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CNP ASFALISTIKI insures 2019 Limassol Marathon

March 17th, 20191416 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 year, CNP...

Athletics

First-ever gold in European Indoor Championships for Cyprus and Trajkovic (V)

March 4th, 20192456 Milan Trajkovic on Sunday became the first ever athlete from Cyprus to win a gold medal in European Indoor Championships history. Trajkovic clinched the...

Athletics

Bolt the 'business man' worried about Jamaica’s future

January 22nd, 20191097 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 to get to the...

Athletics

Russian athletics federation remains banned, says IAAF

December 4th, 20181255 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...

Athletics

Stunning Farah claims Chicago Marathon in European record time

October 8th, 20181919 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 the distance on Sunday....

Athletics

WADA didn't put money above clean sport on Russia, says chief

September 25th, 20181544 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...

Sport

IOC Athletes' Commission supports WADA's lifting of ban on RUSADA

September 22nd, 20181589 Kirsty Coventry, chair of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission, said on Saturday that she supported the lifting of the ban on Russia’s...

Athletics

Kipchoge shatters marathon world record in Berlin

September 17th, 20181507 Kenya's Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge pulverised the marathon world record with a blistering run on Sunday, slicing a staggering 78 seconds off the previous...

Athletics

American long jumper Lawson provisionally banned for doping

August 31st, 20182139 American long jumper and sprinter Jarrion Lawson blamed contaminated beef after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday that he had been...

Athletics

Kenya's Okeyo banned for life for taking Nike money

August 30th, 20181787 Former senior Kenyan athletics official David Okeyo has been banned from the sport for life and fined $50,000 after being found guilty of diverting hundreds of...

Football

Bolt lands Down Under for ‘real’ soccer mission

August 18th, 20182211 OLYMPIC sprint champion and aspiring footballer Usain Bolt touched down in Sydney on Saturday, declaring himself ready to prove to the world that his...

Cyprus

Artymata writes history for Cypriot athletics

June 29th, 20182709 Eleni Artymata clinched the gold medal in women’s 400m at the Mediterranean Games, securing Cyprus’ third gold medal and increasing its medal tally to...

Athletics

Artymata makes history for Cypriot athletics in Mediterranean Games

June 29th, 20182462 Eleni Artymata clinched the gold medal in women’s 400m of the XVIII Mediterranean Games, securing Cyprus’ third gold medal and increasing its medal tally...

Athletics

Bolt happy to have traded perspiration for inspiration

April 12th, 20183283 Usain Bolt sometimes still can't quite believe what he achieved in his career but back at the Commonwealth Games as a spectator on Thursday, the former sprint...

Athletics

Woman of her word, captain Semenya wins 1,500m gold

April 10th, 20183156 South African flag-bearer Caster Semenya powered to the 1,500 metres title at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, keeping her bid for a golden double at the...

Athletics

Mile legend Roger Bannister dies

March 4th, 20184099 Roger Bannister, who has died aged 88, will live forever in the annals of athletics history as the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. A...

Athletics

History made as every runner in 400m heat disqualified

March 2nd, 20185548 Every runner, including the world's fastest man this year, was disqualified in a bizarre 400 metres heat that made athletics history on the second day of the...

Cyprus

Record number of runners at upcoming Cyprus marathon

March 2nd, 20185994 Close to three thousand runners will take part in the twentieth Logicom Cyprus Marathon in Paphos this weekend. The popular event, which has seen a huge...

Athletics

London to host inaugural eight-nation World Cup

February 6th, 20183248 A new World Cup event featuring eight leading athletics nations and intended to attract a wider audience to the sport will take place in London this year,...

Athletics

Shocked Gatlin sacks coach after doping claim

December 19th, 20173536 World 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin said on Tuesday he was "shocked and surprised" at doping allegations made against his coach Dennis Mitchell, like...

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