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World Athletics stance on Russia ban unchanged: Sebastian Coe

September 13, 2026 admin

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe. | Photo Credit: AP World Athletics President Sebastian Coe insisted on Sunday (September 13, 2026) that his stance on sanctions imposed on Russia by track and field’s governing body were unchanged. Russia’s athletics federation has lodged a new claim at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to challenge the…

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Shannon Rowbury on Olympic bronze, doping and her long road to LA28

September 4, 2026 admin

Born about a month after the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, former American middle-distance runner Shannon Rowbury is eagerly awaiting her women’s 1500m bronze medal at LA28. She richly deserved a podium finish 14 years ago, but was robbed of the honour due to the drug-induced performances of some competitors. Thanks to the International Olympic Committee’s…

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Top stars for WA Continental Tour meet

August 17, 2026 admin

Zambia’s Paris Olympics 400m bronze medallist Muzala Samukonga and Nigeria’s Commonwealth Games shot put champion Chukwuebuka Enekwechi will be among the elite international athletes to be seen in action at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet at the Kalinga Stadium here on August 22, according to information shared at a build-up event here on…

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ATHLETICS | AFI to certify synthetic tracks in India over WA concerns

April 18, 2026 admin

Adille Sumariwalla, spokesperson AFI. | Photo Credit: File photo: R.V. MOORTHY The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Saturday said that it would start certifying tracks in the country as World Athletics (WA) was unhappy over the ‘substandard’ synthetic surfaces in India. The AFI took this decision at its recently-concluded annual general meeting (AGM) in…

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