Sports / Athletics

Campbell-Brown seeks redemption 07 Mar 2014 - 02:30 am

SOPOT, Poland: Jamaican sprinting legend Veronica Campbell-Brown will make her first track appearance in 10 months at the World Indoor Championships, just weeks...

Asian Athletics Association meeting in Doha 02 Mar 2014 - 10:33 am

Dahlan Al Hamad, President of Asian Athletics Association (AAA) and Qatar Athletics Federation, during a meeting with AAA council members in Doha yesterday....

Russia sees ‘nothing wrong’ in athletes inhaling xenon 27 Feb 2014 - 12:44 am

MOSCOW: The use of the gas xenon to improve the performance of athletes is not banned and there would be “nothing wrong” if...

Team category opens for Qatar’s first-ever ultra-marathon 27 Feb 2014 - 12:43 am

Doha: Aspire Logistics announced yesterday that the International 6:50, Qatar’s first ever ultra-marathon, will be open to teams. The new category will allow...

Chumba, Tsegaye win Tokyo Marathon 24 Feb 2014 - 09:00 am

TOKYO: Dickson Chumba won the men’s race at the Tokyo Marathon yesterday in a meet record of two hours, five minutes and 42...

Lagat blisters Rupp with closing kick 24 Feb 2014 - 09:00 am

ALBUQUERQUE: Bernard Lagat turned on his blistering kick and overwhelmed fellow Olympian Galen Rupp in their 3,000 metres duel at the US indoor...

Athletics: Suhr, Rupp set the pace at US Indoors 21 Feb 2014 - 11:53 pm

ALBUQUERQUE, United States: World indoor women’s pole vault record-holder Jenn Suhr and 2012 Olympic medalists Galen Rupp and Leo Manzano lead the field...

Gebrselassie to set pace at London marathon 19 Feb 2014 - 12:27 am

LONDON: Haile Gebrselassie will be lead pacemaker for the elite men’s race at the London Marathon, organisers announced yesterday. Ethiopian Gebrselassie, a multiple...

Lavillenie beats Bubka’s indoor world record 17 Feb 2014 - 01:21 am

LEFT: France’s Renaud Lavillenie clears the bar to break Sergei Bubka’s 21-year-old indoor pole vault world record on Saturday night in Donetsk, at...

Chad Le Clos enjoys mixed fortunes 02 Feb 2014 - 12:38 am

PERTH: South African star Chad Le Clos recovered his winning form on the second day of the Aquatic Super Series in Perth yesterday....

Australia’s Williams facing more World Cup heartbreak 30 Jan 2014 - 10:26 am

LONDON: Australia defender Rhys Williams could miss his second successive World Cup finals after suffering a freak Achilles tendon injury in Middlesbrough’s 0-0...

Gamera-Shmyrko wins Osaka marathon in style 26 Jan 2014 - 11:37 pm

OSAKA: Ukraine’s Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko, running her first full marathon for a year, won the Osaka women’s marathon for the second straight year yesterday....

Farah braces for London Marathon ordeal 15 Jan 2014 - 02:21 pm

LONDON: Double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah admitted yesterday that he will face a gruelling challenge when he runs the London Marathon...

Usain Bolt welcomes hair follicle testing 12 Jan 2014 - 02:24 pm

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica’s Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt (pictured) has “no problem” with plans by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to test the...

Pregnant Ennis-Hill to miss Glasgow Games 11 Jan 2014 - 12:27 am

LONDON: Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill announced yesterday she is pregnant and will miss the Commonwealth Games. “I am sorry I won’t be...

Simpson says trainer to blame for positive test 08 Jan 2014 - 10:49 pm

KINGSTON: Jamaican sprinter Sherone Simpson, who tested positive for a banned substance last year, told a disciplinary panel yesterday that she saw no...

Rotich retains Sao Paulo title 01 Jan 2014 - 02:36 pm

Kenyan male runner Edwin Rotich crosses the finish line to win the 89th Sao Silvestre New Year’s Eve road race with a timing ...

Qatar’s Barshim wins Arab Athlete Award 25 Nov 2013 - 11:18 am

Qatari high jumper Mutaz Barshim poses with his bronze medal at the London Olympic Games in this August 2012 file picture. Barshim has...