Moscow, March 27 (IANS) Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko believes the doping situation in Russia is very much politicised. A new wave of doping abuse cases in Russian sport has been connected with the use…
Cardiff (England), March 27 (IANS) Kenyan athletes have won both men’s and women’s races at the world half-marathon championships. Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor won the men’s race in 59.10 minutes while his compatriot Bedan Karoki Muchiri…
Moscow, March 25 (IANS) Twenty seven Russian athletes have so far tested positive for meldonium, a drug banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) this year, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Friday. “Currently…
Moscow, March 25 (IANS) The All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) said it has no objection regarding the revision of the disqualification of six of their athletes by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). “The decision…
Rio de Janeiro, March 24 (IANS) Brazilian marathon runner and Rio 2016 Olympic hopeful Sueli Pereira has been banned for four years for doping. Pereira, 39, was found to have traces of the human growth…
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…