London, May 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) British Athletics on Tuesday announced that Diamond League London meeting has been cancelled in the wake of coronavirus pandemic that has hit the entire world. The Games were scheduled to take…
Jakarta, May 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Organisers have aborted an international marathon championship which was initially scheduled to be staged later this year in Indonesia’s Bali resort island due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The 2020 Maybank Marathon…
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, May 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) It may have been only a formality for Deepa Malik to officially announce her retirement on Monday, but even then, it was an emotional experience for her….
New Delhi, May 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik on Monday announced her retirement to hold her post as the President of the Paralympic Committee of India in accordance with the National Sports Code….
New Delhi, May 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sports Ministry on Monday released a list of 54 National Sports Federations (NSF) that have been granted recognition till September this year. The ministry continued to leave out the…
New Delhi, May 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday stated that they will resume the training of “elite” athletes once the nationwide lockdown, currently in place to contain the spread of novel…
Warsaw, May 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka has warned that “after the coronavirus outbreak there are more opportunities to avoid anti-doping tests but soon WADA will have a full control again”….
New Delhi, May 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju will interact with elite weightlifters housed in Sports Authority of India (SAI)’s National Center of Excellence in Patiala to discuss and seek suggestions of ways to…
New Delhi, May 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said that planning will have to be done to ensure that sports remain sustainable without fans in the stadium in the near future. The coronavirus pandemic…
Bengaluru, May 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Procam International on Saturday announced that the 13th edition of World Athletics Gold Label Race, Tata Consultancy Services World 10K Bengaluru, has been further postponed and will now take place on…
London, May 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) A competition schedule for the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships has been released. The 36th edition of the event is scheduled to take place from March 5 to 7 next year…
Nairobi, May 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to ground sporting activity around the world, the National Olympic Committee-Kenya (NOCK) has turned to online conferencing to keep in touch with athletes during this…
New Delhi, May 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) To address challenges and opportunities for the special athletes during the COVID-19 lockdown period, Special Olympics Bharat conducted a series of webinars from May 1-6 in collaboration with the Sports…
Lausanne, May 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Olympic Committee has revealed that it plans to hold its next session — initially scheduled for Tokyo before the opening of the 2020 Games — by video link to…
New Delhi, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The seventh annual Wings for Life World Run was held on Sunday, and over 77,000 people from 104 countries participated worldwide to achieve what had seemed impossible in the current…
New Delhi, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Global sportswear giant, adidas under the brand movement #hometeam, has mobilised its entire internal community to inspire hope and optimism for a return to sport through its latest brand film…
Bucharest, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The first batch of some 700 Romanian professional athletes will soon enter their camps to resume training, but with test-negative certifications for COVID-19, the Minister of Youth and Sports Ionut Stroe…
Nairobi, May 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former world half marathon silver medalist Bedan Karoki said he will continue training and is hopeful that competition will resume from October. Karoki, who finished fifth at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon…
New Delhi, May 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Olympic Association on Tuesday invited suggestions from National Sports Federations (NSF), State Olympic Associations (SOA) and other stakeholders for the preparation of a white paper, detailing steps to…
Bucharest, May 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Romanian professional athletes, upon entering the training camps, will have to present a medical certificate confirming a negative test for COVID-19, President of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee Mihai Covaliu…