Track And Field Competition

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday it was "unlikely" that track and field athletes from Russia and Belarus would be welcomed back to competition before next year's Paris Olympics

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been barred from the Olympics after failing a drug test, the first doping case of the Tokyo games track and field competition, officials said on Saturday.

All England Open Badminton Championships: Ace shuttler PV Sindhu recently lost in the final of the Swiss Open to Carolina Marin, and will be aiming to win the title in a depleted field at the All England Open.

Joshua Cheptegei's astonishing display capped a warm welcome back for track and field for a season almost wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic.

The system of allowing Russian athletes to take part in competitions including the Tokyo Olympics as neutrals will be suspended if $5 million of the $10 million fine is not paid by July 1.

With the history-chasing Usain Bolt once again set to take centrestage in arguably the most popular Olympic discipline, the Indians are not expected to be a force to reckon with.

Krishna Poonia, 34, the lone Indian woman track and field athlete to have won an individual gold in the Commonwealth Games, finished first in her last competition in the United States on Sunday with a throw of 57.10 metres at Florida but that was far below the Rio qualification mark

Eighteen-year-old Parker Kennedy graduated high school this month with a boatload of athletic accomplishments under his belt. Kennedy, a track and field champion at Hood River Valley High School, just outside Portland, Ore., has signed on to be a pole vaulter for the University of Washington.

Russia's suspension from international competition raises the possibility that Russian track and field stars could be sidelined from next summer's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Usain Bolt is targeting a spectacular send-off as the Olympic track and field competition draws to a close on Saturday with Jamaica aiming to seal their sprinting supremacy.

India's Tintu Luka won the bronze medal in the women's 800 metres event of the track and field competitions at the Asian Games here Thursday.

A below par Krishna Poonia had to settle for a bronze in women's discus throw on the third day of track and field competitions in the Asian Games on Tuesday.

Born to a poor family in a non-descript village in Nashik district of Maharashtra, pursuing athletics was the only choice left for Kavita Raut. And she does not regret her decision after becoming the first Indian woman to win an individual track medal in Commonwealth Games.Raut on Friday bagged a bronze in 10,000m race by clocking 33:05.28 to give ...

The synthetic track at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium which was damaged during the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony but repaired later got the thumbs up from Indian and foreign athletes on the first day of the track and field competition on Wednesday.Indian women 400m heat winner Manjeet Kaur said she liked the track and she did not encounter any ...

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday it was "unlikely" that track and field athletes from Russia and Belarus would be welcomed back to competition before next year's Paris Olympics

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been barred from the Olympics after failing a drug test, the first doping case of the Tokyo games track and field competition, officials said on Saturday.

All England Open Badminton Championships: Ace shuttler PV Sindhu recently lost in the final of the Swiss Open to Carolina Marin, and will be aiming to win the title in a depleted field at the All England Open.

Joshua Cheptegei's astonishing display capped a warm welcome back for track and field for a season almost wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic.

The system of allowing Russian athletes to take part in competitions including the Tokyo Olympics as neutrals will be suspended if $5 million of the $10 million fine is not paid by July 1.

With the history-chasing Usain Bolt once again set to take centrestage in arguably the most popular Olympic discipline, the Indians are not expected to be a force to reckon with.

Krishna Poonia, 34, the lone Indian woman track and field athlete to have won an individual gold in the Commonwealth Games, finished first in her last competition in the United States on Sunday with a throw of 57.10 metres at Florida but that was far below the Rio qualification mark

Eighteen-year-old Parker Kennedy graduated high school this month with a boatload of athletic accomplishments under his belt. Kennedy, a track and field champion at Hood River Valley High School, just outside Portland, Ore., has signed on to be a pole vaulter for the University of Washington.

Russia's suspension from international competition raises the possibility that Russian track and field stars could be sidelined from next summer's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Usain Bolt is targeting a spectacular send-off as the Olympic track and field competition draws to a close on Saturday with Jamaica aiming to seal their sprinting supremacy.

India's Tintu Luka won the bronze medal in the women's 800 metres event of the track and field competitions at the Asian Games here Thursday.

A below par Krishna Poonia had to settle for a bronze in women's discus throw on the third day of track and field competitions in the Asian Games on Tuesday.

Born to a poor family in a non-descript village in Nashik district of Maharashtra, pursuing athletics was the only choice left for Kavita Raut. And she does not regret her decision after becoming the first Indian woman to win an individual track medal in Commonwealth Games.Raut on Friday bagged a bronze in 10,000m race by clocking 33:05.28 to give ...

The synthetic track at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium which was damaged during the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony but repaired later got the thumbs up from Indian and foreign athletes on the first day of the track and field competition on Wednesday.Indian women 400m heat winner Manjeet Kaur said she liked the track and she did not encounter any ...