Nairobi, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Paulo Amotun Lokoro, a member of the Olympic Refugee Team, has warned his group of athletes not to engage in football or volleyball activities while in camp in Kakuma to avoid…
Nairobi, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kenya’s Daniel Wanjiru, a former London marathon champion, is the latest casualty to have failed a doping test. Wanjiru joins a ballooning list of Kenyans who have been caught cheating as…
New Delhi, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) and National Sports Federations (NSF) will be holding a virtual “education program” for its coaches. The sessions will be held from 5pm to 6pm…
New Delhi, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) With Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing that the lockdown in the country — that was put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic — will be extended till May 3,…
New Delhi, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Fit India, the Indian governments flagship fitness movement, is yet again set to start a new series of fitness sessions, this time for school children from across the country in…
London, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the world coming to a standstill due to the coronavirus outbreak, leaders and eminent personalities across the globe have called for social distancing and staying indoors and the legendary Usain…
New Delhi, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is eyeing the month of September to resume the action for this year, hoping that the situation will improve by then amid the coronavirus…
Tokyo, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has turned a blind eye to claims that the organisation was reluctant in postponing Tokyo 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic and dismissed “conspiracy…
Tokyo, April 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach’s scheduled visit to Japan in May has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo Olympics Organising Committee CEO Toshiro Muto told the media in…
Nairobi, April 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge says he has focused on strength training while in isolation to stay injury-free. Kipchoge, whose season was wrecked by the COVID-19 pandemic, has returned to…
Guwahati, April 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ace Indian sprinter Hima Das urged everyone in her state to take the COVID-19 pandemic more seriously after Assam reported its first death due to novel coronavirus on Friday even as…
London, April 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said that he is still hoping for a belated start to the athletics season from August. In a statement put out by World Athletics on Friday,…
New Delhi, April 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju asked people to have “positive hope” on Good Friday. The sports calendar has come to a grinding halt due to the coronavirus pandemic with even the…
Geneva, April 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) 75 per cent of the 324 places for gymnastics at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been allocated, and qualification events to decide the remaining participants will be re-scheduled once social…
Beijing, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Beijing Half Marathon, a core event of the annual Beijing International Running Festival slated for mid-April, will be postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, local organisers announced on Wednesday. “In…
Nairobi, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) African 800m silver medallist Emmanuel Korir has called on athletes to utilise their celebrity status to lead the fight against coronavirus. Korir, who has his training base in Texas, USA, said…
Paris, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Athletics Championships have been rescheduled to 15-24 July in 2022, following the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The World…
Nairobi, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Refugee Olympic team flag bearer Rose Nathike, who competed in 800m race at R Games in 2016, has called on the world never to give up hope and always to look…
Rome, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Italy’s twice Olympic 800 meters finalist and the former European indoor champion Donato Sabia has died from coronavirus aged 56, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Wednesday. CONI said in…
New Delhi, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released revised Tokyo 2020 qualification principles according to which allocated quotas remain valid and International Federations (IFs) could extend the age eligibility criteria for…