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World Athletics awards events to Turkiye, Poland 23 Mar 2023 - 09:34 am

The World Athletics Council yesterday awarded the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships to Antalya in Turkiye and the 2026 World Athletics...

Qatar SC crowned West Asian Youth Athletics champions 21 Mar 2023 - 08:16 am

Doha: Qatar SC were crowned overall champions of the first edition of the West Asian Youth Athletics Championship held at the Suheim Bin...

Biathlon great Marte Olsbu Roeiseland retires 14 Mar 2023 - 03:15 pm

OSLO: Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, who made history with five medals in biathlon at the Winter Olympics last year, announced her retirement on Tuesday....

Son of ex-athletics supremo Diack gets five years in prison for corruption 09 Mar 2023 - 05:02 pm

Paris: Papa Massata Diack, the son of former global athletics supremo Lamine Diack, had his five-year prison sentence for corruption involving Russian doping...

Romania’s Sabrina impresses with double gold on final day 05 Mar 2023 - 10:58 am

Doha:Romania’s 15-year-old Sabrina Maneca-Voinea won back-to-back gold medals in Balance Beam and Floor Exercise finals at the 15th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup...

Olympic champion Jacobs suffers defeat in European Indoor Championships 04 Mar 2023 - 10:12 pm

Istanbul: Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs suffered a surprise defeat to his Italian teammate Samuele Ceccarelli in the 60m at the European...

Mikaela Shiffrin crowned overall ski World Cup champion for fifth time 04 Mar 2023 - 03:05 pm

Oslo, March 4, 2023 (AFP) -American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin was assured of winning a fifth overall World Cup title on Saturday with...

Filipino star Yulo shines, Oksana clinches bronze 04 Mar 2023 - 11:49 am

Doha:Former world champion Carlos Yulo of the Philippines claimed gold on the men’s floor with a stunning performance at the 15th FIG Artistic...

Yulo storms into vault and parallel bars finals in Doha 03 Mar 2023 - 10:18 am

Doha: Former world champion Carlos Yulo of the Philippines impressed on the men’s vault qualifiers at the 15th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup...

Uzbekistan’s Oksana qualifies for vault final 02 Mar 2023 - 08:56 am

Doha: Uzbekistan’s record eight-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina lived up to her expectations after she qualified for the women’s vault final at the 15th...

Singapore's first-ever Olympic champion pulls out of SEA Games 01 Mar 2023 - 12:59 pm

Singapore: Singapore's first-ever Olympic champion Joseph Schooling, who beat Michael Phelps at the 100m butterfly in 2016, said Wednesday he will skip the...

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...