Athletics

New Delhi, April 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ace India sprinter Hima Das on Sunday said her role model has always been cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. In an Instagram chat with veteran India batsman Suresh Raina, Hima said:…

Nairobi, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge has remained injury-free for almost a decade, a move his physiotherapist Peter Nduhio puts down to discipline. The 34-year-old, who claimed an Olympic bronze medal in…

New Delhi, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The right to host the 2030 Asian Games will come down to a bidding war between bitter neighbours Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said in…

Tokyo, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) There are no plans in place for a second postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, Games organisers have said. The 2020 Olympics was postponed to July 23-August 8, 2021 due to the…

New York, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Games to be held in Birmingham, Alabama — which have been delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak — have unveiled a new logo and a new title. With…

Nairobi, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele, two of the world best marathon runners, were due to clash on Sunday in London but have been forced to shelve the plans with…

New Delhi, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Thursday said that the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021 would leave athletes carrying injuries or those who have taken maximum workload to…

Tokyo, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) A male employee with the Tokyo Olympic Games organizing committee (Tokyo 2020) has tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced here on Wednesday. Tokyo 2020 announced in a statement that the…

Berlin, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Berlin Marathon, scheduled for September 27, has been postponed due to a government ban on mass gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have learned from the press conference of…

Beijing, April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has explained that the Tokyo Olympic Games were scheduled to 2021 instead of 2022 because the host country, Japan, could not manage a postponement beyond next…

Tokyo, April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Organisers of the Tokyo Games are angry at the unilateral comment from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that Japan will pay the additional cost for the postponed Tokyo Games. In a…

Tokyo, April 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Organizers of the Tokyo Olympic Games announced here on Monday that all four cultural events of the Nippon Festival due to take place this year have been cancelled. “Rearrangement of the…

Beijing, April 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) announced that it has received 9,000 masks donated by the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) in an online press conference on Friday. “We greatly thank the Chinese…

New Delhi, April 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former athletes and coaches hailed the Sports Authority of India (SAI) for initiating a knowledge enhancement workshop for coaches. The workshops started on April 16, the first session of which…

Nairobi, April 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympian Sally Kipyego has said pushing back the Tokyo Games by a year has offered her another chance to live again and do everything to be in right shape to contest…

New Delhi, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Tribal Affairs minister Arjun Munda attended Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) first-ever online knowledge enhancement workshop for coaches. SAI said in its release that 4,700…

Tokyo, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A new roadmap for the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games is likely to be unveiled by May 2020, organizers said on Thursday after a teleconference with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). “The…

Tokyo, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The postponed Tokyo Olympics can be an important economic stimulus for the Japanese economy in the post-coronavirus era, according to International Olympic Committee’s John Coates. The lockdowns and restrictions on movements…