Nairobi, Jan 28 (IANS) Former world 800 metres champion Eunice Sum of Kenya has ruled out competing in indoor championships as she seeks to return to fitness ahead of the outdoor competition that will culminate…
Moscow, Jan 28 (IANS) The World Olympians Association (WOA) has prohibited Russian triple jump and long jump champion Tatiana Lebedeva from working in the associations Executive Committee for a life-time period amid doping allegations against…
Nairobi, Jan 28 (IANS) There will be no love lost when Olympic 800 metres bronze medallist Margaret Wambui of Kenya meets South African Caster Semenya in the Diamond League or Athletics World Championships in 2017….
Nairobi, Jan 27 (IANS) New York marathon champion Mary Keitany of Kenya is not worried about the level of competition she will face in her quest to clinch third London marathon women’s title in April….
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS) The All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) will check allegations of doping in Russian sport made public in a new documentary aired by Germanys ARD television channel, ARAF President Dmitry Shlyakhtin has said….
Nairobi, Jan 22 (IANS) Rio Olympic women’s 800 metres bronze medallist Margaret Nyairera of Kenya has said her dream this year is to beat South Africa’s Olympic champion Caster Semenya. Nyairera, 21, who won the…
Moscow, Jan 21 (IANS) German television channel ARD will air a new documentary on the abuse of performance enhancing drugs on Sunday, German journalist Hajo Seppelt, known for reports on high-profile doping scandals in Russian…
Moscow, Jan 21 (IANS) Russia Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko and a representative of the country’s investigative committee will be attending a meeting of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Taskforce on the possible reinstatement…
Nairobi, Jan 21 (IANS) With Kenya’s focus on the London marathon on April 23, two-time World marathon champion Edna Kiplagat will be working on a different plot in the United States to win the Boston…
Nairobi, Jan 20 (IANS) Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie has called upon athletes to shun doping and compete with a clean slate. Gebrselassie, who is also the president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, on Thursday…
Nairobi, Jan 20 (IANS) Kenya’s Olympic marathon champion Elud Kipchoge said he will not take part in this year’s London Marathon scheduled for April. Kipchoge, who is also the London Marathon defending champion, has instead…
Moscow, Jan 19 (IANS) Russian runner Sergei Shubenkov has filed an application with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) requesting a permit for taking part in international competitions as a neutral athlete. In early…
Moscow, Jan 19 (IANS) A Moscow court has rejected a defamation lawsuit filed by Russian athlete Kristina Ugarova against German TV channel ARD. The Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow held hearings on a lawsuit on the…
Dubai, Jan 18 (IANS) Ethiopian runner Kenenisa Bekele said here on Wednesday that he returns to the Dubai Marathon, to be held on Friday, in order to erase his disappointment from January 2015 when he…
Moscow, Jan 12 (IANS) Russias independent public anti-doping commission will present its assessment of the second part of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission report, headed by Canadian sports law professor Richard McLaren. “We…
Nairobi, Jan 12 (IANS) A groin injury and stiff competition in the team camp denied former Olympic 5,000 metres bronze medallist Thomas Longosiwa a chance to travel to Rio Olympics in August. But he has…
Moscow, Jan 12 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will take a decision regarding Russias participation in the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea’s PyeongChang following relevant findings of its two commissions, the governing body…
Nairobi, Jan 12 (IANS) Athletics Kenya will hold a seminar on January 16 targeting 108 elite athletes, coaches and managers who have been invited in order to be briefed on the governing body’s new medical…
Monaco, Jan 11 (IANS) Sprint legend Usain Bolt and football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo were nominated but his great rival Lionel Messi missed out on the shortlist for the Laureus World Sports Awards on Wednesday. Nominees…
Nairobi, Jan 10 (IANS) After a decade of competing on track, World Half Marathon silver medallist Bedan Karoki of Kenya feels he is ready to seek redemption in the ultimate distance, the marathon. Karoki, 26,…