New Delhi: National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Wednesday said that holding a number of shorter leagues between players in each sport can compensate for the...
New Delhi: “Doors might be closed not locked”, said double Olympic 800 meters champion Caster Semenya after she lost her long-running legal battle against regulations requiring...
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry on Saturday announced that it has extended the contracts of nine foreign athletics coaches, including that of high performance director Volker...
Brussels: Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah and Sifan Hassan both broke the one-hour world record at the Memorial Van Damme meet. The meet is part of...
Vienna: Ivona Dadic came out with this year’s highest-scoring performance in heptathlon and tallied a world-leading 6,419 points to win the title at the Austrian Combined Events...
Kingston: Usain Bolt has tested positive for coronavirus days after partying with guests, including England and Manchester City footballer Raheem Sterling, for his 34th birthday in...
Paris: World 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda announced the return of international athletics with a sensational world 5000m record of 12:35.36 at the Diamond League...
Mumbai: Olympic Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge has agreed to become Procam International’s Sunfeast India Run As One ambassador. Community, Social Impact & Wellness are at the...
New Delhi: Ace sprinter Hima Das has dedicated the upgraded gold medal of the mixed relay event at the 2018 Asian Games to the coronavirus warriors,...
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Odisha government has revealed that it has provided financial assistance of Rs 4.09 crore to Dutee Chand since 2015, a claim that the...
New Delhi: Sprinter Dutee Chand is looking looking to sell her car to raise money to fund her training. She is experiencing a shortage of money...
Jamaica: Eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt recently revealed what could make him come out of retirement and catch the imagination of track and field fans...
Washington: Christian Coleman, the reigning world champion in the 100-meter dash, was suspended Wednesday by the Athletics Integrity Unit for missing drug tests. The AIU updated...
New Delhi: Country’s top sprinter Hima Das, who had a stellar 2018, has been nominated for the prestigious ‘Khel Ratna’ by the state government of Assam....
Monaco: Women’s 400-meter world champion Salwa Eid Naser was provisionally suspended for not making herself available for doping tests. The Athletics Integrity Unit said it has...
New Delhi: The Athletics Federation of India on Wednesday confirmed recommending star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, country’s highest sporting...
New Delhi: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was on Saturday recommended for the coveted Khel Ratna Award by the committee constituted by the Athletics Federation of...
New Delhi: Long-distance runner Kiranjeet Kaur, who won the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K among the Indians last year, has been handed a four-year ban by World...
Nairobi: Two-time Olympic and world 800m record holder David Rudisha will be sidelined for 16 weeks after fracturing his left ankle. The 31-year-old Rudisha twisted his...
Kingston: Jamaica’s Olympic sprint legend Usain Bolt has become a father for the first time after welcoming the birth of a baby girl with partner Kasi...
New Delhi: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has decided to tentatively start the 2020 season’s competitions in September provided the health crisis, triggered by the...
New Delhi: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the country will need to raise the level of athletics at the world stage. He was speaking...
New Delhi: Middle distance runner Jhuma Khatun has been banned for four years by the Athletics Integrity Unit of the world governing body for testing positive...
Denver: The typical day for Noah Lyles now looks something like this: Drive to park. Unload weights from truck. Sprint on grassy field. Lift. And, every...
Washington: Retired track star Usain Bolt showed he’s still a few steps ahead when he posted an AFP picture of him outstripping his rivals at the...
New Delhi: All training camps at Sports Authority of India (SAI) centres across the country will remain suspended till May 3 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
New Delhi: World Athletics’ decision to suspend the Olympic qualification period till end of November has dealt a huge blow to Indian track-and-field competitors aiming for...
London: World Athletics has suspended the qualification period for the Tokyo Olympics until December 2020 in wake of the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic following consultation with its...
Bengaluru: The 13th edition of Tata Consultancy Services World 10K Bengaluru will take place on September 13, the race promoters said on Friday. The Gold Label...
New Delhi: Confined to their hostel rooms at NIS Patiala amid the coronavirus-forced lockdown, some athletes, led by star sprinter Hima Das, have requested the sports...
Paris: The 2021 world athletics championships in Eugene, Oregon will be shifted to 2022 to accommodate the re-arranged Tokyo Olympics, World Athletics said. The announcement came...
Tokyo: Good news for all those who have already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics: You’re in for 2021. Olympic officials have confirmed that the 6,200 or...
New Delhi: Indian shot putter Navin Chikara has been suspended for four years by global athletics body’s (IAAF) Athletics Integrity Unit for failing an out-of-competition dope...
Bengaluru: The 13th edition of Tata Consultancy Services World 10K Bengaluru scheduled to take place on May 17, was on Thursday postponed in view of the...
New Delhi: The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics was her “worst fear” and India’s medal hopeful Vinesh Phogat says the extended wait is going to be...
Paris: World Athletics has said it was prepared to shift the world championships in 2021 in order to accommodate a potential move of this year’s coronavirus-threatened...
London: British track cyclist Callum Skinner has labelled International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach “arrogant” and “stubborn” over the organisation’s approach to the coronavirus pandemic. The...
