Kolkata, Jan 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar will flag off the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata Full Marathon on February 2 here with over 9000 runners registering for the event. The Kolkata Full Marathon…
Guwahati, Jan 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rambir Singh Khokhar, who won the Dronacharya award in the lifetime category in 2019 for his contribution as kabaddi coach, said that the Indian government alone cannot produce talented athletes. Khokhar,…
Mumbai, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Defending champions Cosmas Lagat and Worknesh Alemu will return to the Tata Mumbai Marathon which will take place on January 19. Kenya’s Lagat won 12 months ago in decisive fashion when…
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, Dec 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The six medals that India had won at the 2012 London Olympics had given an air of positivity to India’s build up to Rio 2016. Several officials…
Moscow, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) said Friday it will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the ruling of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banning its athletes for…
Pune, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The morning of the Pune Half Marathon, witnessed a carnival-like atmosphere in the city involving over 20,000 citizens. From toddlers to elders to corporates to pros, people from across the nation…
Mumbai, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bloomberg Square Mile Relay will return to the city for the second time on March 6 next year, a statement said. The internationally-renowned annual event, which also takes place in…
Pune, Dec 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Avantika Narale initially made headlines when she rewrote Dutee Chand’s 200m junior national record last year, but the sprinter was again in the news when she won a gold and silver…
Pune, Dec 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) With just a day left, the residents of Pune are getting set with their running shoes for the Pune Half Marathon 2019. This Sunday, around 20,000 runners will hit the track…
Nairobi, Dec 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) said on Thursday it will revive the Pan African Athletics Tour in 2020 in a bid to cushion the continent’s athletes after a snub by…
Tokyo, Dec 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Thursday unveiled the course for the marathon after an extended delay. The event was moved to Sapporo from Tokyo a month ago to avoid…
Ottawa, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) An 84-year-old Canadian national named Roy Jorgen Svenningsen has become the oldest person ever to complete the Antarctic Ice Marathon. According to a report in CTV, Svenningse, who started the race…
Mumbai, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic sprinter Dutee Chand — India’s first professional athlete to come out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community — has starred in a new People for the Ethical Treatment of…
Kolkata, Dec 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tata Steel Kolkata 25K, the only 25km IAAF silver label race in the world, is set to bring home the ace marksman and three-time world cupper from Argentina, Hernan Jorge Crespo,…
Kolkata, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tata Steel Kolkata 25K (TSK 25K) will this year give a finishers’ medal to everyone who crosses the line, making the only IAAF accredited Silver Label race at this distance…
Mumbai, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Yohan Blake will turn his attention to India after running what he said will be his last Olympic race in Tokyo next year. The ace Jamaican sprinter was in Mumbai to…
Gurugram, Nov 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jitender Yadav, a 23-year-old physical education student from Nangloi in Delhi, will bid fair to complete a hat-trick of victories while 25-year-old Ladakhi Tsetan Dolkar could well be the woman runner…
Monaco, Nov 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge and Dalilah Muhammad of the US have been named the male and female world athletes of the year . The World Athletics Awards 2019 ceremony took…
Madrid, Nov 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics, the former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has decided to halt the process of reinstating Russia following new charges against its leaders filed by the Athletics Integrity Unit…
Paris, Nov 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics has announced that world pole vault record-holder Renaud Lavillenie of France and four-time world shot put champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand will become the first active athletes to…