Monaco, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bahrain’s 400m world champion Salwa Eid Naser was provisionally suspended for registering four ‘whereabouts failures’, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Sunday. “The investigation into Ms Naser’s three whereabouts failures…
Brussels, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tokyo Olympics will either take place on the decided dates in 2021 or it will have to be cancelled, according to International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission Chairman Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant….
Monaco, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bahrain’s 400m world champion Salwa Eid Naser has been provisionally suspended for not making herself available for doping tests, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. The AIU said that…
Tokyo, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) March next year has been set as a possible deadline for making a decision on Tokyo Olympics, according to Japan’s Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo. The Olympics is scheduled to be held…
Cardiff, June 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cardiff half marathon on Thursday became the latest big event to be postponed due to coronavirus pandemic that has wreaked havoc across the world. The marathon, which was initially scheduled for…
Paris, June 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics has come out with a new four-year strategic plan with an aim of driving the growth of the sport worldwide, as its headquarters in Monaco reopened this week after…
New Delhi, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Getting new private sponsors for Olympic sports won’t be possible in the next one year as long as the health and financial effects of coronavirus still exist, according to Indian…
New Delhi, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Restarting full training for sports in the country could be a process stretching over two to three months, according to Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra. Batra said athletes who…
New Delhi, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold medal winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has been recommended by the Athletics Federation of India for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, country’s highest…
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) There is a stark difference between what ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is used to while training and what he is doing now. However, he is just…
New Delhi, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sports Ministry has extended the deadline for submission of applications for the National Sports Awards till June 22. Besides, the ministry has also allowed the sportspersons to file their…
Beijing, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) respects athletes’ rights to express their feelings and opinions over the death of George Floyd, an IOC spokesperson has said. A number of athletes have voiced…
Bhubaneswar, June 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Odisha’s Department of Sports and Youth Services (DSYS) on Tuesday issued the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for getting its hostels and facilities ready for athletes. They, however, stated training will resume…
New York, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) 1956 Olympics triple gold medallist Bobby Joe Morrow died aged 84. His family announced that Morrow died of natural causes at his home in San Benito, Texas. Born in Harlingen,…
Nairobi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Marathon icons Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya and Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele will hold a virtual team relay marathon between June 6 and 7, which may act as a dry run to their…
Beijing, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Dozens of Paralympic teams were called up to start training to prepare for the Tokyo Paralympic Games and 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, the China Disabled Persons Federation (CDPF) announced on…
New Delhi, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday stressed on the importance of fitness, saying more than 1.6 lakh schools have got registered under the Fit India Movement. Rijiju also spoke about…
Tokyo, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said here on Thursday that October is not the time for the Olympics organizers to make a final decision on whether the Games can be held…
New York, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) American gymnast Simone Biles hopes that Olympics goes on as per it’s new schedule next year. Tokyo Olympics, which was originally slated to begin in July this year, has been…
Boston, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 2020 Boston Marathon has been cancelled for the first time in its 124-year history due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) has announced. In a statement on Thursday,…