World Athletics

LONDON: World Athleticspresident Sebastian Coe has hinted track and field could follow swimming in bringing in a tougher policy on transgender athletes competing in women's events. Swimming's governing body FINA announced on Sunday it…

NEW DELHI: India’s leading discus thrower and Tokyo Olympian, Kamalpreet Kaur, has been provisionally suspended for failing the dope test for an anabolic steroid, TOI can confirm. Kamalpreet, the first Indian woman to breach the 65m barrier…

NEW DELHI: Top Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after testing positive for a banned steroid. Kaur faces the prospect of being banned for a maximum period of four years if…

Sweden's Armand Duplantis broke his own men's pole vault world record on Sunday, jumping 6.20 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. The 22-year-old Olympic champion improved on his own previous landmark performance, set in…

GENEVA: Ukrainian sporting legend Sergey Bubka said Friday he was spending every waking hour trying to locate Ukrainian athletes, fearing for their safety when the line of contact cuts out. Former Olympic pole vault champion and world…

LOS ANGELES: US sprinting great Justin Gatlin announced his retirement from athletics on Thursday, hanging up his spikes after a career tinged by doping controversies that included an Olympic gold medal and multiple world titles. The…

NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra heralded a new era in Indian athletics with his colossal Tokyo Olympics gold that acquired him a super star status in the country which had waited for such spectacular success in track and field events for more than…

NEW DELHI: World Athletics President Sebastian Coe on Wednesday said India must grab the opportunity provided by Neeraj Chopra's historic gold medal in Tokyo Olympics and broaden athletics' footprint in the country by holding more…

NEW DELHI: "I live and breathe athletics and my aim is to nurture Olympic medallists," legendary Indian long jumper Anju Bobby George said on Thursday after she was adjudged the 'Woman of the Year' by World Athletics for grooming talent in…

MONACO: Legendary Indian athlete Anju Bobby George has been bestowed with the Woman of the Year Award by World Athletics for grooming talent in the country and for her advocacy of gender equality. Anju, the only Indian to have won a medal…