Ethiopian clean sweep At StanChart Dubai marathon

st year's men and women's full marathon winners, Evans Ruto of Kenya and Dinknesh Mekash of Ethiopia, are set to defend their titles in the USD 3,60,000 prize money 12th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on January 18. "Ruto, who last year clocked ...

Speaking to Angop on the sidelines of the press conference about the yearend race organized by the Angolan Athletics Federation (FAA) on Monday at the premises of Sports Gallery, the "Sponsor" of the event said the national athletes should spare no ...

Prev By Sundari Iyer | Posted 1 hour Yesterday's announcement made by Athletics Federation of India president Adille Sumariwalla that the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon will be the pre-qualification event for the Beijing World ...

Ethiopians Tesfaye Abera, a rank outsider, and defending champion Dinknesh Mekash clinched the men's and women's titles respectiely and the top prize of USD 41,000 in the 12th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon here today. Abera, basically a 15 ...

Three-time Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele will be the star attraction at the 16th edition of the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon which has attracted a record number of more than 30,000 runners. Course records could well be under threat when ...

Elite Indian athletes (L to R) O P Jaisha, Lalita Babar, Karan Singh, Rashpal Singh and Rattiram Saini at a Mumbai marathon press conference on Friday. Photo: Vivek Bendre The Hindu (L-R) Indian Elite Athlete Lalita Babbar; Vivek Singh,Jt. MD.

Kenya's three-time world 3,000 metres steeplechase champion Moses Kiptanui has called for tough sanctions on athletes who fail doping tests, saying "big money" was behind the cheating. Dozens of Kenyan athletes have failed drugs tests in the past ...

NEW YORK - The US Sports Academy has named world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic Athlete of the Year. Djokovic was picked among a whole range of stars, like Lionel Messi, Floyd Mayweather, Rafael Nadal, Rory McIlroy and Peyton Manning. ...

Two-time Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon winner Aselefech Mergia Medessa of Ethiopia has confirmed she will join a world-class women's field of elite athletes when the world's richest marathon hits the streets of Dubai on January 23. Aselefech, ...