Moscow, June 29 (IANS) About 10 Russian field and track athletes have sent their individual applications to the world athletics body IAAF requesting the right to take part in the 2016 Olympics, All-Russia Athletics Federation…
Canberra, June 29 (IANS) Australia’s greatest Olympic track and field hope and defending 100 metres hurdles Olympic gold medallist Sally Pearson has been forced to pull out of the 2016 Rio Games after she tore…
Ho Chi Minh City, June 28 (IANS) The Da Nang International Marathon will take place on August 6 in Vietnam’s central Da Nang city, its organiser announced on Tuesday. The event will have four distance…
By Veturi Srivatsa India will go to the Rio Olympic Games with over 100 competitors, crossing the three-figure mark for the first time; the hockey team played a Champions Trophy final after 36 years. Yet,…
Moscow, June 27 (IANS) Russias Investigative Committee has sent a request to the United States demanding to question former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov, committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Monday. On…
Nairobi, June 26 (IANS) Top figures in Kenyan athletics celebrated Mathew Sawe’s history-making men’s high jump gold at the 17th CAA Senior Championships in Durban, South Africa, that concluded on Sunday. National record holder Sawe…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Quarter-miler Mohd. Anas, women’s 200 metres specialist Srabani Nanda and long jumper Ankit Sharma have secured berths in their respective pet events for Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Late on Saturday…
Isiolo (Kenya), June 26 (IANS) Rio 2016 favourite and two-time London Marathon winner and course record holder Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya says his preparations for the Olympics are yet to hit top gear just over…
Sydney, June 25 (IANS) Swimming legend and five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe has expressed concern and compassion for those contemplating or have already decided to withdraw from the Rio Olympics due to the Zika…
Almaty, June 25 (IANS) India’s premier woman sprinter Dutee Chand on Saturday scripted history after qualifying in the 100 metres category for the forthcoming Rio Olympics. In a scintillating run in the women’s 100m heats…
Nairobi, June 25 (IANS) Kenya’s Ministry of Education has partnered with Athletics Kenya (AK) to launch the Kid’s Athletics, officials said here. Principal Secretary for Education Belio Kipsang on Friday said the move is aimed…
Rio de Janeiro, June 25 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the license of a drug laboratory slated to test athletes during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August. In a statement on…
Nairobi, June 24 (IANS) New York marathon champion Mary Keitany of Kenya has not given up hope on making the Kenya Olympic marathon team despite being named on the reserve bench. This is what will…
Nairobi, June 24 (IANS) Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed the revised Anti-Doping Bill into law to ensure compliance with the measures set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The signing into law on Thursday…
Nairobi, June 24 (IANS) Kenyan athletics authorities have questioned the proposed stringent testing ahead of the Rio Olympic Games, terming the move as discriminatory. Athletics Kenya (AK) Senior Vice-President Paul Mutwii on Thursday said they…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 23 (IANS) Kerala wants one of its athletes to win a gold medal in the 2024 Olympics. “Sports has to become a mass event. Our target is to set the stage for a…
Nairobi, June 22 (IANS) Kenya’s athletics officials on Wednesday selected a team of 24 youth runners to represent the country at the World Under-20 Athletics Championships scheduled for July in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The team comprising…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 22 (IANS) Olympian Anju Bobby George, who has come under attack from Kerala Sports Minister E.P. Jayarajan and his party colleague, on Wednesday decided to step down as president of the Kerala Sports…
Geneva, June 22 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed the ban on Russian track and field athletes by the IAAF but said individual athletes can be cleared to compete at the Rio Olympics…
Cheboksary (Russia), June 21 (IANS) Russian athletes will lodge a collective lawsuit with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to defend their right to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, chief coach…