Nairobi, May 4 (IANS) Athletics Kenya (AK) and the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) have both confirmed that former Olympic and world 1,500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO)….
Taicang (China), May 4 (IANS) Five race walkers from Russia lost their status of Authorised Neutral Athlete on Friday and were expelled from the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships slated for May 5 to…
Kampala, May 2 (IANS) After bagging gold at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Uganda’s star Stella Chesang is now targeting gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Chesang, who won gold in the 10,000 metre race…
Nairobi, May 1 (IANS) Former world 800 metre champion Eunice Sum will now try her hand at the 1,500m distance at the Diamond League in Doha on Friday. Recently, Sum has suffered from poor form…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Recently crowned Commonwealth Games champion Neeraj Chopra has been recommended by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the country’s highest sporting honour — the Khel Ratna Award. In addition…
Johannesburg, April 27 (IANS) South Africa has showed dissatisfaction over the world athletics governing body IAAF’s new regulations which require athletes with high testosterone to take medication. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee…
Nairobi, April 27 (IANS) London Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge has refused to confirm if he will compete at the World Athletics Championships in Doha next year. Speaking on arrival in Eldoret on Friday, the Kenyan…
Nairobi, April 25 (IANS) London marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge says he intends to defend his Olympic title at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Kipchoge, who has been touted as the greatest ever marathoner with his eighth…
London, April 22 (IANS) Kenyan runner Vivian Cheruiyot on Sunday surprised the favourites and won her first London Marathon women’s race, while fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge claimed his third win in London in the men’s…
Madrid, April 22 (IANS) Kenyan runners on Sunday swept the 41st Rock and Roll Madrid Marathon, with Eliud Barngetuny and Valentine Kipketer winning the men’s and women’s events, respectively. Barngetuny won the men’s race with…
Nairobi, April 20 (IANS) Kenyan World record holder Dennis Kimetto says his injury problems are finally behind him and he is ready for his comeback in the Vienna Marathon on Sunday. Kimetto will however not…
London, April 18 (IANS) Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah aims to break the British record at the 38th London Marathon to be held on April 22. The 35-year-old will target Steve Jones’s record of 2:07:13,…
Nairobi (Kenya), April 16 (IANS) Chicago Marathon silver medallist Abel Kirui finished his training on Monday without any injury scares and said he is ready for his first medal attempt at the London Marathon on…
Nairobi, April 16 (IANS) World and Commonwealth Games 1,500m champion Elijah Manangoi, silver medallist Timothy Cheruiyot and Olympic 800m winner David Rudisha will be among a galaxy of stars at this year’s Shanghai Diamond League…
Gold Coast (Australia), April 14 (IANS) India’s Neeraj Chopra won the men’s Javelin title at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Saturday. Neeraj registered his season’s best performance of 86.47 metres in the final….
Gold Coast (Australia), April 13 (IANS) Indian athletes Rakesh Babu and K.T. Irfan have been sent home from the ongoing Commonwealth Games (CWG) here for breaching the ‘no-needles’ policy of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)….
Gold Coast (Australia), April 13 (IANS) The Indian quartet of Jeevan Suresh, Jacob Amoj, Muhammed Anas and Rajiv Arokia entered the final of the men’s 4×400 metre relay at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here…
Gold Coast (Australia), April 13 (IANS) Indian athletes Neeraj Chopra, Vipin Kashana and Jinson Johnson entered the finals of their respective events at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Friday. Chopra and Kashana entered the…
Gold Coast (Australia), April 13 (IANS) India’s Neeraj Chopra and Vipin Kashana entered the final of the men’s Javelin Throw event at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Friday. Chopra hurled the javelin to a…
Gold Coast (Australia), April 13 (IANS) Indian athletes Rakesh Babu and K.T. Irfan have been sent home form the ongoing Commonwealth Games (CWG) here for breaching the ‘no-needles’ policy of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)….