Sports / Athletics

Bahrain fights to get runner’s gold returned 29 Sep 2014 - 09:20 am

Dahlan Al Hamad, President of Asian Athletics Association and Qatar Athletics Federation, poses for a picture along medal winners at the victory ceremony...

Kimetto breaks world record 29 Sep 2014 - 09:01 am

BERLIN: Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto smashed the world record in the Berlin Marathon yesterday as he made history by becoming the first man to...

Qatar’s Al Garni powers to gold 28 Sep 2014 - 06:52 am

Mohamad Al Garni, Qatar’s gold medallist, poses for a picture with Qatar Athletics Federation President Dahlan Al Hamad and other officials in Incheon,...

Bahrain’s Jebet stripped of steeplechase victory 28 Sep 2014 - 06:20 am

Bahrain’s Ruth Jebet (centre) is assisted by an official as she walks away from the podium at the medal ceremony on the final...

Toffee alert for South Korea in Japan blockbuster 28 Sep 2014 - 06:15 am

INCHEON, South Korea: South Korea face bitter rivals Japan anxious to avoid the dreaded “toffee punishment” in a politically-charged headline game in the...

Qatar cruise into handball semis 27 Sep 2014 - 04:16 am

Incheon: Qatar thrashed Chinese Taipei 29-19 to sweep their quarter-final round robin league in the handball tournament at the Asian Games here yesterday....

Dragonfly robs Kuwait shooter of gold medal 27 Sep 2014 - 04:12 am

INCHEON: A dragonfly twice danced on the shotgun of Olympic shooting medalist Fehaid Al Deehani as he was about to fire gold medal...

Qatari women’s basketball team quits Games as world marks fall in Incheon 26 Sep 2014 - 08:44 am

South Korea’s Shin competes against China’s Xu during their women’s epee team fencing competition final at Goyang Gymnasium during the 17th Asian Games...

Hagino claims fourth gold but China dominate in pool 25 Sep 2014 - 08:58 am

INCHEON, South Korea: Japan’s Kosuke Hagino won his fourth swimming gold but China ruled the pool as they shot out to a big...

China enjoy pool party; Tajik footballer fails drugs test 24 Sep 2014 - 08:38 am

INCHEON, South Korea: China proved they are still the Asian Games gold standard in the pool by scooping six swimming titles yesterday, while...

Brown backs Doha’s 2019 World Championship bid 14 Sep 2014 - 11:28 pm

Doha: Doha’s bid to host the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Athletics received a significant boost on Friday after international athletics star and...

Pistorius has not damaged Paralympic movement: IPC 13 Sep 2014 - 06:53 am

LONDON: Oscar Pistorius’s conviction for culpable homicide after shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp will not harm the profile of the Paralympic movement,...

North Korean athletes arrive for Asian Games 12 Sep 2014 - 04:44 am

Athletes from North Korea arrive at Incheon international airport, ahead of competing at the Asian Games, yesterday. INCHEON, South Korea: The first batch...

Farah brings end to British drought in Great North Run 07 Sep 2014 - 09:07 pm

NEWCASTLE: British track great Mo Farah (pictured) became the first home runner to win the men’s Great North Run race since Steve Kenyon...

Campbell-Brown claims gold on return 29 Aug 2014 - 11:28 pm

Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown celebrates after winning the women’s 100m final at the Diamond League Athletics meet in Zurich on Thursday. ZURICH: Jamaica’s Veronica...

Evergreen Pavey the golden girl at Euro meet 13 Aug 2014 - 10:39 pm

ZURICH: Just a month short of her 41st birthday, Britain’s Jo Pavey ran her way into the record books on the opening night...

Athletics blank Twins 08 Aug 2014 - 10:24 pm

NEW YORK: Left-hander Jon Lester pitched his fourth career shutout and first baseman Stephen Vogt hit two-run homer to lift the Oakland Athletics...

Usain denies bolt from the blue 31 Jul 2014 - 04:10 pm

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (left) poses with a fan during a women’s netball match between Jamaica and New Zealand in Glasgow yesterday. LONDON:...