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President Mokgweetsi Masisi declared Tuesday afternoon a holiday as Botswana geared up to welcome home sprinter Letsile Tebogo and his 200m gold medal, a first for the southern African country. … Read More
Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first openly transgender athlete to participate in the Paralympic Games after the visually impaired sprinter was selected to represent Italy in the women’s … Read More
Coach Siva Sankara Kaimal, who gave Calicut University some of its best years in National varsities athletics championships, passed away here on Monday. He was 83. After serving the Navy, … Read More
Athletics continued to be the centrepiece event of the Olympics, with the Paris Games delivering several memorable moments in the track and field events. Among the 48 medal events in … Read More
Asthma didn’t stop Noah Lyles from taking on the 200 meter at the Paris Olympics, even after testing positive for COVID-19. Despite fears of bronchitis and conflicting reports about his … Read More
Jamaica’s dominance in the women’s 100 and 200 metres came to an abrupt end in Paris with sprint queens Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson absent or injured. Jamaica … Read More
Congolese sprinter Dominique Lasconi Mulamba has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance, the International Testing Agency said on Sunday, days after he competed in the 100 … Read More
Javelin gold medallist Arshad Nadeem arrived to a water canon salute and chants from thousands of supporters as he brought Pakistan’s first Olympic medal home early on Sunday. Nadeem was … Read More
Paris 2024 Olympics: Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan celebrates after winning the Women’s Marathon at Esplanade Des Invalides on Sunday. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES Paris 2024 Olympics: Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan celebrates … Read More
Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off one of the strongest fields in history to win the Olympic gold medal in the men’s 800 metres on Saturday, securing his country’s fifth consecutive … Read More
