Nairobi, Aug 7 (IANS) Athens Marathon champion Samuel Kalalei has become the fifth elite Kenyan to be suspended for alleged doping by the country’s Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). Several high ranking athletes from Kenya who…
Berlin, Aug 5 (IANS) The 50-kilometer walk race on Tuesday at the European Athletics Championships is likely to start one hour earlier than planned due to the hot weather, organisers said on Sunday. Organizing committee…
Nairobi, Aug 4 (IANS) Another high profile athlete from Kenya, Lucy Wangui Kabuu has been suspended after testing positive for banned narcotics, the Athlete Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Saturday. According to the AIU, which…
Moscow, Aug 3 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has refused to grant a neutral status to Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova and, so, barred her from performing at foreign competitions, the…
Barranquilla (Colombia), July 31 (IANS) Jamaica’s Nesta Carter and Jonielle Smith won gold in the men’s and women’s 100 meter sprints respectively at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games here. Carter, an Olympic gold…
Paris, July 30 (IANS) British cyclist Geraint Thomas of Sky on Sunday won his maiden Tour de France title as the road race concluded in Paris, while Norway’s Alexander Kristoff of UAE Team Emirates won…
Lapinlahti (Finland), July 29 (IANS) India’s Neeraj Chopra won gold in the men’s javelin event at the Savo Games here on Sunday. Neeraj achieved a throw of 85.69 metres to finish at the top of…
Nairobi, July 29 (IANS) Kenya’s struggle to stop young athletes switching nationality to represent oil rich Arab countries has been given a boost after the world athletics governing body, IAAF’s Council agreed to have a…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Asian Athletics Association (AAA) on Saturday named seven Indian athletes including star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and sprint sensation Hima Das to represent Asia-Pacific Team in the International Association…
Moscow, July 28 (IANS) The All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) has been working hard to implement the criteria the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) set for its reinstatement, Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov…
Moscow, July 28 (IANS) Two Russian athletes – 1,500m runner Yegor Nikolayev and 400m runner Alexander Skorobogatko – have been allowed to compete internationally as neutrals, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said in…
Zurich, July 27 (IANS) Reigning Commonwealth Games champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is among the five to have qualified for the IAAF Diamond League finals here on August 30. Besides Chopra, current world champion Johannes…
Moscow, July 25 (IANS) The Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) on Wednesday announced that a total of 30 competitors will take part in the European Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in Berlin in August 2018….
Moscow, July 23 (IANS) Olympic 2012 high jump champion Anna Chicherova has submitted an application to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for permission to compete under a neutral status, a spokesperson for Russias…
Nairobi, July 22 (IANS) Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech has warned her rivals she plans to run even faster at the Africa Championships in Asaba, Nigeria, just weeks after breaking the world record in the 3,000m steeplechase….
Prague, July 21 (IANS) India’s star sprinter Muhammed Anas reset the national record on his way to the gold medal in the men’s 400 metre category at the Cena Noveho Mesta nad Metuji meet here…
Monaco, July 21 (IANS) Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech grabbed the spotlight as she shattered women’s 3000m steeplechase world record at the IAAF Diamond League meeting here. The 27-year-old Chepkoech, who had never tasted a medal at…
Nairobi, July 19 (IANS) World Junior steeplechase champion Celliphine Chespol will skip the Monaco Diamond League meeting to avoid burning out ahead of the Africa Championships. According to Kenya’s head coach Stephen Mwaniki, Chespol, who…
By Tridib Baparnash Guwahati, July 18 (IANS) Not many in the country would have been familiar with Kandhulimari village in Dhing — a small town situated approximately 20 kilometers from Nagaon district headquarters, narrowed by…
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) Indian boxing star Vijender Singh on Tuesday hailed athletics’ latest golden girl Hima Das’ performance, saying the Assamese lass should be supported financially from here on and not just eulogised. Hima…