Sports / Athletics

Femke Bol breaks 41-year-old world women's indoor 400m record 19 Feb 2023 - 08:43 pm

Paris: Dutch runner Femke Bol set a new world record in the women's indoor 400m on Sunday with a time of 49.26sec which...

Skiers seek climate change moves: 'The seasons have shifted' 13 Feb 2023 - 03:00 pm

COURCHEVEL, France: Overall World Cup winners Mikaela Shiffrin, Federica Brignone and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde are among nearly 200 athletes from multiple disciplines who...

Farah says 2023 London Marathon will be his last 31 Jan 2023 - 02:53 pm

London: British athletics great Mo Farah has said this year's London Marathon will likely be his last as he contemplates the end of...

Jamaica launches fraud probe as Bolt millions feared missing 13 Jan 2023 - 09:12 pm

Miami: Jamaican financial authorities have launched an investigation into a company holding investments for eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt after reports that...

Davis says match-fixing probe 'embarrassing' for snooker 08 Jan 2023 - 06:43 pm

London: Snooker great Steve Davis has labelled the ongoing investigation into alleged match-fixing as "embarrassing" for the sport while raising concerns about what...

Mohammed Yousef Al Mana elected president of AWF for third term 05 Jan 2023 - 10:38 pm

Doha: The President of Qatar Fencing and Weightlifting Federation Mohammed Yousef Al Mana has been elected president of the Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF)...

World Athletics' Coe praises Kenyan response to doping 05 Jan 2023 - 05:27 pm

Nairobi: World Athletics President Sebastian Coe on Thursday praised Kenya's commitment to addressing doping after several positive tests for banned substances. The middle...

History-making French athletics coach Carraz dies aged 82 01 Jan 2023 - 04:09 pm

Paris: Pierre Carraz, who coached French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre to an historic treble of the 100/200 metres and 4x100m relay at the 2010...

Kenyan 100m sprinter Otieno handed two-year doping ban 19 Dec 2022 - 08:09 pm

Nairobi: Sprinter Mark Otieno and two marathoners were on Monday banned from competing for up to three years, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU)...

Olympic chiefs want to 'explore ways' to reintegrate Russian, Belarusian athletes 07 Dec 2022 - 08:05 pm

Lausanne: The International Olympic Committee wants to examine ways to reintegrate Russian and Belarusian athletes, banned from international competition since February after Moscow's...

No ban on Kenya but Coe says ruling body will watch closely 30 Nov 2022 - 10:07 pm

London: World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said on Wednesday that the governing body would keep a close eye on Kenya after a spate...

Kenya sweeps New York City Marathon in punishing heat 06 Nov 2022 - 09:59 pm

NEW YORK: Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi survived brutal heat and humidity to win the New York City Marathons on Sunday after...

Kenyan Lokedi wins in New York on marathon debut 06 Nov 2022 - 07:42 pm

NEW YORK: Kenyan Sharon Lokedi pulled away in the final kilometres to win the New York City Marathon on Sunday in two hours...

Doping-WADA finds bodybuilding, fitness governing body non-compliant 17 Oct 2022 - 09:28 pm

Zurich: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Monday that it had declared the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) non-compliant with...

Kipruto, Chepngetich win 2022 Chicago Marathon 09 Oct 2022 - 10:06 pm

Chicago: Kenyan runners Benson Kipruto and Ruth Chepngetich won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, while Emily Sisson finished second and...

Kipruto takes maiden London Marathon title, Yehualaw storms to victory 02 Oct 2022 - 10:35 pm

London: Kenyan Amos Kipruto won his first London Marathon title on Sunday and Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw stormed to victory in the women's race...

Ethiopian Yehualaw storms to London Marathon win in style 02 Oct 2022 - 02:00 pm

LONDON: Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw stormed to victory in the women's London Marathon on Sunday ahead of last year's winner Joyciline Jepkosgei. Yehualaw, 23,...