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Fans in Ostrava at the Golden Spike meet will be thrilled to see Olympic champion Usain Bolt in action.
AP Fans in Ostrava at the Golden Spike meet will be thrilled to see Olympic champion Usain Bolt in action.

Usain Bolt to run 100 meters at Golden Spike

Usain Bolt will again run in Ostrava at the Golden Spike meet. The Olympic champion will race for the sixth time at the meet, which is part of the new IAAF World Challenge series. The me... »

Appeal panel seeks Mudgal report

The National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (NADAP), on an application from the four female 400m runners, who had been suspended for anti-doping rule violations, has sought the report of the one-man Jus... »

Mayookha sets new mark

Mayookha Johny bettered the National indoor record in long jump while competing in a meet at Ludwigshafen (Germany) last Saturday.Her leap of 6.44 metres overhauled Anju George's National i... »

Hooker's crisis of confidence

Reigning Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker said on Thursday he has completely lost confidence, casting doubt over his ability to defend his title in London this year. The Australia... »

Athletics seminar to discuss falling standards

The Kerala Athletics Association will organise a seminar here on Friday to discuss the slide in the State's performances in the recent junior National, national varsities and national schools meet... »
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)-06-02-2012: Sprint queen P. T. Usha during an interaction with the Hindu at Sri Prakash Synergy School at Peddapuram in East Godavari district on Monday. ---photo:C.V.Subrahmanyam.
February 10, 2012

The Payyoli Express still chugs

Be it acting or sports, we rarely see someone take up a profession so passionately as to give back something to it. One of those rare professionals, the Payyoli Express, stills chugs along, and th... »
NEW DELHI, February 3, 2012

Hike in grant for lifters

The Union Sports Ministry has decided to increase the grant for food supplement for all power sports, including weightlifting, from Rs. 250 to 500 per athlete per day till the London Olympics.<... »
India's sprint queen P.T. Usha says that though she heard stories of doping during her time nobody dared to ask her to follow suit, as they feared her coach Nambiar. Photo: K. Ragesh
KOZHIKODE, January 29, 2012

How a male thrower tested positive for pregnancy and other Indian doping tales

The 16-year-old was baffled when her senior teammate asked her not to take the B-Complex tonic as she was going to compete the following day. There would be people to check whether she was t... »
NEW DELHI, January 19, 2012

Dope appeal: respondent gets more time

The National Anti Doping Appeal Panel (NADAP), headed by retired Justice C.K. Mahajan, has given additional time to the respondent, to “highlight some aspects'' in the case of the four leading ath... »
JOY: Winner of the Mumbai Marathon, Ram Singh Yadav (centre) with Elam Singh (left) and Rajesh TA (right). Photo: Shashi Ashiwal
MUMBAI, January 15, 2012

Ram Singh Yadav qualifies for London 2012

Ram Singh Yadav backed himself when it came to the crunch, at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012. The Indian armyman plotted his own assault on the IAAF ‘B' grade qualifying tim... »
MUMBAI, January 15, 2012

Mumbai Marathon today

Simon Kasimili is designated the pacemaker for elite foreign men facing the starter at the ninth Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012. The Kenyan will hit the front on Sunday morning and drag t... »
MUMBAI, January 12, 2012

Chance for Olympic hopefuls

Indian marathoners, aiming to crack the qualifying time for the London Olympics , have the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (SCMM) as the last major international event, according to C.K. Valson... »
NEW DELHI, January 10, 2012

NADA dithers; athletes' appeal to be heard on Jan 18

Even as the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) dithered over a decision to file a counter appeal in the case of four female athletes with the National Anti-Doping Appeal panel (NADAP), the latter... »
NEW DELHI, January 7, 2012

Mandeep, Murmu may miss the bus

Quarter-milers Mandeep Kaur and Jauna Murmu may not be able to complete reinstatement testing formalities to be eligible to compete in an effort to qualify for the London Olympics, either in the i... »
MUMBAI, January 5, 2012

Makda leads women's field

Ethiopians Makda Harun, Fatuma Sado and Kenyan Lydia Rutto will lead the charge in the women's category at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012. Kenyan Kispang has the fastest time... »

CWG facilities thrown open to public

Doping case: Godara given more time

A bad year for Kerala athletics

Punjabi University corners glory

NEW DELHI, February 8, 2012

WADA seeks two-year bans for 400m runners

The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal with the National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (NADAP) seeking enhancement of sanction in the case of four female 400m runners.The WADA a... »
NEW DELHI, January 30, 2012

Olympic qualification still in focus

By pleading for backdating the commencement of suspension to sample collection date, the suspended 400m runners have shown that they still nurse hopes of running at least one qualification relay r... »
ROME, January 19, 2012

Usain Bolt to run at Golden Gala in Rome

Usain Bolt will run the 100 metres at the Golden Gala in Rome again this year as he prepares to defend three sprint titles at the London Olympics. Organisers of the May 31 meet announced th... »
NEW DELHI, January 18, 2012

NADA not to appeal in athletes' cases

After having wasted more than three weeks in deciding whether to file an appeal with the National Anti-Doping Appeal panel (NADAP) in the case of four 400m female runners, the National Anti Doping... »
India's Ram Singh Yadav at the finish line of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012. Photo: Special Arrangement
Mumbai, January 15, 2012

Moiben, Abeyo win Mumbai Marathon

Kenyan Laban Moiben won the men's full marathon in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012, pipping Ethiopian Raji Assefa with a burst to the tape. Moiben took home $ 36,000 for his efforts.... »
NEW DELHI, January 13, 2012

Athletes' training programme approved

The Steering Committee on athletics preparation for the Olympic Games, constituted by the Union Sports Ministry, has approved the training programme of nine athletes.The athletes are: Men:... »
K C. Shruthi
January 11, 2012

Little Ms. fleet of foot

She is built like a long distance runner; more in the marathoner's mould. Short and frail, this diminutive 20-year old has made it count at the National and State levels in all age groups competit... »
NEW DELHI, January 7, 2012

Jagmal Singh suspended

Distance runner Jagmal Singh was suspended for two years for an anti-doping rule violation on Thursday by a National Anti-Doping Disciplinary panel headed by Sudhir Nandrajog. Jagmal test... »
NEW DELHI, January 6, 2012

Four athletes file appeal

Four of the six women 400m runners who were suspended for one year for anti-doping rule violations have filed appeals seeking reduced sanctions in an apparent bid to be eligible to compete in the... »
MUMBAI, January 4, 2012

Mumbai Marathon gets National status

The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, given Gold Label status by IAAF, athletics world body, has been granted ‘National Status' by the Athletics Federation of India. According to a written state... »

IAAF doping rules ignored in two cases

Six 400m runners suspended for one year

Medals withheld

IAAF ratifies Makau's marathon world record

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Usain Bolt to run 100 meters at Golden Spike Appeal panel seeks Mudgal report Mayookha sets new mark The Payyoli Express still chugs Hooker's crisis of confidence Athletics seminar to discuss falling standards WADA seeks two-year bans for 400m runners Hike in grant for lifters Olympic qualification still in focus How a male thrower tested positive for pregnancy and other Indian doping tales