Poor show in South Asian athletics reflects deeper problems
30 October 2025, 03:00 AM
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Record number of countries won medals at World Athletics Championships
23 September 2025, 07:12 AM
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Hurdler Roni disappoints; BAF looks to Jamaica, Pakistan for coaches
15 September 2025, 13:30 PM
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Clearing hurdles, on and off the track
23 August 2025, 15:45 PM
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Imranur, Sumaiya regain fastest sprinter titles
22 August 2025, 12:27 PM
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Dominant Duplantis has 'high expectations' in Tokyo world c'ships
15 August 2025, 04:53 AM
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Duplantis does it again, breaks pole vault world record for the 13th time
13 August 2025, 05:28 AM
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Italian athlete dies at World Games in China
12 August 2025, 06:55 AM
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Lyles the showman ready to deliver 100m entertainment
18 July 2025, 13:40 PM
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'World's oldest marathon runner' dies aged 114 in road accident
15 July 2025, 08:20 AM
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India's Chopra adds world javelin gold to Olympic crown
The 25-year-old took silver last year but he stamped his mark on the final early on with his winning throw coming in the second round.
28 August 2023, 02:44 AM
Gold rush for Lyles, Richardson and Kipyegon
Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson, the two faces of the World Athletics Championships, won their third and second golds respectively by anchoring the United States to 4x100m relay triumphs in Budapest on Saturday.
26 August 2023, 22:00 PM
Jackson produces run for the ages in women's 200m
The 29-year-old Jamaican's victory was never in doubt as she ran a superb bend to enter the straight with a clear lead and finished in a stunning 21.41sec, leaving the others to battle for the minor medals.
26 August 2023, 01:56 AM
Lyles wins third 200m title for rare world sprint double
Lyles, who charged to 100m gold last weekend, clocked 19.52sec for the win with teenage teammate Erriyon Knighton claiming silver in 19.75sec.
26 August 2023, 01:47 AM
Race walkers Martin, Perez seal double glory for Spain at Budapest WAC
Martin held off Ecuador's Brian Pintado to win the men's race in two hours, 24 minutes and 30 seconds, while Perez clocked a championship record time of 2:38:40.
24 August 2023, 09:14 AM
‘Only allow yourself to define who you are’
Sha'Carri Richardson took no prisoners on the track in storming to women's 100m world gold in a mirror image of her pugnacious style off it -- which though not to everyone's taste has earned praise from track legend Michael Johnson.
23 August 2023, 02:00 AM
Kipyegon and Barshim make history at the worlds
Kipyegon produced an imperious front-running performance to add to her 2017 and 2022 titles, her face creasing in joy as realisation of her feat struck home.
23 August 2023, 01:46 AM
Lyles trying to fill the Bolt-hole
Since his retirement in 2017, athletics has routinely asked "where is the new Usain Bolt?" but newly-minted world 100 metres champion Noah Lyles is doing his best on and off the track to bring his sport firmly into the public limelight.
22 August 2023, 02:20 AM
Richardson trumps Jamaicans for stunning women's 100m gold
Richardson sprinted to a championship record of 10.65sec despite being in lane nine to seal a US 100m double after Noah Lyles' victory in the men's event on Sunday.
22 August 2023, 00:53 AM
Lyles strikes 100m gold to extend US dominance
Lyles, who already has two world 200m titles to his name and will go for a third in the Hungarian capital, clocked 9.83sec -- the fastest 100m time of the season so far -- for victory.
21 August 2023, 00:57 AM
Imranur off the pace at World Athletics Championship
Imranur could only finish 45th among 55 competitors, with 25 fastest making it to the semifinals.
19 August 2023, 18:47 PM
Imranur eases through preliminary qualifying round
Bangladesh’s fastest sprinter Imranur Rahman eased through the preliminary qualifying round of the 100m sprint in the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary today.
19 August 2023, 12:07 PM
Imranur to run in World Athletics today
Bangladesh's fastest man Imranur Rahman is all set to compete in the 100m sprint in World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary today.
19 August 2023, 02:00 AM
Top Indian sprinter gets four-year doping ban: reports
Top Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has been banned from competition for four years after she failed two doping tests, local media reported Friday.
18 August 2023, 07:02 AM
Jahir Rayhan disappoints in semifinals
Jahir Rayhan finished seventh among eight sprinters in one of the three semifinals of 200m sprint in the Asian Athletics Championship today.
15 July 2023, 11:30 AM
Jahir Rayhan confirms Asian Athletics semifinal spot
Bangladesh sprinter Jahir Rayhan qualified for the semifinal in the Asian Athletics Championship in Thailand today.
15 July 2023, 07:41 AM
Imranur misses out on final by 0.02 seconds
Bangladesh’s fastest sprinter Imranur Rahman failed to qualify for the finals of the 100m sprint in Asian Athletics Championship in Thailand today after clocking 10.40s, which is 0.15 seconds more than the time that he had set in the heat yesterday.
14 July 2023, 10:24 AM
Imranur records personal best to move into Asian Athletics semis
Bangladesh sprinter Imranur Rahman recorded his personal best to qualify for the semifinals in the 100m sprint in the 25th Asian Athletics Championships at the Suphachalasai Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday.
13 July 2023, 11:31 AM
Kipyegon adds 5,000m world record to 1500m mark in Paris
The 29-year-old produced a stunning performance to crush the world 5,000 mark at the Paris Diamond League on Friday, beating world record-holder Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia in the process.
10 June 2023, 12:11 PM
The last-placed runner who became toast of Cambodia
The Cambodian runner has become a star of the Southeast Asian Games since her gritty performance in the 5,000m. Although she came last, her determination to finish the race under torrential rain charmed the country and even won plaudits from Prime Minister Hun Sen.
16 May 2023, 08:34 AM