World Athletics
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World Athletics says clean record required for athletes seeking welfare grant
Other Sports | May 15, 2020, 06:03 PM ISTA welfare fund of $500,000 was announced by the global athletics governing body and the IAF for helping athletes around the world who are facing financial hardships due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Olympic postponement is what athletes want: World Athletics
Other Sports | Mar 25, 2020, 09:28 AM ISTWorld Athletics has welcomed the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to 2021, stressing that the decision is what athletes want.
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World Athletics suspends process of reinstating Russia
Other Sports | Nov 23, 2019, 11:16 AM ISTThe World Athletics Council also decided, in its meeting this Friday in Monaco, to freeze the process allowing the readmission of individual Russian athletes
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With challenger not admitted, Wayde Van Niekerk cruises to victory
Other Sports | Aug 09, 2017, 05:17 PM ISTThe South African sprinter eased up before the finish line and still won his second straight 400-meter world title by .43 seconds in London.
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Justin Gatlin takes gold, pays respect to Usain Bolt at World Athletics Championships
Other Sports | Aug 06, 2017, 06:01 PM ISTAmerican Gatlin made a tactical mistake in Beijing in 2015, going into his lean too early as Usain Bolt won by 0.01 seconds.
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Asian Athletics Championships: Indian athlete tests positive for banned substance
Other Sports | Jul 07, 2017, 07:47 PM ISTIn a major setback for the hosts India at the Asian Athletics Championship 2017, decathlete Jagtar Singh has been tested positive for a banned substance.
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Cuban hurdler Ortega defects from national team
Other Sports | Aug 22, 2013, 10:35 PM ISTHavana: Cuba's 110 metres hurdler Orlando Ortega, who finished sixth in the London Olympics, defected from the national team during the recently concluded World Athletics Championships in Moscow."Attitudes like his have nothing to do with
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Mo Farah Wins Second Gold Medal at the 2013 World Athletics Championships
Other Sports | Aug 17, 2013, 01:08 PM ISTMoscow: Briton Mo Farah completed the double-double by winning the 5000m at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow.The 30-year-old British long-distance runner, became just the second man in history to hold both the Olympic and