New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) India’s sprint sensation Hima Das on Thursday joined boxing superstars M.C.Mary Kom and Vijender Singh, Commonwealth Games gold medallists Manika Batra and Mirabai Chanu, to ink a multi-crore two-year exclusive…
Berlin, Aug 9 (IANS) Kenyan-born Lonah Chemtai Salpeter gave Israel its first ever track gold in the women’s 10,000 metres event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships here, winning the hard-fought race in 31:43.29. Leading…
Nairobi, Aug 8 (IANS) Kenya head coach Stephen Mwaniki believes his team will unruffle the USA and Jamaica domination of sprint events at the 2019 Doha World Championships. Speaking after returning from Asaba here, Nigeria…
Hanoi, Aug 8 (IANS) More than 7,000 runners from 52 countries and regions have registered for attending the 2018 Manulife Da Nang International Marathon slated for August 12 in Vietnam’s central Da Nang city. Some…
Berlin, Aug 8 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) expressed grief on Wednesday over the death of Kenyan athlete Nicholas Bett in a car accident. In 2018, Bett had a season’s best record…
Berlin, Aug 8 (IANS) Wojciech Nowicki won gold in the men’s hammer throw after achieving a distance of 80.12 meters with his final attempt at the inaugural multi-sport European Championships at the Berlin Olympic Stadium….
Berlin, Aug 8 (IANS) Britain’s Zharnel Hughes took the gold medal in the men’s 100 meter sprint, while Dina Asher-Smith dominated the women’s competition at the inaugural multi-sport European Championships here. In a close men’s…
Nairobi, Aug 7 (IANS) Athens Marathon champion Samuel Kalalei has become the fifth elite Kenyan to be suspended for alleged doping by the country’s Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). Several high ranking athletes from Kenya who…
Berlin, Aug 5 (IANS) The 50-kilometer walk race on Tuesday at the European Athletics Championships is likely to start one hour earlier than planned due to the hot weather, organisers said on Sunday. Organizing committee…
Nairobi, Aug 4 (IANS) Another high profile athlete from Kenya, Lucy Wangui Kabuu has been suspended after testing positive for banned narcotics, the Athlete Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Saturday. According to the AIU, which…
Moscow, Aug 3 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has refused to grant a neutral status to Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova and, so, barred her from performing at foreign competitions, the…
Barranquilla (Colombia), July 31 (IANS) Jamaica’s Nesta Carter and Jonielle Smith won gold in the men’s and women’s 100 meter sprints respectively at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games here. Carter, an Olympic gold…
Paris, July 30 (IANS) British cyclist Geraint Thomas of Sky on Sunday won his maiden Tour de France title as the road race concluded in Paris, while Norway’s Alexander Kristoff of UAE Team Emirates won…
Lapinlahti (Finland), July 29 (IANS) India’s Neeraj Chopra won gold in the men’s javelin event at the Savo Games here on Sunday. Neeraj achieved a throw of 85.69 metres to finish at the top of…
Nairobi, July 29 (IANS) Kenya’s struggle to stop young athletes switching nationality to represent oil rich Arab countries has been given a boost after the world athletics governing body, IAAF’s Council agreed to have a…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Asian Athletics Association (AAA) on Saturday named seven Indian athletes including star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and sprint sensation Hima Das to represent Asia-Pacific Team in the International Association…
Moscow, July 28 (IANS) The All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) has been working hard to implement the criteria the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) set for its reinstatement, Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov…
Moscow, July 28 (IANS) Two Russian athletes – 1,500m runner Yegor Nikolayev and 400m runner Alexander Skorobogatko – have been allowed to compete internationally as neutrals, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said in…
Zurich, July 27 (IANS) Reigning Commonwealth Games champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is among the five to have qualified for the IAAF Diamond League finals here on August 30. Besides Chopra, current world champion Johannes…
Moscow, July 25 (IANS) The Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) on Wednesday announced that a total of 30 competitors will take part in the European Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in Berlin in August 2018….