Cloud over Asian athletics meet after Delhi pulls out

After two months of dithering, Jharkhand has, finally, made up its mind on the 20th Asian Athletics Meet, albeit of not hosting it. The sports department broke its long silence on Monday to announce that the state was not prepared to conduct the ...

By A 22-member Sri Lankan athletics contingent will draw first blood at the first stage of the Asian Asian Grand Prix to be worked off at Thammasat University Ground in Thailand today. The Lankan team comprises 12 male and 10 female athletes, ...

The Secretary of the Asian Athletics Association, Maurice R. Nicholas has appealed to the Tamil Nadu State Government to reconsider its decision to withdraw from conducting the Asian championship which was scheduled in the city from July 3 to 7. The ...

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolians have won gold medal at the 9th Asian Darts Association (ADA) that ran 19-21 in

Courtesy SLCC Athletics On April 5, Salt Lake Community College's Asian Student Association (ASA) and the Sports Rally club hosted Battle of the Bruins, a fundraising event which took place at the Taylorsville Redwood Campus in the Lifetime ...

The Athletics Federation of India (AAI) has said that it would try its best to hold the Asian Athletics Championship in another city of the country after the prestigious event, schedule to be held in Chennai, was shunned by the Tamil Nadu government. Amid protests over the alleged brutal killing of slain LTTE chief V Prabhakaran's son, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa called off the 20th Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in July, saying Lankan athletes have no place in ...

By The new Sri Lanka Athletic Association Chief-Major General Palitha Fernando is eager to see the country's athletes back in the medal winning streak after a disappointing run in the recent past. Major General Palitha Fernando who held the top ...

Turkey's Olympic gold medallist Asli Cakir Alptekin was charged with doping by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Alptekin, who won the women's 1500m gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics, was found of anomalies in her ...

HANOI, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Do Thi Thao will be Vietnam's sole representative at the upcoming Asian Grand Prix, kicking off in capital Bangkok of Thailand on May 4, according to the Vietnam Athletics Federation (VAF). Accordingly Thao will take part in ...