Athletics

Rio de Janeiro, July 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Brazil’s elite athletes have resumed normal training after more than four months of confinement because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC) said its training centers across…

Washington, July 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former world U20 champion Michael Norman stormed to a world-leading 9.86 win in the men’s 100m at a small meeting held in Ft. Worth, Texas. Norman, known more as a 400m…

New Delhi, July 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Secretary-General Rajeev Mehta said that the new committees for 2020/21 that were formed after President Narinder Batra circulated a notice for the same among members of…

New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is looking to release Rs 7 lakh annual grant to State Olympic Associations (SOA) and National Sports Federations (NSF) who are permanent members of India’s…

Lausanne, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics President Sebastian Coe was one of five new IOC Board members whose membership has been approved by the International Olympic Committee. The other four whose membership was approved at…

Lausanne (Switzerland), July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tokyo Olympics will follow the same competition schedule that was decided initially for its original schedule before it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, organisers said on…

Lausanne (Switzerland), July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thomas Bach said that he is willing to run for a second term as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Bach said at the IOC Session on Thursday that…

London, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) British Olympian Eilidh Doyle feels double Olympic champion Caster Semenya has been treated more harshly than drug offenders by athletics’ governing body. Semenya, an Olympic 800m gold medallist in 2012 and…

Lausanne, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has declared June 29, 2021 as the new qualification deadline for the postponed Tokyo Olympics. Accordingly, the deadline for final entries has been revised to July…

Bhubaneswar, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day after ace sprinter Dutee Chand issued a clarification saying she isn’t selling her car to raise training funds, Odisha Government highlighted the financial support given to her over the…

Bhubaneswar, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ace sprinter Dutee Chand on Wednesday cleared the air on her selling her car, saying it had nothing to do with her lacking funds for training and she sold her sedan…

New Delhi, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju called upon ministers and senior officers in charge of youth affairs and sports departments from all states and UTs, to mobilise…

New Delhi, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Parth Jindal, director of JSW Sports, on Wednesday said that he has offered to support ace sprinter Dutee Chand many-a-times in the past and the offer is still open if…

London, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Birmingham 2022 has launched a competition for finding a child who will design the official mascot for the Commonwealth Games that will be held in the city in two years. The…

Lahore, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Haider Ali gets emotional remembering the biggest moment of his career – clinching the silver medal in the F37/38 long jump event at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. “It was an…

New York, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Chicago Marathon, scheduled to be held on October 11 this year, has been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “The 2020 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, scheduled for…

New Delhi, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Star sprinter Hima Das became a household name on July 12, 2018 when she won the 400m gold at the Under-20 IAAF World Championships that year. Hima became the first…