New Delhi, Nov 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 2020 Oxfam Trailwalker India, a fundraising walkathon, has gone virtual this year amid the Covid-19 pandemic and will be completely different from its past 16 editions. Last year, thousands…
Abu Dhabi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) has announced the first confirmed speakers for the inaugural Athletes’ Forum for Asian para-athletes which takes place at the start of December. Korean Paralympian Jung…
Gurugram, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has said he has seen cast-iron determination in the organisers to stage the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year. Originally scheduled to be held from July…
New Delhi, Nov 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, will be held on November 29. While the elite runners will be at the start line at Jawaharlal…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Anju Bobby George, the 2003 Athletics World Championships bronze medallist, was on Saturday elected as the Athletics Federation of India’s (AFI) senior vice-president while Olympian Adille Sumariwalla was president for…
Mumbai, Oct 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020 has surpassed all previous records by raising Rs 45.90 crores for charity, this has been announced by United Way Mumbai, the event’s philanthropy partner. Since its inception,…
Beijing, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 5th Kunming Marathon will be held on December 6 in an online format, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) announced on Sunday. The original edition of the SCO Kunming Marathon, which…
Tokyo, Oct 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Chinese national gymnastics team has confirmed its participation in Japan’s first international tournament in more than half a year, a top team official has said. “This is our first international…
Gdynia (Poland), Oct 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Romania’s 2008 Olympic champion Constantina Dita has been named an ambassador for the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships to be held in Gdynia on Saturday. The Romanian competed at eight…
Tokyo, Oct 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has announced Tokyo will host an international gymnastics tournament on November 8. “As part of the return to international competition, the FIG will hold a unique…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The ‘Sunfeast India Run As One’ movement, which was initiated by Procam International on August 15, has raised over Rs 3.12 crore through active participation in support of livelihoods affected…
Valencia, Oct 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei and Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia have smashed world records over 10,000m and 5,000m respectively at Valencia meeting which had been billed as ‘World Record Day by organisers. On…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has asked all coaches of the organisation to take fitness tests twice a year, with the record for same being maintained in their personal…
Monaco, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six of the world’s oldest footraces have been awarded the Heritage Plaque by World Athletics. The road races are Around the Bay Road Race, Hamilton, Ontario- founded 1894, YMCA Turkey Trot,…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has issued guidelines (SOP) for high-performance athletes who are training at SAI centres and tested positive for coronavirus. Under the new guidelines, termed “Graduated…
Athens, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 2020 Athens Marathon, which was slated to take place on November 7-8, has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS) in a statement on Thursday…
New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Varun Singh Bhati was diagnosed with polio at a young age, but that did not deter the para high-jumper from attaining great heights in the sporting universe. Recently, the 25-year-old…
New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has finalised its deferred calendar for the year 2020-21 wherein the competitions will resume with 1st National Open Throws Championships in Patiala on October…
By Aakash Kumar New Delhi, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) National 100m record holder Dutee Chand, who was recently conferred the Arjuna Award, is eagerly waiting for the track and field competitions to resume so that she…
Nairobi, Sep 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kenyan long-distance runner Patrick Siele has been handed a ban of three years and six months by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for doping. The AIU said in a statement that…