Category: Athletics

Former Olympic champion Kenyan quits athletics for politics

Nairobi, Feb 20 (IANS) Beijing Olympic Games 800m gold medallist Wilfred Bungei of Kenya has quit athletics to pursue a…

8 years ago

Kenya name squad for World Cross Country Championship

Nairobi, Feb 19 (IANS) Kenya have selected a team of 28 athletes and six officials for this year's World Cross…

8 years ago

Kipsang plots a world record on debut at Tokyo Marathon

Nairobi, Feb 17 (IANS) For two years, former Olympic bronze medallist Wilson Kipsang of Kenya has come close to winning…

8 years ago

Russia requests IAAF for neutral status for 16 more athletes

Moscow, Feb 15 (IANS) The All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) has petitioned the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) requesting that…

8 years ago

Bolt, Biles adjudged Sportspeople of the Year at Laureus 2017

Monte Carlo (Monaco), Feb 15 (IANS) After glittering year for both athletes, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and American gymnast Simone…

8 years ago

Kamworor to compete in Kenya’s world cross trials

Nairobi, Feb 15 (IANS) Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya will not compete in any road races to save his feet from…

8 years ago

Kenya charms nations out to boycott global youth athletics event

Nairobi, Feb 14 (IANS) Kenya on Tuesday said it has embarked on a mission to charm nations that have announced…

8 years ago

Athens silver medallist Claudia to address athletes career programme meet

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Athens Olympics silver medal winning fencer Claudia Bokel, former chairperson of the IOCs Athletics Commission…

8 years ago

Champion Kiplagat aims at London marathon to secure place in Kenya squad

Nairobi, Feb 14 (IANS) Winning the London marathon and making it to Kenya's national team for the World Championships in…

8 years ago

Kenyan runners shine at Lagos City Marathon

Lagos, Feb 12 (IANS) The Kenyans showed their dominance in the long distance races by winning the first four positions…

8 years ago

Kipsang heads east as he targets Tokyo marathon record

Nairobi, Feb 11 (IANS) Kenya's Wilson Kipsang has taken his training for the Tokyo marathon a notch higher as he…

8 years ago

Kenya’s Jepchirchir sets women’s half-marathon world record

Dubai, Feb 10 (IANS) Reigning world champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya clocked a winning time of one hour five minutes…

8 years ago

CAS sanctions Russian athlete Savinova for 4 years for doping

Lausanne, Feb 10 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday sanctioned Russian 800-metre runner Mariya Savinova for…

8 years ago

Airtel Delhi Half Marathon raises Rs 6.61 crore for charity

New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The ninth edition of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon came to a befitting end, as…

8 years ago

Max Bupa enters partnership with AFI to support race walking

New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Race walking as a sport received a shot in the arm on Thursday when leading…

8 years ago

Guwahati set to host Himalayan Region Games in April

New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) After Guwahati successfully organised the South Asian Games last year, Assam's major city is all…

8 years ago

Steeplechase champion Kiyeng withdraws from world cross-country

Nairobi, Feb 8 (IANS) World steeplechase champion Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi of Kenya is the latest athlete to pull out of…

8 years ago

Kenyan top runners laud IAAF freeze on transfer of allegiance cases

Nairobi, Feb 8 (IANS) Elite Kenyan athletes have given a thumbs up on the decision by International Association of Athletics…

8 years ago

Banning clean athletes from Olympics unacceptable: Russian minister

Moscow, Feb 6 (IANS) Many Russian sportspersons, especially paralympians, have been unfairly dismissed from competitions, Minister of Sport Pavel Kolobkov…

8 years ago

Kenya’s national cross-country run loses IAAF event status

Nairobi, Feb 5 (IANS) The annual Kenya National Cross-Country Championship lost its international status after the athletics-mad nation failed to…

8 years ago



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