Athletics

World Athletics on Tuesday joined a growing list of sporting bodies to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes, while tennis’s governing bodies barred players from competing under the name or flag …

Blessing Okagbare Nigeria’s 2008 Olympics long jump silver medalist Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday.  The 33-year-old, who …

Peng Shuai The International Olympic Committee talked with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai last week and will meet her in Beijing during next month’s Winter Olympics, it said on Wednesday. …

Lamine Diack led the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from 1999 to 2015 Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics’ governing body who was convicted of corruption last …

The coffin of long-distance runner Agnes Tirop is seen during her funeral service at Kapnyamisa village, Nandi county, Kenya October 23, 2021. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi Mourners and family members of the …

Kenyan runner Agnes Tirop Kenyan runner Agnes Tirop, a two-time world championships bronze medalist, has been found dead at her home, the country’s track federation said Wednesday. Athletics Kenya said …

Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei celebrates winning the Women’s race in the London Marathon in central London, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021 Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei and Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia produced dominant performances …

Runners compete in the Men’s Marathon during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games The Tokyo Marathon has been postponed until March and the 2022 edition cancelled due to the COVID-19 state …

Sha’Carri Richardson missed the Tokyo Games after a positive test. The American said she used cannabis to help cope with the death of her mother An advisory group to the …

German sports wear manufacturing giants PUMA has terminated its four-year contract with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. In a letter dated Wednesday 4th August 2021 and signed by the company’s …