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…
Moscow, June 21 (IANS) Russia is ready to fulfil all the conditions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the participation of athletes uninvolved in doping abuse in the Rio Olympics, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly…
Lausanne, June 21 (IANS) Russias Olympics Committee (ROC) has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to explain the term “neutral athletes” used by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) last Friday, ROC president Alexander…
Lausanne, June 21 (IANS) At a meeting with the heads of leading international sports federations at the Olympic summit, the International Olympic Committee executive council expressed respect for the International Association of Athletic Federations decision…
Nairobi, June 20 (IANS) Kenya is optimistic it will win more medals as it sends a squad of 60 athletes to the Africa Senior Athletics Championships starting on Wednesday in Durban. Kenya’ s head coach…
Cheboksary (Russia), June 20 (IANS) Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will not be able to work in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletes’ Commission until the All-Russia Athletic Federation’s (ARAF) membership…
Moscow, June 20 (IANS) Russian lawmakers are indignant at the very idea of the country’s track and field team likely to be banned from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Russian State Duma Speaker…
Moscow, June 20 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to meet with the leadership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the near future, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. “Now the…
Adelaide, June 19 (IANS) Australias fastest woman sprinter Melissa Breen said the authorities have taken the right decision to ban Russias athletes, and added that she is happy to run against a field of clean…
London, June 19 (IANS) International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe insisted that Russia, and not his organisation, is responsible for the country’s drug-free athletes being banned from the Rio Olympics. The governing…
Moscow, June 18 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) should explain to Russia what other actions it should undertake to restore the status of the national athletics, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on…
Moscow, June 18 (IANS) Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) president Alexander Zhukov will make a report at the summit of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne on June 21, which is expected to decide on…
Melbourne, June 17 (IANS) Australia’s leading Olympic official John Coates has labelled Russia’s anti-doping agency as “rotten to the core.” Coates, Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), made his comments in Melbourne on Friday…
Jamaica, June 14 (IANS) He missed almost two full seasons due to crippling injuries, but 2011 World Championships 100-metre gold medallist Yohan Blake is glad to be back on the track just in time for…
Kingston, June 13 (IANS) Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt on Monday said the possibility of losing a gold medal is “heartbreaking”, as his 4X100 metres relay team-mate Nesta Carter is said to have tested positive…
Kingston (Jamaica), June 12 (IANS) Triple World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt graced local fans with a blistering seasons best run of 9.88 seconds to win the mens 100 metres at the inaugural Jamaica National…
Nairobi, June 10 (IANS) Kenya’s Olympic champion David Rudisha is oozing confidence ahead of his second Diamond League 800 metres race in Stockholm on June 16. Rudisha, who holds the Olympic and world 800m record…