Athletics

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….

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) After shattering the national record in women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase at the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) Diamond League Meet in Shanghai, star Indian athlete Sudha Singh on Monday said…

Moscow, May 16 (IANS) Russia will decide within the next two days on suing The New York Times, which accused the country of implementing a special doping programme at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,…

Rio de Janeiro, May 16 (IANS) Three Brazilians recorded Olympic qualifying times on the second day of the Iberian-American athletics championships at Rio’s Olympic stadium. In the men’s 800 metres final, Lutimar Paes and Kleberson…

Riga, May 15 (IANS) Kenyan distance runner Dominic Kimwetich Kangor won the Lattelecom Riga Marathon on Sunday, setting a new course record at two hours, 11 minutes and 45 seconds. Runner-up Kaleab Selomon of Eritrea…

Shanghai (China), May 15 (IANS) Promising Ugandan athlete Joshua Cheptegei finished second in the 5,000m race at the 2016 IAAF Diamond League here. Cheptegei, the African junior champion in the 10,000m event, timed in 13:00:60,…

Shanghai, May 14 (IANS) Olympic champion Sandra Perkovic opened her World Diamond League discus season campaign with a league record win here on Saturday. The Croatian nailed the women’s discus title in her fourth throw…