US Olympic trials set for June 2021 in Eugene
Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon will stage the US Olympic trials in June 2021 © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP / ANDY LYONS LOS ANGELES, United States, Apr 21 – The United States track and field trials...
View ArticleBerlin Marathon will not be held in September
Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya crosses the finish line to win the men’s race at the Berlin Marathon on September 24, 2017 BERLIN, Germany, Apr 22 – The Berlin Marathon will not go ahead as planned on...
View ArticleEugene, Paris Diamond League races paused
Beatrice Chepkoech on her way to winning the steeplechase at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris (Jean-Pierre Durand) © Copyright PARIS, France, Apr 23 – The organisers of athletics’ Diamond...
View ArticleAnother blow to athletics as European Championship cancelled
The cancellation of the European Athletics Championships is another blow to a season that has already lost the Olympic Games © AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV PARIS, France, Apr 23 – Athletics was left with...
View ArticleCoe warns drug cheats during coronavirus pandemic
World athletics president Sebastian Coe has warned any athletes tempted to use doping substances during the coronavirus pandemic that “they will get caught”. © AFP/File / FABRICE COFFRINI BERLIN,...
View ArticleLondon Marathon may be for elite only
The London marathon has been postponed until October 4 due to the coronavirus crisis © AFP / Ben STANSALL LONDON, United Kingdom, Apr 25 – This year’s delayed London Marathon may now be restricted to...
View ArticleKipchoge Olympic dream not slowed by virus
Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge is prepared to wait to defend his title NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 28 – Despite the effects of the novel coronavirus pushing the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to 2021,...
View ArticleOlympics will be cancelled if pandemic not over: Games chief
Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori said there was no prospect of delaying the Olympics to 2022 © AFP/File / Kazuhiro NOGI TOKYO, Japan, Apr 28 – The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will have to be cancelled...
View ArticleAK to benefit from Sh53.6m W. Athletics relief
Timothy Cheruiyot smiles after victory at the Rome IAAF Diamond League on May 31, 2018. PHOTO/IAAF NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 28 – Kenyan athletes who have been hard hit after the novel coronavirus stopped...
View ArticleUK Athletics hands over Salazar file to British anti-doping
British report – Athletics coach Alberto Salazar is serving a four-year ban for doping offences © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File / ANDY LYONS LONDON, United Kingdom, Apr 29 – UK Athletics said...
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