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Bolt targeting to smash own 200 m world record in 2014

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 12:45

World`s fastest man Usain Bolt has said that he wants to break his own 200m World record of 19.19 seconds in 2014.

Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce win 2013 World Athlete awards

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 10:59

Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned male and female World Athletes of the Year for 2013 by the sport`s governing IAAF at a ceremony in Monaco on Saturday.

Bolt and Farah in running for IAAF award

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 08:40

World and Olympic champions Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Mohamed Farah of Britain have both been named among those on the 10-man shortlist for the IAAF 2013 World Athlete of the Year Award.

Recover money spent on over-aged athletes: Ministry tells SAI

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 21:13

A livid Sports Ministry on Thursday asked SAI to recover the money spent on the athletes` airfare from the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the embarrassment caused to the country after 17 over-aged sportspersons were barred from the Nanjing Asian Youth Games.

T&T athletics team at worlds wasn`t approved

Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 16:32

The Trinidad and Tobago team at the 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Moscow wasn’t approved by the General Council of the National Association of Athletics Administration (NAAA).

Khusbir finishes 39th in 20km walk, still sets national record

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 17:19

Khusbir Kaur finished a distant 39th but still improved on her own national record in the women`s 20km Race Walk event in the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships on Tuesday.

IAAF to return to four-year doping bans from 2015

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 19:39

World athletics` governing body, the IAAF, will adhere to a new WADA code and happily revert to four-year bans for drugs offenders from 2015 as part of its "unwavering commitment against doping".

Bolt says he is ready to reclaim world 100m title

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 18:34

Sprint sensation Usain Bolt says he is ready to reclaim the 100 metres title he lost two years ago and to successfully defend the 200m at the IAAF World Championships starting here this weekend.

Kalmadi loses IAAF Council membership

Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 16:42

Scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi`s association with any sports body has ended as he has lost the membership of the powerful Council of the International Association of Athletics Federation.

Belarus shot putter stripped of 4 medals for doping

Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 19:27

Former world shot put champion Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus has been stripped of four world championship medals by the IAAF for doping offences.

Kenyan athletes plot to stun the world in Moscow

Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2013, 15:55

In the absence of record holder David Rudisha, the Kenyan men`s 800 metre team for the IAAF World Championships in Moscow is wrapping up a surprise package in its bid to retain the crown.

Bolt among 29 Olympians for London Diamond League

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 14:21

Usain Bolt is among 29 London Olympics medallists who have so far been confirmed for the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London this weekend.