Monaco, May 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Frances 2012 Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie and Swedens world record-holder Mondo Duplantis shared the honours in the inaugural ‘Ultimate Garden Clash – Pole Vault Edition’, beating arch-rival Sam Kendricks in a…
Nairobi, May 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) World 10,000m bronze medalist Rhonex Kipruto has given Kenya fresh hope to end their jinx to win the race at the Olympic Games. The 20-year-old has already beaten the 5km road…
Nairobi, May 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sports Management agent Michel Boeting has warned athletes to prepare for the situation to get even worse as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreck the sports world. Boeting, a Dutchman who…
Beijing, May 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Preparations for the 2021 Summer University Games in Chengdu are going smoothly and the tournament remains on schedule despite the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to senior officials from the International University…
New Delhi, May 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is looking to resume domestic competitions in September 2020. In its Special General Meeting that was held online on Saturday, the AFI also decided…
Monaco, May 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three of the world’s top male vaulters will compete against one another on Sunday in the “Ultimate Garden Clash” amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic which has brought the entire sporting calendar…
Washington, May 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Deajah Stevens, a Rio Olympic sprinter, and fellow Tokyo Olympic hopeful Gabby Thomas, have been provisionally suspended for drug-testing whereabouts failures. Xinhua news agency quoted local media reports as confirming this…
London, May 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games will be postponed potentially to 2023 in the wake of the Tokyo Olympics being postponed to next year, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced on Friday….
Tokyo, April 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tokyo Olympic Games will be powered by electricity from 100 per cent renewable energy, according to a Sustainability Pre-Games Report published on Thursday. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic…
New Delhi, April 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju, feels that India can pick up a far larger number of medals in the Olympics if it produces more world-class swimmers…
Washington, April 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former US Olympic and national team coach Maggie Haney has received an eight-year suspension from USA for verbal and emotional abuse against her gymnasts. The decision which came on Wednesday concluded…
London, April 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The UK Athletics have handed over the full 2015 Alberto Salazar report to UK Anti-doping agency. UKAD chief executive Nicole Sapstead had earlier asked for the full original report after being…
Lausanne (Switzerland), April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach admitted that the cost of postponement of the Tokyo Olympics will run into “several hundred million US dollars.” The 2020 Olympics was postponed…
Beijing, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will add new blood as it plans to recruit about 60 employees throung online interviews. The BOCOG held live-stream…
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Javelin thrower Annu Rani said that it will be good if the Sports Ministry and Sports Authority of India allow athletes who are in the national camps…
Tokyo, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated it will be impossible to host the Olympics even next year if the ongoing coronavirus pandemic cannot be contained till then. The 2020 edition of…
London, April 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics, together with the International Athletics Foundation (IAF), on Tuesday launched a US$500,000 fund to support professional athletes experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. World Athletics President Sebastian…
New Delhi, April 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand addressed a special online session organised by the Sports Authority of India for its newly appointed Assistant Directors and spoke about the immense importance of…
Tokyo, April 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tokyo Olympics will be ‘scrapped’ entirely in case of futher delays, Games’ President Yoshiro Mori warned on Tuesday. The 2020 edition of the multi-national event was pushed back to 2021 in…
Mumbai, April 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) One of India’s top professional esports athletes playing FIFA, Siddh ‘M10Jenasid’ Chandarana, will captain a six-member team that will participate in the inaugural IsoNations Cup tournament which will kick-off online from…