Kingston (Jamaica), March 23 (IANS) Sprint super star Usain Bolt has announced his intention to call curtains on his Olympic career after the Rio Games in Brazil later this year. Bolts announcement that his years…
Moscow, March 22 (IANS) Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko on Tuesday called on all Russian athletes to immediately stop taking the banned drug Meldonium. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has banned the cardiovascular drug since January…
London, March 22 (IANS) International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Sebastian Coe has alleged that some British athletes are hiding from major competitions after the team’s disappointing performance at the World Indoor Championships. The…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) To select and nurture talent in athletics, GAIL (India) Ltd. and National Yuva Cooperative Society (NYCS) have launched a nationwide grassroots athletics programme, naming it GAIL-Indian Speedstar. The project, a…
Nairobi, March 22 (IANS) With over a month before the London Marathon, Olympic bronze medallist Wilson Kipsang of Kenya will head back to Europe for a race, the Berlin Half Marathon on April 3. The…
Moscow, March 21 (IANS) Four-time world champion Russian swimmer Yulia Yefimova said on Monday she would challenge her suspension for suspected doping. “Currently we are preparing for hearings of my case. We intend to prove…
Moscow, March 21 (IANS) Russian track-and-field athlete Nadezhda Kotlyarova, a silver medallist of the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in 4×400 metres relay race, has tested positive for the banned drug Meldonium, her coach Sergei…
Moscow, March 20 (IANS) Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has said he would be personally overseeing each case of reported Meldonium drug abuse by the Russian athletes. “I will be keeping all of these cases…
Portland (Oregon), March 20 (IANS) China’s Dong Bin won the men’s triple jump gold at the athletics World Indoor Championships and became the third Chinese athlete ever to win a world indoor title. Dong, world…
Nairobi, March 14 (IANS) Kenyan coaches and officials have congratulated their athletes for winning and dominating the Africa Cross Country Championships in Yaounde, Cameroon. Athletics Kenya (AK) president Jack Tuwei on Sunday said that the…
Moscow, March 12 (IANS) Drug Meldonium, also known as Mildronate, has been enlisted as a banned substance due to lobbyism by vested interests, the medical formula’s inventor Ivars Kalvins said. “We can accept only one…
Monaco, March 11 (IANS) Specialists at the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) objected to the inclusion of the drug Meldonium in WADA’s blacklist but the objections were ignored, member of the International Association of Athletics Federations…
Kingston (Jamaica), March 11 (IANS) World and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will headline the inaugural Racers Grand Prix, scheduled for June 11 at the National Stadium here. The meet, organised by the Racers Track…
Paris, March 11 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) decided at its 203rd council meeting that the Finnish city of Tampere, the sole bidder, will host the 2018 under-20 world championships. The IAAF…
Riga, March 10 (IANS) Latvian pharmaceutical firm Grindex, the producer of Meldonium, is struggling with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for the drug’s exclusion from the list of prohibited substances, Grindex spokeswoman Laila Klavina said…
Moscow, March 10 (IANS) Russias Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Acting Director General Anna Antseliovich has said she is considering filing a business defamation lawsuit against German journalist Hajo Seppelt, who, in his films on doping in…
Riga, March 10 (IANS) The inventor of the drug Meldonium has warned that the World Anti-Doping Agencys (WADA) decision to outlaw the formula may soon contribute to a higher death rate among professional athletes. Ivars…
Kingston (Jamaica), March 10 (IANS) Sprint icon Usain Bolt says his preparations for Rios Summer Olympics are on track, despite an ankle injury which kept him out of training recently. The 29-year-old is bidding to…
Moscow, March 8 (IANS) More Russian athletes may be disqualified from international games for using banned drugs amid the latest revelation of doping among Russian sports stars, the country’s sports minister Vitaly Mutko said on…
Moscow, March 7 (IANS) Russia will support all measures of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on the reform of All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) after the widespread rule-breaking scandal…