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,…
Moscow, May 15 (IANS) Russias Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has apologised for his countrys athletes who have cheated over the doping scandal and also spoke out for allowing his compatriots to participate in forthcoming Rio…
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…
Mexico City, May 14 (IANS) The Russian sports ministry may file a lawsuit against The New York Times, which published a story about the alleged doping abuse by Russian athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics…
Berlin, May 14 (IANS) Russia has suggested to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that a foreign specialist take the helm at the currently suspended Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said. “We have offered…
Moscow, May 12 (IANS) Delays in deliveries of Russian athletes doping samples to laboratories abroad could be attributed to the country’s vast expanse, an official with the Russian sports ministry has said. British TV channel…
London, May 11 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will immediately probe recent statements made by Russian ex-doping official Vitaly Stepanov on the abuse of performance enhancing drugs in Russian sports, its chief Craig Reedie…
Kingston (Jamaica), May 9 (IANS) Wins by Elaine Thompson, Asafa Powell and Kemar Bailey-Cole highlighted the 13th staging of the Jamaica International Invitational athletics meet at the National Stadium. Thompson eased away from a quality…
Moscow, May 8 (IANS) Doping accusations against Russian medallists in 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games by Vitaly Stepanov, a former employee of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), are based on speculations, Russian sports minister Vitaly…
Dongying (China), May 8 (IANS) Kenyan male runners made a clean sweep of the podium finish in the ninth edition of the Yellow River Estuary International Marathon, which brought together 31,635 competitors here on Sunday….
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The core probables of the Indian athletics squad will attend a training camp in Poland from May 9 as part of their preparations for the Rio Olympics. The 40-member Indian…
Nairobi, May 6 (IANS) Kenya’s Asbel Kiprop is among the top bills for the opening Diamond League meeting in Doha and for good reason. Since bursting upon the scene as a lanky teenager with victory…
Bogota, May 6 (IANS) A large Colombian delegation travelled to Rome to participate at IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) World Race Walking Cup where some 400 athletes from 60 countries will compete this weekend,…
Bengaluru, May 5 (IANS) The participation of 2016 Olympic aspirants, Nitendra Singh Rawat and Kheta Ram, along with defending champion Suresh Patel in the TCS World 10K was confirmed on Thursday. Leading the women’s brigade…
Nairobi, May 4 (IANS) Kenya will on Friday send a big squad of 29 athletes, including three former world and Olympic champions, to the Diamond League season opener in Doha which also serves as first…
Kingston (Jamaica), May 4 (IANS) The worlds fastest man, Jamaican Usain Bolt, has announced his intention to run on home soil for the first time in about two years. The 100 metres and 200m world…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The hopefuls for the 2016 Olympic Games will get another shot at qualifying at the 2nd Indian Grand Prix athletics meet to be held at Patiala on May 6. Altogether,…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A demand was made in the Lok Sabha on Thursday for world class training facilities for Dipa Karmakar, who recently created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to…