London, April 23 (IANS) Kenya’s Mary Keitany broke the 12-year-old world record at the women-only London Marathon here on Sunday. The 35-year-old clocked 2:17:01 hours at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race, taking 41 seconds…
Yangzhou (China), April 23 (IANS) Course record holder Mosinet Geremew of Ethiopia completed his title hat-trick at the Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon, an IAAF gold label race, here on Sunday after a breathtaking four-man…
Washington, April 21 (IANS) American Olympic champion hurdler Brianna Rollins has accepted a one-year ban for failing to report correctly her whereabouts to anti-doping officials, a media report said. Rollins missed three tests, on April…
London, April 20 (IANS) Kenya’s Mary Keitany, the second fastest woman of all time, has said that a new world record could be on the cards at the 2017 London Marathon to be held on…
Moscow, April 19 (IANS) Russian runner Antonina Krivoshapka as well as four more national track and field athletes have admitted to consuming performance-enhancing drugs, the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) announced on Wednesday. Over two months…
Boston, April 18 (IANS) Kenya’s Geoffrey Kirui and Edna Kiplagat were the winners in the men’s and women’s categories of the 121st Boston Marathon here. Geoffrey Kirui on Monday completed the course in 2:09:37, reports…
Nairobi, April 12 (IANS) Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya is gearing up to his biggest test when he attempts to break the sub-two hours marathon run in a special course in Monza, Italy,…
Nairobi, April 12 (IANS) Former New York marathon champion Stanley Biwott of Kenya has pulled out of the London Marathon scheduled for April 23. Biwott will miss out after citing a recurrent hamstring injury, which…
Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) The Odisha government on Monday decided to set up 13 different committees for the smooth management of the Asian Athletics Championships, scheduled to be held in July at the Kalinga Stadium…
The Hague ( Netherlands), April 10 (IANS) Kenyan athlete Marius Kimutai won the 37th edition of the Rotterdam Marathon, beating his compatriots Lawrence Cherono and Laban Korir. Kimutai accelerated from Cherono and Korir after 40…
Paris, April 9 (IANS) Men’s champion Paul Lonyangata of Kenya doubled his happiness as his wife Purity Rionoripo claimed the women’s title in the Paris marathon here on Sunday. Lonyangata won the men’s event in…
Nairobi, April 7 (IANS) Kenya’s athletics fans expressed shock and disappointment on Friday after receiving the news that Olympic Marathon champion Jemima Sumgong had failed an out-of-competition dope test in February. David Leting, former head…
Kampala, April 5 (IANS) Three Ugandan athletes will take part in the 2017 Wuhan Marathon slated for April 9 in China. Felix Ekikana, who won the Entebbe Marathon, teams up with Robert Lubega and John…
Nairobi, April 5 (IANS) Debate on the future of the World Cross Country Championship is still emerging after over 400 athletes from 59 countries and regions converged in Uganda on March 26, for the event….
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Olympian gymnast Dipa Karmakar on Tuesday revealed that she has started her rehabilitation process after going under the knife for a knee injury. Dipa had reportedly hurt her knee ligament…
Nairobi, April 4 (IANS) Former world junior champion Viola Kibiwot of Kenya will make her marathon debut in Hamburg, Germany, later this month. Kibiwot, who was primed to dominate the 1,500m race after she emerged…
Paris, April 3 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Monday declared a potential threat by a network hacker named “Fancy Bears” to its servers containing Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) applications of athletes….
Nairobi, April 1 (IANS) Former World marathon record holder Patrick Makau of Kenya believes it will take time before the current generation of athletes runs the 42km race in under two hours and two minutes….
Nairobi, March 31 (IANS) Olympic and World 800m champion David Rudisha of Kenya will launch his season in China at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on May 13. Rudisha, who is seeking to retain his…
Nairobi, March 30 (IANS) Olympic javelin silver medallist Julius Yego of Kenya has confirmed he will compete at the Paavo Nurmi Games, which are part of the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Turku, Finland on…