Athletics

New Delhi, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a first-time endeavour, 46 eminent athletes, men and women, will get direct admission to the flagship diploma course in sports coaching at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports…

Lausanne (Switzerland), July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Olympic Committee on Thursday said it has sanctioned a Turkish weightlifter for failing anti-doping tests conducted again on samples from the 2012 London Olympics. Following this, Mate Binay’s…

Tokyo, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Tokyo Olympics spokesperson said on Thursday that reports of organisers securing all venues for the postponed Games are “optimistic” but nothing has been officially announced yet. While organisers had previously…

Paris, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) African Athletics Confederation (CAA) President Hamad Kalkaba Malboum has said that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the sport in Africa, adding that they are working to ensure…

New Delhi, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said that National Centres of Excellence (NCOEs) will be divided into senior and junior facilities for each sport. Rijiju also said that there…

Kingston, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Legendary sprinter Usain Bolt has shared an adorable first picture of his baby daughter, revealing her name – Olympia Lightning. “Girl Dad #OlympiaLightningBolt,” Bolt said in a tweet on Tuesday from…

New Delhi, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) In her first international meeting in capacity as the President of the Paralympic Committee of India, Deepa Malik met virtually with Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) President Majid Rashed who assessed…

New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) A High Performance Consultant with an annual salary of Rs 1-1.5 crore is among the appointments that the Sports Authority of India (SAI) is mulling in its plans for preparations…

New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Athletics Federation of India has placed on record its acknowledgement appreciation for Bahadur Singh who resigned as national chief coach after 25 years of service. Under Singh’s stewardship, India…

New Delhi, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday adopted a new branding and visual identity, including an institutional logo and a commercial logo, on the occasion marking 100 years of participation of…

New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Treasurer Anandeshwar Panday hit back at Associate Executive Council member Bholanath Singh’s allegations of financial fraud. Alleging that it is someone else who is behind Singh’s…

Moscow, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics’ decision to provisionally suspend the process of allowing Russian athletes to return to competitions would be a severe blow to athletes, Evgeny Yurchenko, head of the country’s athletics federation,…

Nairobi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic bronze medal-winning distance runner Wilson Kipsang on Friday was banned for four years for anti-doping violations by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). The AIU stated that Kipsang had violated the…

Lausanne (Switzerland), July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A paper jointly published by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the INTERPOL and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has stated that salary cuts for athletes in…

Paris, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics has announced that it will stand down both the Doping Review Board (DRB) and the Russian Taskforce as it has not received the payments due from the Russian Athletics…