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Tajinderpal Singh Toor qualifies for Tokyo2020; Four National marks set

Patiala, June 21: Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab) qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games with a hefty 21.49m effort while sprinter Dutee Chand, discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur and the...

Hassan smashes women’s 10,000 metres world record

Dutch long-distance runner Sifan Hassan broke the women’s 10,000 metres world record on Sunday, clocking 29 minutes 6.82 seconds in a Continental Tour meeting on home soil in Hengelo, World Athletics said. Ethiopia’s Almaz...

Fraser-Pryce sets fastest 100m time in 33 years

(Reuters) – Jamaican sprint darling Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the second-fastest woman of all time behind 100 metres world record holder Florence Griffith-Joyner when she clocked 10.63 seconds at a meet in...

Gomathi’s appeal rejected by CAS, Gayanthika awaits bronze medal

Sri Lanka middle distance runner Gayanthika Abeyrathne will be elevated and receive the Bronze medal for the 2019 Asian Athletics Championship 800m women’s event, as the Gold medalist, India’s Gomathi...

India to vaccinate Athletes

Indian Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has claimed the country’s athletes heading to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo will “all be vaccinated” against COVID-19. According to The Indian Express,...

Doha to host 2030 Asian Games with Riyadh awarded 2034 edition

Doha will host the 2030 Asian Games and rival Riyadh will stage the event in 2034 following a vote at today’s Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly in Muscat....

Hiruni bounces back clocking second fastest marathon time

Exactly a year after her South Asian Games Gold medal run, US based Sri Lanka marathoner Hiruni Wijayarathne clocked her second fastest time in the Valencia Marathon in Spain with...

New Russian Athletics Federation President speaks to World Athletics Taskforce

Newly elected Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Peter Ivanov has held opening talks with the World Athletics Taskforce overseeing the reinstatement of the country back into international competition. Ivanov, winner...

World 100m champion Christian Coleman banned for two-years

World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman will miss next year’s Tokyo Olympics after being banned for two years for breaching whereabouts rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Tuesday....

Salwa’s Charges dimissed by World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal

The World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal has dismissed the charges brought by the AIU against Salwa Eid Naser (BRN) for alleged Whereabouts failures. The AIU had charged the athlete with four...

Birmingham 2022- Marathon on July 30 , Athletics from August 2-7

Birmingham 2022 today published its daily schedule with organisers hoping to attract top athletes to the Commonwealth Games even in a condensed period of international events caused by the coronavirus...

Sri Lankan-Venezuelan Marathon couple in action in Poland

Sri Lanka and South Asian record holder of the women’s Marathon, Hiruni Keshara Wijayaratne, made yet another unusually long journey to Gdynia Poland on Wednesday to compete in the World...

WADA relax rules on recreational drugs

The World Players Association (WPA) said athletes who tested positive for recreational drugs would no longer be left to suffer with their careers in jeopardy following changes to WADA’s list...

IAAF Introduce new rule changes for next year

World Athletics will be introducing a significant change to the way take-off fouls are judged in long and triple jumps, starting on November 1 2021. Currently, a no-jump is called...

Another Sizzling 10.24 seconds by Yupun in Switzerland

A Week after a record-breaking 10.16 seconds, Yupun Abeykoon returned to another sizzling 100m as he clocked 10.24 seconds in the 2020 Gala Dei Castelli, World athletics bronze level series...

Yupun breaks 100M National record in Germany (Video)

Italy based sprinter Yupun Abeykoon smashed the 100m National Record set by Himasha Eashan of 10.22 with sizzling 10.16 (+0.4 )seconds in International Meeting at Dessau/Germany, where he beats the...

(FULL RESULTS) Warholm sets new European record at Stockholm Diamond League

(Reuters) – Norwegian sprinter Karsten Warholm broke his own European record in the 400 metres hurdles at Sunday’s Diamond League event in Stockholm, clocking a time of 46.87 seconds that was just 0.09...

Int’l sports lawyer Rowena can fill Athletics void in Sports Council

The local athletics community raised their eyebrows yesterday following the appointment of the National Sports Council 2020 because it lacked representation from track and field, the only sport which has...

Sri Lanka Athletics set to recruit top notch Finnish throwing coach

Finland throwing coach Petteri Piironen, who trained Nadeeka Lakmali and Sachith Maduranga to win Asian Championship Silver medals in 2013, is set to be the latest addition to Sri Lanka’s...

Hiruni gearing up for Olympic Marathon dream- shatters 5000m National record

Hiruni Wijayarathne, the US based Sri Lankan marathoner, marked her return to competition post Covid-19 with a stunning feat, as she shattered yet another National record, this time the 5000m...

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