Kingston: Yohan Blake set himself up as the man to beat in London with a stunning 200 meters victory, beating world record holder Usain Bolt for a second time in three days to bring the Jamaican Olympic trials to an explosive conclusion on Sunday. Blake, who shocked Bolt with an emphatic win in the 100m on Friday, followed it up with an even more impressive performance in the 200, catching...
10:19 AM, Jul 02, 2012
Kingston: Yohan Blake delivered a shock that will be felt all the way to London by exploding past world record holder Usain Bolt to claim a stunning 100 metres victory at the Jamaican Olympic trials on Friday. The showdown between triple Olympic champion Bolt and world champion Blake lived up to its billing as the highlight of the four-day meeting as 'The Beast' roared home in a dazzling 9.75 seconds,...
11:23 AM, Jun 30, 2012
Eugene: Jamaican triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt will not emulate his world record performances of 2008 and 2009 at the London Games, former holder Maurice Greene predicted on Tuesday. "I am going to tell you right now he can't do that," Greene told a news conference on a rest day at the US Olympic trials. "This race in London is going to be a lot closer than a lot of...
02:43 PM, Jun 27, 2012
London: Sebastian Coe and Sergei Bubka are the latest two legends to be named among the 24 inaugural members of the Hall of Fame of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the governing body of athletics. "I am delighted that two more of my Council colleagues will join the inaugural membership of the IAAF Hall of Fame," IAAF president Lamine Diack said on Monday. Coe is head of the London...
02:30 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Hyderabad: Karnataka high jumper Sahana Kumari became the 14 Indian athlete to qualify for the London Olympics after she cleared 1.92m during the opening day of National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships here on Saturday. Sahana erased the previous national meet record of 1.91m held by Bobby Aloysius of Kerala since 2004 during her effort at the GMC Balayogi Stadium here. Earlier, local girl Satti Geetha and Dharambir Singh emerged as...
10:43 PM, Jun 23, 2012
New York: The world's highest-paid athlete is in jail. The guy in second place just lost a title fight, and the man who held the distinction for a decade is now third. Forbes has released its list of the 100 highest paid athletes, and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., nicknamed "Money," is No. 1. Mayweather, who made $85 million for two fights last year, is currently serving a three-month jail sentence...
02:19 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Huelva (Spain): Asian Games gold medallist Sudha Singh has qualified for the upcoming London Olympics in the 3000m steeplechase event by breaking her own national record in the VIII meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo championship here. The 25-year-old Indian, who barely missed the Olympic qualification mark in Shanghai Diamond League last month, showed tremendous form to clock an impressive 9:47.70 secs which earned her the Olympic B-grade. By clocking 9:47.70 secs...
03:54 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Oslo: Jamaica's world record holder Usain Bolt blamed a new type of starting blocks after being made to work for victory in the 100 meters at the Diamond League meet in Oslo on Thursday. Bolt found himself in the unusual position of second, behind compatriot Asafa Powell with 10 meters to go, before edging ahead to win in a meeting record of 9.79 seconds. "The blocks have changed from last...
02:26 PM, Jun 08, 2012
New Delhi: India's London-bound discus-thrower Krishna Poonia bagged the silver medal at the Post Pre Elite Womens' event at Portland, US, but the effort was way behind her last month's national record-breaking feat. Poonia finished second with a throw of 62.34 meters on Monday, while the gold went to Russian Darya Pischalnickova with an effort of 66.38 meters in her fifth throw. Poonia though improved her performance as compared to...
02:37 PM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Olympic-bound Indian discus-thrower Krishna Poonia came up with a below-par effort of 62.11m to miss out on a medal and settle for the fourth spot in the Perfontaine Classic Diamond League Meet at Eugene in Oregon, United States. Krishna's effort was markedly lower than the national record of 64.76m that she pulled off to qualify for the London Olympics in Hawaii earlier this month. But it was still...
