IAAF set to launch crackdown after doping allegations

Dubai, UAE: It was yet another day of dominance for Ethiopian athletes at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon as little known Lemi Berhanu Hayle and the sublime Aselefech Mergia swept the board in the world's richest marathon. Just 20 years ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

By Maria Marachia Nairobi — VETERAN Ethiopian female long distance runner, Genzebe Dibaba, has broken the world record when she won the women's 5 000m in 14:18.86 at the XL- Galan show International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ...