Femke Bol of the Netherlands shattered her own world record to win world indoor 400m gold in Glasgow on Saturday. Bol, the two-time world 400m hurdles champion, clocked 49.17 seconds to beat her previous best, set last month, by 0.07sec. “It’s a dream come true”, said Bol, who led from gun to tape in an exceptional display of running. Her …

World record hurdler, Tobi Amusan, will miss this weekend’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland after she was excluded from Nigeria’s final entry. It was learnt that Amusan passed on the opportunity to feature at the championship to intensify her preparation for the forthcoming African Games in Ghana, which holds from 8 to 23 March. “Amusan is a professional athlete …