New Delhi, Feb 29 ( IANS) Beijing will host the 2027 World Athletics Championships, the global governing body of the sport has announced. The decision was made at the 234th World Athletics Council Meeting, held…
Guwahati, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) After Nagaraj Venkatesha’s father passed away in 2017, the middle-distance runner has been doubling up as one of the bread-earners of the family while trying to keep his athletics career on…
Guwahati (Assam), Feb 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The lack of a certified coach did not deter discus thrower Oinam Alson Singh’s confidence in becoming the first gold medallist from Manipur University at the 4th edition of the…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a thrilling finish to the tape, Army Sports Institute’s Gopi Thonakal pipped his teammate Srinu Bugatha to win the New Delhi Marathon crown here on Sunday. Gopi, who had…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Gopi Thonakal and Ashwini Madan Jadhav won the men’s and women’s races, respectively, at the New Delhi Marathon here at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday. Gopi secured the gold…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s top runners including T. Gopi, Srini B. and Anish Thapa will line up along with over 19,000 athletes in the 9th edition of the prestigious New Delhi Marathon on…
Tehran (Iran), Feb 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian distance runner Gulveer Singh won a gold medal in the men’s 3000m at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championship with a timing of 8:07.48, which is also his personal best…
Apeldoorn (Netherlands), Feb 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Femke Bol broke her record at the Dutch Indoor Championships here, returning to the scene of her historic 49.26 run 12 months ago to further improve the world indoor 400m…
Mumbai, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jyothi Yarraji and Tajinderpal Singh Toor set new National Records while Harmilan Bains too surged to victory as India picked three gold medals on the opening day of the Asian Indoor…
Lausanne, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of the World Athletics has banned India’s K.M Rachna for 12 years for testing positive for a cocktail of steroids/prohibited substances. The 30-year-old Indian hammer thrower…
Dubai, Feb12 (SocialNews.XYZ) A galaxy of stars, including Paralympic and world championship winners, will return to their favourite hunting ground as the emirate gets ready to host the season-opening 15th Fazza International Para Athletics Grand…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 24-year-old Kenyan long-distance runner and the marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a road traffic accident. The accident occurred on Sunday at…
Heist-op-den-Berg (Belgium), Feb 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) National record holder Tejaswin Shankar impressively began his 2024 season, winning the high jump event at the International High Jump Gala Elmos 2024 athletics meet. Competing for the first time…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has said that she will retire after the 2024 Paris Olympics as she wants to spend more time with her family. The Jamaican star won…
Uppsala, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reigning world record holder and Olympic champion pole vaulter Armand Duplantis has kicked off his 2024 year in style with a win at his own hometown meet ‘Mondo Classic’ here. The…
Monaco, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics, the global governing body for international track and field competitions, has ratified Kelvin Kiptum’s world marathon record of 2:00:35 set in Chicago last year. Kenya’s Kiptum became the first…
Glasgow, Feb 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) With less than four weeks to go until the first champion is crowned, the organisers have on Monday (February 5) revealed the medals specially commissioned for the World Athletics Indoor Championships…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Legendary sprinter and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha on Sunday was conferred with the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award by the Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI) and Delhi Sports…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) in their recent meeting approved Commonwealth Games medallist Tejaswin Shankar’s request for financial assistance towards participation…
Chennai, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab’s international race walker, Manju Rani, had a good run at the 11th edition of the National Open Race Walking Competition. The day after winning gold in the women’s 20km, she…