01:16 PM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Indian discus thrower Krishna Poonia has no problem buying a T-shirt for her 10-year-old son Lakshya Raj, but the message he wants emblazoned on it gives her pause for thought. Poonia threw 64.76 meters in an event in Hawaii earlier this month to break India's national record but when she spoke to her son by telephone thousands of miles away in Jaipur, all she got was a stern...
12:37 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Multi Disciplinary Steering Committee of the sports ministry has approved the preparatory tournaments for Hockey Olympic qualifiers ahead of the upcoming London Games. The committee met under the chairmanship of secretary (Sports) on May 18 and approved coaching camps and preparatory tournaments for Olympic qualifiers and the sparring partners on the basis of proposals submitted by the Hockey India. The team comprising of 22 Players, three coaches...
06:29 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Young Khushbir Kaur finished a disappointing 71st in women's 20km race walk after Irfan Kolothum Thodi qualified for London Olympics in men's 20km competition on the second and final day of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup at Saransk, Russia on Sunday. Khushbir, who had bettered the Olympics qualification 'B' standard of 1:38.00 last month in the Federation Cup which was not a London Games qualifying event, clocked...
06:18 PM, May 13, 2012
Bangkok: Indian athletes produced an impressive performance, bagging four gold, one silver and four bronze medals, in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix on Tuesday. MR Poovama won the women's 400m in 52.94 while Sajeesh Joseph came first in the men's 800m in 1:47.78. The men's 4X400m relay team of Joseph Abraham, Jitin Paul, Shake Mortaza and MP Kunhu won gold in 3:08.00 while their women counterparts of...
11:23 AM, May 09, 2012
Kingston: Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt held his nerve after two false starts by competitors and powered to the year's fastest 100 metres at the Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday. The 100- and 200-metre world record-holder clocked a dazzling 9.82 seconds in his first individual race of 2012, exploding from the blocks to take control at 40 metres. "It's a good start, I would say," said Bolt, who erased the...
12:57 PM, May 06, 2012
Chandigarh: The oldest marathon runner in the world, Britain-based Fauja Singh, has ended on a high at the age of 101 years - but that is not the end of the road for him. Not yet. As the Indian-origin athlete completed the 26-mile London Marathon on Sunday in a record time of seven hours and 49 minutes, he announced this would be his last race. But he says the London...
05:08 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Kingston: Yohan Blake of Jamaica, the reigning world 100-metre champion, clocked 9.90 seconds in cold and rainy conditions at the UTech Classic athletics meet to set the fastest time in the world so far this year. Blake, who surpassed Darvis Patton's previous world best this year of 10.04, also joined world 100m record-holder Usain Bolt on the Racers Club relay on Sunday that captured the 4x100 relay in 37.82 seconds,...
02:28 PM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre and the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) were on Friday directed by the Delhi High Court to allow the four suspended women athletes to practice in its coaching centre for the upcoming Olympic Games in London. Allowing the plea of Ashwini Akkunji, Sini Jose, Priyanka Panwar and Tiana Mary Thomas, the gold medal winners in 2010 Commonwealth Games and also in Asian Indoor Championship in 400...
07:56 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Istanbul: Natallia Dobrynska of Ukraine set a new world record in the Pentathlon tallying 5013 points to win the world title on the opening day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships here. Dobrynska, the 2008 Olympic champion, on Friday became the first pentathlete to break the 5,000-point barrier while eclipsing the previous world record of 4991 points set on Feb 15, 1992 by Russian Irina Belova. In addition to the...
05:02 PM, Mar 10, 2012
New Delhi: Not satisfied with the one-year ban handed out to top four Indian quartermilers, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, in the doping scandal, the World Anti-Doping has appealed against the decision and pleaded for a two-year sanction on the athletes. Akkunji, her Commonwealth and Asian Games 4X400m relay gold-winning quartet member Sini Jose, Priyanka Panwar and Tiana Mary Thomas were banned for one year, along with...
04:58 PM, Feb 08, 2012
