World Athletics

By ANI LONDON: World Athletics (WA) on Thursday voted to end its eight-year ban on the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) but the country's athletes will remain excluded from international competition as WA…

By AFP PARIS: World Athletics is likely to tighten rules governing the participation of transgender women in female competition on Thursday after a meeting that is also expected to decide to lift the ban imposed on…

By AFP PARIS: World Athletics has proposed continuing to allow transgender women to compete in the female category of international events, taking a different approach from other sports that have banned transgender…

By Express News Service CHENNAI: The World Athletics announced qualification criteria for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Tuesday. According to the WA, qualification system, there will be a dual pathway to the…

NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra broke into a smile after his fourth round throw of 88.13m. The tension was somewhat eased after he moved into the provisional podium place in second position following his best throw of the men’s javelin throwfinal…

Neeraj Chopra (Reuters Photo)EUGENE: Olympic champion Neeraj Choprascripted yet another history as he became only the second Indian and first male track and field athlete to win a medal in the World Championships by clinching silver in the…

EUGENE: Caster Semenya's first appearance in a world championships in five years on Wednesday saw the controversy-mired South African fail to qualify for the women's 5000m finals. In roasting mid-afternoon temperatures, Semenya finished…

PARIS: South Africa's double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya looks set to make her first appearance at a World Championships in five years in the 5,000 metres after being named in the list of registered athletes by World…

PARIS: The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships due to take place in Yangzhou in China this November have been cancelled "as a consequence of the (Covid-19) pandemic" the sport's governing body said on Tuesday. The World Athletics…

NEW DELHI: India's ace sprinter Dutee Chand - who was once accused of being a 'man' for failing the hyperandrogenism (male testosterone) test and later subjected to a gender verification test by the national athletics federation (AFI) - has…