Athletics

Almaty, June 25 (IANS) India’s premier woman sprinter Dutee Chand on Saturday scripted history after qualifying in the 100 metres category for the forthcoming Rio Olympics. In a scintillating run in the women’s 100m heats…

Nairobi, June 25 (IANS) Kenya’s Ministry of Education has partnered with Athletics Kenya (AK) to launch the Kid’s Athletics, officials said here. Principal Secretary for Education Belio Kipsang on Friday said the move is aimed…

Nairobi, June 24 (IANS) New York marathon champion Mary Keitany of Kenya has not given up hope on making the Kenya Olympic marathon team despite being named on the reserve bench. This is what will…

Nairobi, June 24 (IANS) Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed the revised Anti-Doping Bill into law to ensure compliance with the measures set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The signing into law on Thursday…

Nairobi, June 24 (IANS) Kenyan athletics authorities have questioned the proposed stringent testing ahead of the Rio Olympic Games, terming the move as discriminatory. Athletics Kenya (AK) Senior Vice-President Paul Mutwii on Thursday said they…

Nairobi, June 22 (IANS) Kenya’s athletics officials on Wednesday selected a team of 24 youth runners to represent the country at the World Under-20 Athletics Championships scheduled for July in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The team comprising…

Thiruvananthapuram, June 22 (IANS) Olympian Anju Bobby George, who has come under attack from Kerala Sports Minister E.P. Jayarajan and his party colleague, on Wednesday decided to step down as president of the Kerala Sports…

Geneva, June 22 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed the ban on Russian track and field athletes by the IAAF but said individual athletes can be cleared to compete at the Rio Olympics…

Cheboksary (Russia), June 21 (IANS) Russian athletes will lodge a collective lawsuit with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to defend their right to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, chief coach…

Moscow, June 21 (IANS) Russia is ready to fulfil all the conditions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the participation of athletes uninvolved in doping abuse in the Rio Olympics, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly…

Lausanne, June 21 (IANS) Russia’s Olympics Committee (ROC) has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to explain the term “neutral athletes” used by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) last Friday, ROC president Alexander…

Lausanne, June 21 (IANS) At a meeting with the heads of leading international sports federations at the Olympic summit, the International Olympic Committee executive council expressed respect for the International Association of Athletic Federations’ decision…

Nairobi, June 20 (IANS) Kenya is optimistic it will win more medals as it sends a squad of 60 athletes to the Africa Senior Athletics Championships starting on Wednesday in Durban. Kenya’ s head coach…

Cheboksary (Russia), June 20 (IANS) Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will not be able to work in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletes’ Commission until the All-Russia Athletic Federation’s (ARAF) membership…

Moscow, June 20 (IANS) Russian lawmakers are indignant at the very idea of the country’s track and field team likely to be banned from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Russian State Duma Speaker…

Moscow, June 20 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to meet with the leadership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the near future, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. “Now the…

Adelaide, June 19 (IANS) Australia’s fastest woman sprinter Melissa Breen said the authorities have taken the right decision to ban Russia’s athletes, and added that she is happy to run against a field of clean…