Indian coach handed lifetime ban, seven athletes provisionally suspended
India’s National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has handed athletics coach Rakesh Kumar a lifetime ban for administering prohibited substances to athletes competing in athletics, weightlifting...
Chasing the legend of Tom Longboat
By Paul Gains
Kristian Jamieson is on a mission to beat the time his great-great-grandfather ran at the Boston Marathon. This might bear little relevance...
How the Athletics Integrity Unit helped Athletics Kenya build a digital integrity infrastructure in...
*With files from the press release "How the AIU helped Athletics Kenya build a digital integrity infrastructure with the launch of Riadha Connect."
Kenya’s vast...
Amy Hunt protests Sydney Sweeney, but athletes are not immune to posing nude
Two things that are controversial in certain segments of society are gambling and posing nude for publication. Both are at play with regard to...
What happened to powerhouses Ethiopia and Kenya at the 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship?
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What happened to track powerhouses Ethiopia and Kenya at the 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship?
While the...
Werro, Hodgkinson, Broeders-Bol went 1-2-3 in Ultimate Championship 800m
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The universe kept to the script with the expected top-three finishers as they have throughout the season. Audrey...
Women’s 1500m at World Athletics Ultimate Championships: Could be any of four athletes for...
The women’s 1500 metres at the inaugural Budapest World Athletics Ultimate Championships arrives with an unusual vacancy. Any other year, Faith Kipyegon would be...
Will Femke Broeders-Bol beat Audrey Werro during the World Athletics Ultimate Championship?
Can Keely Hodgkinson, Femke Broeders-Bol, or anyone else, for that matter, defeat Audrey Werro in the women's 800 metres at the World Athletics Ultimate...
Kenyan Caren Chelagat was banned for four years for doping
Kenyan Caren Chelagat, a 31-year-old distance runner, has been banned by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for doping.
On May 3, 2026, Chelagat provided a...
Audrey Werro narrowly holds off Femke Broeders-Bol in Brussels Diamond League 800 metre championships
Swiss 22-year-old 800 metre phenom, Audrey Werro, narrowly held off the hard-charging Dutch athlete Femke Broeders-Bol, who this year converted to the 800m, after...
