Nairobi, Jan 10 (IANS) Olympic 400m hurdles silver medallist Boniface Tumuti Mucheru of Kenya will pitch his training camp in Finland, aiming to polish his skills ahead of the World Championships in London in August….
London, Jan 9 (IANS) Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele tops the list of world-class contenders for the men’s race at the 2017 London Marathon to be held on April 23, organisers said on Monday. Already a…
Moscow, Jan 9 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is ready to discuss with the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) its proposal to scrap the world records list, as some of athletes may…
Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) Reigning Olympic and World 800m champion David Rudisha was on Saturday named the international event Ambassador of the 14th edition of the Mumbai Marathon, to be held on January 15. The…
Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS) Ethiopias Ayele Abshero along with Dinknesh Mekash, a two-time winner in Mumbai, will lead the elite field at the 14th edition of the Mumbai Marathon here on January 15. Abshero is…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The 22nd Asian Athletics Championships, to be held in Ranchi in July, will be the highlight event in an otherwise packed calendar for the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) which…
Moscow, Jan 4 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has issued a set of guidelines that will allow Russian athletes to compete in international contests as neutrals in global sporting events. According to…
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Ethiopian runner Ayele Abshero is all set for the 14th edition of the Mumbai Marathon, starting here on January 15. The 26-year-old Abshero is a former world junior cross country champion…
Moscow, Dec 30 (IANS) The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is ready to reinstate Russias suspended membership as soon as possible if the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) implements in full the required criteria set for this…
Chandigarh, Dec 26 (IANS) Indian hockey star Manpreet Singh and runner Mandeep Kaur were among the nine international sportspersons who were handed appointment letters for the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police by the Punjab…
Moscow, Dec 24 (IANS) Russian athletics coach Vladimir Mokhnev, the former coach of Russian doping whistleblower Yuliya Stepanva, has been suspended for 10 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The CAS on…
Nairobi, Dec 22 (IANS) Kenya is set to select two teams of young athletes to compete at the World Youth and Africa U-20 Championships next year. Head coach Julius Kirwa said the two events are…
Moscow, Dec 22 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced Russia’s long jumper Daria Klishina was eligible to take part in the European Athletics Championship next March in Belgrade. Dmitry Shlyakhtin, the…
Nairobi, Dec 20 (IANS) Organisers of the 2017 World Youth Athletics Championships here expect a strong representation from China, the US and Germany in the event that will attract over 1,000 athletes from 155 countries…
Nairobi, Dec 20 (IANS) Former Berlin marathon champion Gladys Cherono of Kenya is keen to secure a slot in the Kenya team to the World Championships after she recovered from a career threatening injury. Cherono,…
Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) Lady Ratanbai & Sir Mathuradas Vissanji Academy ended at the top of the school ranking table to be crowned as the champions of Sports For All 2016 which concluded at the…
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) G. Lakshmanan of Tamil Nadu and Monika Athare from Maharashtra won the men’s and women’s categories respectively as tennis great Boris Becker graced the 25K Kolkata marathon run here on Sunday….
Moscow, Dec 16 (IANS) Former director of Moscow Anti-Doping Centre and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) informant Grigory Rodchenkov gave prohibited drugs to Russian athletes under the veil of vitamins, an investigator of Moscow City Court…
Nairobi, Dec 16 (IANS) Kenya’ s former Boston marathon champion Wesley Korir and Caroline Rotich will return to the US to try and reclaim their titles on April 17, 2017. However, Korir is not considering…
Accra (Ghana), Dec 16 (IANS) Ghanaian sprinter Tim Abeyie has been banned for four years following a doping violation, the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has said. According to GAA, the offence took place at a…