits Grand Slam Track on hold until 2025 debts are paid ○
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Johnson says athletes owed millions in prize money
LA finale cancelled after promised funding fell through
Upstart series’ 2026 season on hold until debts cleared
Grand Slam Track will not take place in…
8 months ago
World Athletics monitoring outstanding Grand Slam Track payments to athletes ○
President Sebastian Coe says: ‘It’s not good’
Four-meeting series was cut to three last month
Sebastian Coe says World Athletics is closely monitoring outstanding athlete payments from Michael Johnson’…
Kerr and Lyles offer London Diamond League stardust despite withdrawals ○
Threat of rain and absences of Hodgkinson, Hassan and Ingebrigtsen are blows but record tilts will enthrall fans
One of the major issue athletics faces is the relative lack of importance that the over…
10 months ago
Michael Johnson cancels Los Angeles Grand Slam Track meeting ○
Emergency meeting held with athletes over decision
Decision leaves LA without major meeting this summer
Michael Johnson cancelled the final leg of the new Grand Slam Track series in Los Angeles before …