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...
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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...
IOC Athletes’ Commission supports WADA’s lifting of ban on RUSADA
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 anti-doping agency...
Kipchoge shatters marathon world record in Berlin
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 best...
American long jumper Lawson provisionally banned for doping
American long jumper and sprinter Jarrion Lawson blamed contaminated beef after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday that he had been provisionally suspended...
Kenya’s Okeyo banned for life for taking Nike money
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...
Bolt lands Down Under for ‘real’ soccer mission
OLYMPIC sprint champion and aspiring footballer Usain Bolt touched down in Sydney on Saturday, declaring himself ready to prove to the world that his Australian...
Artymata writes history for Cypriot athletics
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 five....
Artymata makes history for Cypriot athletics in Mediterranean Games
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 to...
Bolt happy to have traded perspiration for inspiration
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...
Woman of her word, captain Semenya wins 1,500m gold
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...
Mile legend Roger Bannister dies
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...