Madrid, June 9 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) council on Sunday upheld a suspension imposed on the Russian Federation since November 2015 over allegations of state-sponsored doping. IAAF’s council decision will mean…
By Abhishek Upadhyay New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Kiren Rijiju’s appointment as Sports Minister in the newly re-elected NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came as a surprise to many. With the Tokyo…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Athlete Gomathi Marimuthu, winner of womens 800m gold medal at at the Doha Asian Championships last month, has been tested positive for a banned substance norandrosterone, which is an anabolic…
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) 100m record holder and winner of two Asian Games silver medals Dutee Chand on Sunday revealed that she is in a same-sex relationship with a girl from…
Bengaluru, May 17 (IANS) The women’s race at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru on Sunday will bring together two of the world’s leading distance runners who will be using the International Association of Athletics Federations…
Yokohama, May 11 (IANS) Indian athletes finished their campaign at the IAAF World Relays 2019 on a poor note on Saturday after the men’s, women’s and mixed relay teams failed to make it to the…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Caster Semenya has lost her legal case against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) over testosterone regulations. The judgement means that Semenya will have to take medication to reduce…
Doha, April 24 (IANS) P.U. Chitra clocked 4:14.56 to strike gold for India in the womens’ 1500m race on the concluding day of the Asian Athletics Championships here on Wednesday. The win also ensured Chitra’s…
London, April 22 (IANS) London Olympic Gold medallist Etienne Stott was one of the many Extinction Rebellion activists arrested in London protesting against climate change at the Waterloo Bridge here on Sunday evening. Stott, the…
Rabat, April 22 (IANS) Kenyan athletes dominated Morocco’s Rabat International Marathon as they swept most of the medals in both men’s and women’s races on Sunday. In the men’s race, Sammy Kigen broke the competition’s…
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Olympian Manisha Malhotra knows what it takes to shine against the best in the business and the former tennis star has now joined JSW Sports to lead…
Los Angeles, March 25 (IANS) When the starting gun sounded for the Los Angeles Marathon, Maria del Carmen Tun Cho felt like a winner already by becoming the first Guatemalan Maya woman ever to participate…
Nomi (Japan), March 17 (IANS) Indian athlete K.T. Irfan has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics as he finished fourth in the men’s 20 kilometre category at the Asian Race Walking Championships here. The 29-year-old clocked…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Global sportswear giant Adidas has created and delivered a customised solution for reigning Asian Games champion Swapna Burman, who had been battling pain by squeezing her six-toed feet into regular…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar is set to represent India in the upcoming World Cups at Baku, Azerbaijan and Doha, Qatar. She says for her, every competition is…
Tokyo, March 3 (IANS) Ethiopian runners won the men’s and women’s races at the 12th edition of the Tokyo Marathon, here on Sunday, braving a wet and windy weather. Birhanu Legese won the men’s race,…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Hurdler Dharun Ayyasamy clocked 49.94 seconds to win his second consecutive gold medal in the Indian Grand Prix series 2019 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, here on Wednesday. The 24-year…
Nairobi, Feb 20 (IANS) Pressure is on Kenya to qualify for its first ever Africa Nations Championships, and head coach Sebastien Migne is relishing the prospect of hitting two birds with one stone. Already the…
Nairobi, Feb 11 (IANS) Sarah Chepchirchir, the 2017 Tokyo Marathon winner and a sister-in-law of banned Olympic champion Jemimah Jelagat Sumgong, is the latest high-profile Kenyan distance runner to be suspended for doping, Athletics Integrity…
Nairobi, Feb 4 (IANS) One year after he was temporarily suspended for alleged doping, three-time world 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop is crying foul saying nobody has acted on his plea of innocence. On February 3,…
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