EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY CHRIS WHEELER: Wanderers had been saved but another battle was beginning. They had started the season with a 12-point deduction and just six senior players.

Justin Gatlin does not care that Usain Bolt laughs at the challenge he is mounting for 100 metres supremacy this summer.

Jamaican sensation Usain Bolt crushed the competition in Sunday's 100m race, leaving American Justin Gatlin with the country's only medal for the historic race.

Tyson Gay has admitted he will have to suppress any animosity he feels towards drug cheat Justin Gatlin for the benefit of the US 4x100m relay team.

US sprinter Justin Gatlin has vowed to challenge Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake this year, as he prepares to come up against Bolt over 100 metres in Rome on Thursday night.

The 26-year-old Jamaican came second in a 100m sprint in Rome yesterday, beaten by American Justin Gatlin, 31, who came in at 9.94 seconds compared to Bolt's 9.95.

Justin Gatlin remained unbeaten this season by winning the 100 metres at the Golden Spike meet on Tuesday, clocking 9.86 seconds to improve his own world-leading time of the year.

American drug cheat Justin Gatlin won the 100m in Brussels on Friday evening with a years best time of 9.77s, amid controversy that the twice-banned sprinter shouldn't even be allowed to compete.

Research undertaken at the University of Oslo shows that dope cheats such as Justin Gatlin could still be benefiting from taking banned substances years after initial usage.

Despite being undefeated in the 100 and 200 metres this season, Justin Gatlin has failed to make the three-man shortlist for the IAAF 2014 World Athlete of the Year, following a two-week voting process.

Former Olympic champion and convicted drugs cheat Justin Gatlin has been handed a new sponsorship deal by Nike, sparking outrage in the Athletics world.

By giving a new sportswear deal to twice-convicted drugs cheat Justin Gatlin, Nike is legitimising the taking of performance-enhancing drugs in sport by making a cheat look cool.

Athletics fans should lay off two-time drugs cheat Justin Gatlin and direct their ire at the sport’s governing body instead, according to former Olympic Champion Michael Johnson.

Justin Gatlin sent a message to Usain Bolt on Friday - both with his legs and his mouth. Gatlin lived up to the pre-season hype by winning the 100m in a world-leading 9.74 seconds in Doha.

MARTIN SAMUEL: The world’s top sprinter this year is Justin Gatlin, on his shoulder is Tyson Gay. Both are tainted by drugs and UK Athletics would not issue invitations to either man for an event.

Justin Gatlin added the year's fastest 200m time to his resume at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting.  Gatlin equalled his lifetime best with his run of 19.68 seconds

MARTHA KELNER: Justin Gatlin can produce a nightmare scenario for advocates of clean sport by breaking Usain Bolt’s 100metres world record this summer, according to ex-sprinter John Regis.

Controversial Justin Gatlin set the stage for a world championship showdown with Usain Bolt when he won the 200 metres in a blazing 19.57 seconds at the U.S. trials in Oregon on Sunday

Justin Gatlin easily beat two big-name rivals by clocking 9.75 seconds in the 100 metres at the Athletissima Diamond League race on Thursday.

Switzerland is renowned for being neutral but the country nailed its colours to the mast where drug cheats are concerned by hosting the dirtiest Diamond League race this century.

Justin Gatlin could win world championships and go undefeated for a second consecutive season but he would still not be ineligible for the sport's athlete of the year award.

American sprinter Justin Gatlin continued his fine form by clocking 9.78 to win the 100 metres at the Herculis Diamond League meet on Friday.

Usain Bolt blew away any fears about his fitness and fired a major warning to Justin Gatlin as he blasted to his fastest 100 metres of the year on his return to the Olympic Stadium on Friday night.

MARTHA KELNER AT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM: Usain Bolt allayed any concerns over his fitness, twice running 100m in 9.87 seconds at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games.

MATT LAWTON: Seb Coe has said he will feel ‘queasy’ should Justin Gatlin, or any other convicted drugs cheat, win gold at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

MARTHA KELNER IN BEIJING: The roll call of winners from the first round of the World Championships 100m was almost farcical with four of the seven previously serving drugs bans.

