Duplantis breaks Bubka’s 26-year outdoor pole vault record
American-born Swede Armand Duplantis produced the highest-ever outdoor pole vault jump on Thursday when he cleared 6.15 metres to win gold at the Rome Diamond...
Athletics
Ex-head of world athletics Diack jailed for corruption
Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics’ governing body, was convicted in France on Wednesday of corruption in a Russian doping scandal and sentenced...
Sport by sport look at the impact of virus outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak has decimated the sporting schedule and left major doubts over some of 2020’s biggest events. A range of sports have had to...
Use 1992 Yugoslavia precedent for Russians in Tokyo Olympics says historian
Clean Russian athletes should be allowed to compete in individual events at this year’s Tokyo Games under the banner of “Independent Olympic Participants,” historian Bill Mallon...
Bolt takes to track to open Tokyo national stadium
Sprinting great Usain Bolt ran on the track at Tokyo’s newly-completed National Stadium over the weekend during an event to celebrate the opening of the...
Kosgei shatters Radcliffe’s 16-year-old marathon world record
Kenyan Brigid Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe’s 16-year-old women’s marathon world record but former Alberto Salazar coached athletes, including Mo Farah, were never a factor in...
Kipchoge runs unofficial marathon in under two hours
Eliud Kipchoge has become the first runner to finish a marathon in under two hours. The 34-year-old Kenyan completed the course in Vienna, Austria, in...
Britain’s Farah defends reputation after Salazar suspension
British Olympic champion Mo Farah defended his reputation at a news conference ahead of the Chicago Marathon on Friday after being bombarded with questions about...
Asher-Smith seizes golden opportunity
Dina Asher-Smith seized her chance to win the world athletics championship 200 metres on Wednesday and become the first British woman to claim a global...
Apostolos Parellis finishes in fifth place in men’s discus final in Doha World Athletics Championships
Cyprus athlete Apostolos Parellis finished in fifth place in the final of men`s discus in IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar on Monday and...
Double Olympic champion Rudisha survives car crash
Two-time Olympic champion David Rudisha has thanked “the Almighty God” after escaping unharmed from a head-on car crash in his native Kenya. The world 800m...
Cypriot sprinter Artymata secures Tokyo Olympics spot
Cypriot sprinter Eleni Artymata has secured her spot at the Tokyo Olympics. Artymata finished a 400 meters race in a Meeting in Madrid in third...
Japan speculates over identity of final Olympic torchbearer
With the Tokyo Olympics less than a year away, speculation is growing in Japan over who will be the final torchbearer to light the cauldron...
Landmark CAS Semenya ruling slammed
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has said it is “appalled” by Caster Semenya’s defeat in her landmark testosterone case at the Court of...
CNP ASFALISTIKI insures 2019 Limassol Marathon
One of the greatest sporting events in Cyprus will take place on the 23-24 March at the coastal front of Limassol. For the fourth consecutive...
First-ever gold in European Indoor Championships for Cyprus and Trajkovic (V)
Milan Trajkovic on Sunday became the first ever athlete from Cyprus to win a gold medal in European Indoor Championships history. Trajkovic clinched the gold...
Bolt the ‘business man’ worried about Jamaica’s future
Sprint great Usain Bolt said on Monday the current generation of Jamaican athletes had it too easy and that they were not working hard enough...
Russian athletics federation remains banned, says IAAF
World athletics body IAAF on Tuesday upheld a ban against Russia’s athletics federation over doping in the country, pending full access to doping data stored...
Stunning Farah claims Chicago Marathon in European record time
Mo Farah scored a stunning Chicago Marathon victory as he won in two hours five minutes and 11 seconds in only his third race over...
WADA didn’t put money above clean sport on Russia, says chief
World Anti-Doping Agency president Craig Reedie has said he is deeply offended by charges that WADA put money above clean sport when it reinstated Russia’s...
