Czech Roman Sebrle competes in the 60m Hurdles Heptathlon, 04 March 2007 during the 29th European Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL ...

Former Olympic and world decathlon champion and long-time world record holder Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic announced on Friday he would quit over a lasting heel injury. "Time is merciless," said ...

In the toughest of all the track and field disciplines, only the very strongest can claim the glory, and so the fact that Roman Sebrle is the man to beat as he looks to retain his Olympic title shows ...

BEIJING – Late Friday night in the Bird’s Nest, the world record-holder in the most grueling event in track and field grabbed the hand of his successor as Olympic decathlon champion, and held it aloft ...

Olympic decathlon champion Roman Sebrle will not be punished for receiving a glucose infusion during competition and will be able to hold on to his world championship silver medal if his blood sample ...

Here's the kind of sports tease that would certainly provoke some passionate talk-radio debate. Who's the world's greatest athlete? Several years ago there wouldn't have been much debate in this ...

Near-death experience: Every athlete treads a troublesome road in the four long years leading up to the Olympics, but Roman Sebrle's story tops most, a decisive factor in all-important media scoring.

ATHENS Greece -- Reigning world champion Tom Pappas suffered from a crisis in confidence Monday as he faded from the medal picture in a tough first day of the Olympic decathlon. Pappas' U.S. teammate ...