Moscow, Jan 4 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has issued a set of guidelines that will allow Russian athletes to compete in international contests as neutrals in global sporting events. According to…
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Ethiopian runner Ayele Abshero is all set for the 14th edition of the Mumbai Marathon, starting here on January 15. The 26-year-old Abshero is a former world junior cross country champion…
Moscow, Dec 30 (IANS) The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is ready to reinstate Russias suspended membership as soon as possible if the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) implements in full the required criteria set for this…
Chandigarh, Dec 26 (IANS) Indian hockey star Manpreet Singh and runner Mandeep Kaur were among the nine international sportspersons who were handed appointment letters for the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police by the Punjab…
Moscow, Dec 24 (IANS) Russian athletics coach Vladimir Mokhnev, the former coach of Russian doping whistleblower Yuliya Stepanva, has been suspended for 10 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The CAS on…
Nairobi, Dec 22 (IANS) Kenya is set to select two teams of young athletes to compete at the World Youth and Africa U-20 Championships next year. Head coach Julius Kirwa said the two events are…
Moscow, Dec 22 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced Russia’s long jumper Daria Klishina was eligible to take part in the European Athletics Championship next March in Belgrade. Dmitry Shlyakhtin, the…
Nairobi, Dec 20 (IANS) Organisers of the 2017 World Youth Athletics Championships here expect a strong representation from China, the US and Germany in the event that will attract over 1,000 athletes from 155 countries…
Nairobi, Dec 20 (IANS) Former Berlin marathon champion Gladys Cherono of Kenya is keen to secure a slot in the Kenya team to the World Championships after she recovered from a career threatening injury. Cherono,…
Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) Lady Ratanbai & Sir Mathuradas Vissanji Academy ended at the top of the school ranking table to be crowned as the champions of Sports For All 2016 which concluded at the…
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) G. Lakshmanan of Tamil Nadu and Monika Athare from Maharashtra won the men’s and women’s categories respectively as tennis great Boris Becker graced the 25K Kolkata marathon run here on Sunday….
Moscow, Dec 16 (IANS) Former director of Moscow Anti-Doping Centre and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) informant Grigory Rodchenkov gave prohibited drugs to Russian athletes under the veil of vitamins, an investigator of Moscow City Court…
Nairobi, Dec 16 (IANS) Kenya’ s former Boston marathon champion Wesley Korir and Caroline Rotich will return to the US to try and reclaim their titles on April 17, 2017. However, Korir is not considering…
Accra (Ghana), Dec 16 (IANS) Ghanaian sprinter Tim Abeyie has been banned for four years following a doping violation, the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has said. According to GAA, the offence took place at a…
Moscow, Dec 12 (IANS) Russias membership in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is to be resumed as the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) has fulfilled all of its requirements, double Olympic pole vault champion…
Moscow, Dec 9 (IANS) The reinstatement of Russia in the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) is an issue of extreme importance, the country’s Olympic chief Alexander Zhukov has said. “The issue of Russia’s reinstatement…
Moscow, Dec 9 (IANS) Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, a two-time Olympic champion, has been elected chair of the supervisory board of Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). Elections of RUSADA’s new supervisory board were held on…
Kingston (Jamaica), Dec 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has hailed ‘I Am Bolt, the film documenting the life and successes of track and field icon Usain Bolt, as a big hit for Brand Jamaica….
Moscow, Dec 7 (IANS) Two-time Olympic gold medallist pole-vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva has been elected the chairman of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s (RUSADA) supervisory board, the organisation said in a statement on Wednesday. Elections to RUSADA’s…
Nairobi, Dec 7 (IANS) The 2012 Olympic 800m silver medallist Nijel Amos from Botswana has relocated to Kenya in a bid to rejuvenate his career. Amos is not the first top flight athlete to opt…