Athletics

New Delhi, Nov 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is on the lookout for two new high-performance directors for senior and junior athletes after Volker Hermann on Sunday announced that he has resigned from…

New Delhi, Nov 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s athletics high performance director Volker Hermann on Sunday announced that he has resigned from the position. Hermann said in a statement that he put on his Facebook page that…

New Delhi, Nov 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi Half Marathon, which is to be held here on November 29, will feature world record holders Brigid Kosgei and Ababel Yeshaneh, the organisers said in a statement on…

New Delhi, Nov 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Defending champion Srinu Bugatha will lead the Indian elite men’s category alongside Abhishek Pal, Avinash Sable and Pradeep Singh at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon slated to be held on…

Inzai (Japan), Nov 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Japan’s Eiki Takahashi won the 10,000m race walk event at the Juntendo University Long Distance meeting by completing in a record time 37:25.21. Takahashi managed to hold off a strong…

New Delhi, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Defending champions Andamlak Belihu and Tsehay Gemecu will return to the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon for the 16th edition of the World Athletics Gold Label Road Race which is slated…

Abu Dhabi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) has announced the first confirmed speakers for the inaugural Athletes’ Forum for Asian para-athletes which takes place at the start of December. Korean Paralympian Jung…

New Delhi, Nov 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, will be held on November 29. While the elite runners will be at the start line at Jawaharlal…

New Delhi, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Anju Bobby George, the 2003 Athletics World Championships bronze medallist, was on Saturday elected as the Athletics Federation of India’s (AFI) senior vice-president while Olympian Adille Sumariwalla was president for…

Mumbai, Oct 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020 has surpassed all previous records by raising Rs 45.90 crores for charity, this has been announced by United Way Mumbai, the event’s philanthropy partner. Since its inception,…

Beijing, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 5th Kunming Marathon will be held on December 6 in an online format, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) announced on Sunday. The original edition of the SCO Kunming Marathon, which…

Tokyo, Oct 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Chinese national gymnastics team has confirmed its participation in Japan’s first international tournament in more than half a year, a top team official has said. “This is our first international…

Gdynia (Poland), Oct 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Romania’s 2008 Olympic champion Constantina Dita has been named an ambassador for the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships to be held in Gdynia on Saturday. The Romanian competed at eight…

Tokyo, Oct 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has announced Tokyo will host an international gymnastics tournament on November 8. “As part of the return to international competition, the FIG will hold a unique…

New Delhi, Oct 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The ‘Sunfeast India Run As One’ movement, which was initiated by Procam International on August 15, has raised over Rs 3.12 crore through active participation in support of livelihoods affected…

Valencia, Oct 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei and Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia have smashed world records over 10,000m and 5,000m respectively at Valencia meeting which had been billed as ‘World Record Day by organisers. On…

Monaco, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six of the world’s oldest footraces have been awarded the Heritage Plaque by World Athletics. The road races are Around the Bay Road Race, Hamilton, Ontario- founded 1894, YMCA Turkey Trot,…