Category: Athletics

Three Brazilians clinch Olympic berths at athletics test event

Rio de Janeiro, May 16 (IANS) Three Brazilians recorded Olympic qualifying times on the second day of the Iberian-American athletics…

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Kenya’s Kangor triumphs at Riga Marathon with new record

Riga, May 15 (IANS) Kenyan distance runner Dominic Kimwetich Kangor won the Lattelecom Riga Marathon on Sunday, setting a new…

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Uganda’s Cheptegei takes silver at IAAF Diamond League

Shanghai (China), May 15 (IANS) Promising Ugandan athlete Joshua Cheptegei finished second in the 5,000m race at the 2016 IAAF…

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Russian minister apologises for athletes caught for doping

Moscow, May 15 (IANS) Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has apologised for his country’s athletes who have cheated over the…

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Olympic champ Perkovic wins discus gold in Shanghai Diamond League

Shanghai, May 14 (IANS) Olympic champion Sandra Perkovic opened her World Diamond League discus season campaign with a league record…

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Russian sports ministry may sue NYT over doping story

Mexico City, May 14 (IANS) The Russian sports ministry may file a lawsuit against The New York Times, which published…

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Russia suggests WADA appoint foreign expert at Moscow anti-doping lab

Berlin, May 14 (IANS) Russia has suggested to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that a foreign specialist take the helm…

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‘Delays in delivering doping samples due to Russia’s vast size’

Moscow, May 12 (IANS) Delays in deliveries of Russian athletes’ doping samples to laboratories abroad could be attributed to the…

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Probe new allegations of doping in Russian sports: WADA chief

London, May 11 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will immediately probe recent statements made by Russian ex-doping official Vitaly…

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Thompson, Powell steal the spotlight at Jamaica athletics meet

Kingston (Jamaica), May 9 (IANS) Wins by Elaine Thompson, Asafa Powell and Kemar Bailey-Cole highlighted the 13th staging of the…

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‘Accusations against Russian athletes in Sochi Olympics pure speculations’

Moscow, May 8 (IANS) Doping accusations against Russian medallists in 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games by Vitaly Stepanov, a former…

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Kenyan men triumph at Yellow River Estuary Marathon

Dongying (China), May 8 (IANS) Kenyan male runners made a clean sweep of the podium finish in the ninth edition…

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Athletes to train in Poland as part of Olympic build-up

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The core probables of the Indian athletics squad will attend a training camp in Poland…

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Kenya’s Kiprop out to lay a Rio 2016 marker in Doha

Nairobi, May 6 (IANS) Kenya's Asbel Kiprop is among the top bills for the opening Diamond League meeting in Doha…

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Large Colombia delegation for World Race Walking Cup

Bogota, May 6 (IANS) A large Colombian delegation travelled to Rome to participate at IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations)…

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Top field confirmed for TCS World 10K in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, May 5 (IANS) The participation of 2016 Olympic aspirants, Nitendra Singh Rawat and Kheta Ram, along with defending champion…

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Kenyan athletes lead quest for honours at Doha Diamond League meeting

Nairobi, May 4 (IANS) Kenya will on Friday send a big squad of 29 athletes, including three former world and…

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Jamaican Bolt to compete on home soil

Kingston (Jamaica), May 4 (IANS) The world’s fastest man, Jamaican Usain Bolt, has announced his intention to run on home…

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2nd Indian Grand Prix athletics meet from May 6

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The hopefuls for the 2016 Olympic Games will get another shot at qualifying at the…

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MP demands world class facilities for Dipa Karmakar

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A demand was made in the Lok Sabha on Thursday for world class training facilities…

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