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Michael Johnson was the king of track and field. Now Grand Slam Track’s collapse puts his reputation at stake

Fresh allegations that Johnson paid himself half a million dollars before paying creditors – claims which GST strongly denies – mark the latest ugly turn in a saga that threatens to destroy his integrity

The Independent UK

BBC Sport has no plans to use Michael Johnson on athletics coverage this year after Grand Slam Track disaster

Johnson, a regular studio analyst on the BBC’s athletics programmes, is facing legal action from creditors following the collapse of his Grand Slam Track venture

The Independent UK

Michael Johnson accused of paying himself $500k amid collapse of his Grand Slam Track project

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Michael Johnson accused of ‘secretly’ paying himself $500,000 as Grand Slam Track collapsed

A group of unsecured creditors are taking legal action against the athlete’s disastrous Grand Slam Track project

The Independent UK

Michael Johnson accused of taking $500,000 from debt-ridden track league

Michael Johnson has been accused of paying himself $500,000 (£372,000) just eight days before his Grand Slam Track project collapsed before the final event in Los Angeles

The Guardian - UK

Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track owes Josh Kerr $218,000, court papers reveal

Athletics stars including Kerr, Gabby Thomas and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone are among Grand Slam Track’s top 20 creditors

The Independent UK

Grand Slam Track denies Michael Johnson earned $2m from scrapped series

Michael Johnson’s GST said it was ‘categorically false’ he had pocketed $2m from the series while his athletes were unpaid – and that he was facing losses

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Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track misses the vital village-fete feel of athletics

Shearing off apparently extraneous matter is how the featherless chicken was hatched. But ditching field events is too much plucking

The Guardian - UK

Michael Johnson admits Grand Slam Track on hold until 2025 debts are paid

The four-time Olympic champion admits the new circuit owes millions in prize money from its debut season and will not return until athletes are paid in full

The Guardian - US

Josh Kerr: Getting to the top is the easy part, it's staying there that's tough

Josh Kerr has enjoyed a hugely successful first half of 2025 and as he looks forward to defending his world 1500m title in September, he's…

The National (Scotland)

Michael Johnson speaks out on Grand Slam Track’s future amid meet cancellation

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The Independent UK

Michael Johnson explains why he cancelled Grand Slam Track meet in LA

Organisers of Grand Slam Track remain confident the new athletics competition will continue in 2026 despite the premature end to its inaugural season

The Independent UK

Olympic medallist Fred Kerley arrested again after allegedly hitting ex-girlfriend

The US sprinter will not take part in Grand Slam Track this weekend

The Independent UK

Duplantis Kicks Off Diamond League Amid Johnson-led Changing Landscape

Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis heads up a stellar cast of athletes kicking off the 16th Diamond League season in Xiamen on Saturday amid a changing landscape that has seen Michael Johnson launch his Grand Slam track series.

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Matthew Hudson-Smith claims Grand Slam Track glory as Emmanuel Wanyonyi stuns 1,500m field

Olympic 800m champion Wanyonyi produced the performance of the night to beat Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse and Cole Hocker

The Independent UK

Gabby Thomas headlines Grand Slam Track winners on day one of first-ever event

Dina Asher-Smith finished third in the 200m while there were wins for Sydney McLaughlin-Lavrone and Kenny Bednarek

The Guardian - UK

Big matchups and bigger bucks: Michael Johnson pledges Grand Slam Track will bring ‘fantasy to life’

Athletics legend says his new four-part event, which launches on Friday, is exactly what the sport needs

International Business Times

Athletics World Watching As 'Grand Slam Track' Prepares For Launch

What is being billed as a "revolution" for the sport of athletics gets under way in Kingston on Friday with the opening meeting of US sprinting legend Michael Johnson's ambitious Grand Slam Track series.

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The Independent UK

Josh Kerr: ‘Grand Slam Track is the start of a new era, the stakes are so high’

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The 1,500m world champion tells Jack Rathborn how he is embracing ‘a new era’ for athletics when he kicks off his Grand Slam Track campaign on Saturday and why he has no regrets after beating rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen but failing to win gold at last summer’s Olympics

The Independent UK

Welcome to Grand Slam Track, Michael Johnson’s brainchild with speed stars, prize money and live data

The new athletics league launches in Kingston, Jamaica this weekend with a radical format and an ambitious goal to capture ‘the youngest fanbase of any sports league in the world’ – but will it fly or flop?

Evening Standard

Keely Hodgkinson reveals Grand Slam Track decision and 2025 ambitions after unforgettable year

Many of the 800m gold medalist’s GB team-mates have already signed up for Michael Johnson’s lucrative new event in full

The Independent UK

Lord Coe does not see Grand Slam Track as a threat to World Athletics

The new track event is scheduled to make its debut in 2025.

The Guardian - UK

UK Athletics turns down Grand Slam Track involvement over financial concerns

The chief executive of UK Athletics says involvement in Michael Johnson’s new competition is too great of a financial risk

The Independent UK

Diamond League increases prize money ahead of launch of rival Grand Slam Track

Athletics’ annual series will offer record prize money to competitors in 2025

The Independent UK

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and a strange Diamond League final reveal the future of athletics

The American world record holder competes in Brussels in two exhibitions, with the sport braced for seismic change in 2025 as Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track begins

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