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…