Nairobi, Oct 11 (IANS) Despite his failure to finish the Berlin Marathon last month, Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang has confirmed he will compete at the New York Marathon on November 5. Speaking from Iten on Wednesday,…
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Four-time Olympic medallist swimmer Anthony Ervin has been named event ambassador for the 10th Airtel Delhi Half Marathon scheduled for November 19, it was announced on Wednesday. “Year on year,…
Chicago, Oct 9 (IANS) Galen Rupp prevailed in the men’s category of the Chicago Marathon to become the first American male winner of the event since 2002, while Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba was the fastest finisher…
Nairobi, Oct 7 (IANS) There will be love lost when training partners Marius Kipserem and Festus Talam face off in Sunday’s Eindhoven Marathon in the Netherlands. Talam is the defending champion and will be putting…
Nairobi, Oct 7 (IANS) Chicago marathon champion Florence Kiplagat from Kenya has said she is under no pressure to reclaim her title on Sunday, and believes she can improve on her best time. With no…
Nairobi, Oct 5 (IANS) Kenya’s marathon sensation and Olympic champion, Eliud Kipchoge on Thursday said his sights were still on the world record despite failing to better the mark during the Berlin Marathon two weeks…
Nairobi, Oct 5 (IANS) Abel Kirui and world marathon record holder Dennis Kimetto ruled out a possible attempt on the world record when they compete at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. The two are part…
Nairobi, Oct 4 (IANS) Former world marathon record holder Paul Tergat has pledged to have clean athletes to represent Kenya in international competitions. Tergat, who was elected the country’s President for the National Olympic body…
Nairobi, Oct 3 (IANS) World marathon record holder Dennis Kimetto of Kenya remains focused on completing his recovery and to compete strongly at the Chicago marathon on October 8. Kimetto, 33, wants to start over…
Paris, Oct 3 (IANS) A total of 20 nominees for Men’s and Women’s Athlete of the Year 2017 have been announced by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) headquartered in Monaco. Men’s 100m world…
London, Oct 2 (IANS) Joanna Blair, who won the women’s javelin title at last year’s British Athletics Championships, was on Monday provisionally suspended after failing an anti-doping test. Blair, who recorded a personal best of…
Budapest, Oct 1 (IANS) South Korea ruled on the 500m and 1500m finals of the Audi ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating 2017-18 with their competitors earning three gold medals here. Hungary also won…
Nairobi, Sep 29 (IANS) Athletics officials in Kenya have announced major changes in their local schedule in order to accommodate seven major international and continental events that will take place during the 2017/2018 calendar of…
Athens, Sep 29 (IANS) The 35th edition of the annual ultra-marathon race Spartathlon from Athens to Sparta, one of the most gruelling long distance courses worldwide, started at the foot of the Acropolis hill here…
Chandigarh, Sep 26 (IANS) ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh on Tuesday unveiled his first wax figure for the upcoming Madame Tussauds in Delhi. The figure of the legendary runner will be displayed at the sports zone…
Berlin, Sep 24 (IANS) Kenyan long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge won the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, but failed to break the world record. The 32-year-old runner clocked a time of 2:03:31 hours, some 35 seconds slower…
Nairobi, Sep 20 (IANS) Retired Kenyan female distance running legend Tegla Loroupe has declared she will go it alone in the forthcoming National Olympic Committee-Kenya (NOC-K) elections. The under fire national Olympics body will hold…
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Sep 19 (IANS) India enjoyed a successful outing at the fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games here on Tuesday with Govindan Lakshmanan and P.U. Chitra winning gold in their respective events. Lashmanan…
Nairobi, Sep 19 (IANS) Anxiety is reaching boiling point as former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang and Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge left for Germany to compete at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. The two…
Jakarta, Sep 18 (IANS) The committee of the 18th Asian Games (INASGOC) has allowed foreign citizens living in Indonesia to be volunteers in the regional sport event next year, a top official of the committee…