Usain Bolt managed to survive a stuttering start to move into the World Championships 100m final in Beijing, setting up an enticing showdown with Justin Gatlin, who stormed through in his heat.

As Usain Bolt fulfilled his final media duties inside the Bird’s Nest stadium after winning 100m gold, with cleaners tidying around him and, a fan draped draped in the Jamaican flag screamed: ‘Yes Usain Bolt!'

American sprinter Justin Gatlin will refuse to speak to British media and the BBC in the future following 'hurtful attacks' and 'biased views' in reports having won silver in the 100m World Championship final.

'Good versus evil' is a step closer to resuming in the 200 metres at the World Championships in Beijing after Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin cruised into the semi-finals.

Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin set up the sequel to their world championship sprint showdown on Wednesday, both winning their semifinal heats in the 200 metres.

Justin Gatlin hopes the public will see him as a 'human being' rather than a drugs cheat after the World Championships. Gatlin finished second in the 100m and 200m in Beijing.

CHARLES SALE: Lord Coe’s unparalleled reputation as Britain’s leading sporting statesman is in danger of being tainted by his continued links with Nike.

JONATHAN MCEVOY: 20 years on from becoming the only man to claim an Olympic 200m and 400m double, Michael Johnson opens up on the problems facing his friend Lord Coe and British hopes in Rio.

USA's Justin Gatlin, 34, hopes to become the fastest man in the world, beating out rival sprinter Jamaican Usain Bolt. The New Yorker has been banned from the Olympics twice for doping

Usain Bolt and America’s Justin Gatlin have both won through their 100m semi-final heats to set-up an epic Olympic final later tonight.

Losing is one thing. Justin Gatlin didn't expect he'd get booed at the Olympic 100-metre final, too. He took silver for the United States, in Rio on Sunday, edged by rival Usain Bolt of Jamaica.

Lord Coe has admitted that athletics is losing the fight to ban drugs cheats for life after Justin Gatlin's 100 metres World Championship victory over Usain Bolt at the London Stadium.

After finally earning his first Tour title on Sunday night, US PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas was quick to share the moment with his proud mum and dad, and then Tiger Woods.

The 22-year-old Brit stormed through on the line to record an impressive season's best of 10.04sec in driving rain, edging out the Chinese pair of Su Bingtian and Xie Zhenye.

Bayern Munich have sealed a contract extension for Hansi Flick that will see the head coach remain at the club until 2023.

The former Liverpool midfielder has failed to make much of an impact at the Nou Camp since his £145m transfer from Liverpool back in 2018. He is currently out on loan at Bayern Munich.

Michael Rummenigge, former Bayern Munich striker, believes Sane's long-term injury and the financial impact of the coronavirus could see City lower the price or cut him off as a free transfer.

Sagnol, who was working as a scout at Bayern Munich as Varane rose through the ranks at Lens, claimed he got a tip-off about the 18-year-old defender from a friend.

Barcelona are weighing-up a move for Bayern Munich ace Kingsley Coman in the summer, seeing the winger as a backup option for Neymar. The Spanish side will also prioritise a move for Lautaro Martinez.

The German goalkeeper's contract at the Allianz Arena expires next summer and Neuer is looking to sign a new deal with the club he joined back in 2011 from Schalke.

The 21-year-old defender has attracted interest across Europe after impressing for RB Leipzig this season. Matthaus believes Upamecano should remain at German club for a bit longer.

PSG's Kylian Mbappe has been ranked as the fastest footballer in the world according to data from French newspaper Le Figaro, beating a lot of other famous speedsters.

Bayern have a key relationship with Audi, and the German manufacturers have provided every squad member with a new car since 2002, the year they became a shareholder of the club.

The highly-rated French centre-back has a £52m buyout clause at Leipzig, who are keen to sell him this year as opposed to losing him for free upon the expiration of his contract next summer.