Category: Athletics

Pole vault world record holder Armand Duplantis opened his year by clearing a modest 5.80 metres indoors on Saturday as he won in Astana. It was the first time since … Read More

A Paris 2024 Olympics berth already secured, Akshdeep Singh of Punjab shattered his own national record en route retaining the men’s 20km title at the National Open Race Walking competition … Read More

As he competed in the men’s 20km race walk event at the Indian Open Race Walking Competition in Chandigarh on Tuesday, Suraj Panwar recalls constantly glancing at the timer on … Read More

The Sports Ministry’s Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has approved Commonwealth Games medallist Tejaswin Shankar’s request for financial assistance towards participation in continental tour events in Europe. Tejaswin wants to compete … Read More

It does not pay to avoid dope-testers. Invariably, the long arm of the anti-doping apparatus will get to the athlete. It also does not pay to avoid notices from relevant … Read More

Pakistan’s top javelin thrower, Arshad Nadeem, has flown to the United Kingdom to undergo knee surgery in a bid to be fit before the Paris Olympics. Nadeem, who had claimed … Read More

Reigning world 100- and 200-meter champion Noah Lyles served notice to Paris Olympic sprinters and Marco Arop ran the second-fastest indoor 1,000 ever on Sunday at the Boston Grand Prix. … Read More

Triple jumper A.B. Arun’s National Games gold, which he stunningly won with a personal best effort of 16.79m in Goa in November, has been taken away. The 25-year-old had broken … Read More

Seventy-eight top-level Spanish athletes on Wednesday expressed their “firm and absolute rejection of the latest actions” of the Spanish anti-doping agency (CELAD), whose head was sacked last month following accusations … Read More

Spanish long distance runner Mohamed Katir has been provisionally suspended by World Athletics for three doping test whereabouts infringements, the athlete said in a statement Wednesday. The 25-year-old won silver … Read More