Athletics

Salem (Oregon), May 29 (IANS) American sprinter Justin Gatlin won the 100 metres event at the Prefontaine Classic, leading from start to finish, ahead of rivals Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay. Gatlin clocked the fastest…

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Veteran discuss thrower Seema Antil qualified for the Rio Olympics with a gold medal winning performance at the Pat Young Throwers Classic in California, US. The reigning Asian Games champion…

Salinas (US), May 29 (IANS) Veteran discuss thrower Seema Antil qualified for the Rio Olympics with a gold medal winning performance at the Pat Young Throwers Classic here. The reigning Asian Games champion hurled the…

Ho Chi Minh City, May 29 (IANS) The 17th Asian Junior Athletics Championships will take place here on June 3-6, with the participation of 45 countries and regions, the Vietnam Athletics Federation said on Sunday….

Moscow, May 29 (IANS) The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has confirmed that doping samples of eight Russian athletes taken during the 2012 Olympics tested positive after rechecking. “The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially notified…

Kampala, May 28 (IANS) Jacob Kiplimo, 16, has become the youngest ever Ugandan athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games, to be staged in Rio de Janeiro from August 5 to 21. Kiplimo on Thursday,…

Lausanne (Switzerland), May 27 (IANS) Twenty three athletes at the London 2012 Olympic Games returned with positive doping tests after samples were re-tested, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday. The IOC re-tested 454…

New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Reigning Asian champion in 800 metres, Tintu Lukka will aim to hit peak form for the 2016 Olympic Games by running sub-two minutes in a couple of tough races in…

Guwahati: Neeraj Chopra (INDIA) won Gold Medal, D.S. Ranasinghe (SRI LANKA) won Silver Medal and Arshad Nadeem (PAKISTAN) in Javelin throw, at the 12th South Asian Games-2016, in Guwahati, on Feb 10, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB)…

Rabat, May 23 (IANS) African athletes produced impressive performances at the third stage of the athletics Diamond League here. Kenyan Conseslus Kipruto, Moroccan Abdelati Iguider, Ethiopian Almaz Ayana and South African Caster Semenya made the…

Nairobi, May 22 (IANS) Kenya hope that in two months they will have amended their World Anti-Doping Law to conform with the international standard. Jasper Rugut, the chief executive of the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya…

Ostrava (Czech Republic), May 21 (IANS) World and Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt delivered on his sub-ten promise as he sped to an easy win in the 100 metres of the the Golden Spike Meeting….

Taoyuan City (Taiwan), May 20 (IANS) Sprinter Dutee Chand clinched the gold medal in the women’s 200 metres as the Indians made a sweep in the event on the second and final day of the…

(150829) — BEIJING, Aug. 29, 2015 (Xinhua) — Jamaica’s Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the men’s 4x100m relay final at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing, capital of…

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Led by Dutee Chand, the National 100 metres record holder, an Indian women’s 4×100 metres relay team left on Tuesday for two back-to-back Olympics qualification events, the IAAF World Challenge…

Lausanne (Switzerland), May 17 (IANS) Thirty-one athletes from six sports have tested positive for doping offences following the retesting of samples from the 2008 Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Tuesday. As…

(150819) — BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2015 (Xinhua) — Newly elected President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Britain’s Sebastian Coe reacts during a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 19, 2015….