Sports / Athletics

Jet Ski World Championship: Team Qatar to take part in first round 20 Jul 2021 - 09:44 am

Doha: Qatar’s jet ski racing team left for Poland to take part in the European international aquabike championship - the first round of...

After world record, Warholm eyes final jewel in crown 17 Jul 2021 - 01:09 pm

With World Championship titles and the 400-metre hurdles world record in his possession, there is only one jewel left for Karsten Warholm to...

Qatar’s Cherif, Tijan gear up for Olympics in Gstad event 08 Jul 2021 - 09:42 am

Doha: Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Tijan Ahmed are taking part in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Tournament, which started in Gstad yesterday. The Olympic-bound...

Qatar prepares to host GCC Aquatics Championships 30 Jun 2021 - 10:00 am

Doha: Qatar Swimming Association (QSA) has started preparations to host the 28th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Aquatics Championships, which will be held from...

‘Deeply saddened’: Qatar’s star sprinter Haroun dies aged 24 26 Jun 2021 - 06:56 pm

Doha: The entire sports fraternity in Qatar and the World Athletics mourned the death of star sprinter Abdalelah Haroun, who passed away today...

FIG World Cup: Ageless Oksana clinches vault gold in Doha 26 Jun 2021 - 09:06 am

Oksana Chusovitina yesterday warmed up for her record eight Olympic Games with a gold in the women’s vault final at the 13th FIG...

FIG World Cup: Turkey's Ferhat shines in parallel bars qualification at Aspire Dome 25 Jun 2021 - 10:05 am

Turkey’s reigning European champion Ferhat Arican warmed up for the parallel bars final after his effortless attempt saw him top the qualification chart...

FIG World Cup: Qatar’s Al Habshi qualifies for vault final 24 Jun 2021 - 11:34 am

Qatar’s Duha Al Habshi qualified for the women’s vault final at the 13th FIG Artistic Individual Apparatus World Cup here at the Aspire...

Final chance to book Olympic berths as Doha World Cup begins 23 Jun 2021 - 10:29 am

Doha: Olympic champion Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) and three-time Olympian Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) are among those aiming to clinch tickets to this summer’s Tokyo...

Meet Thunder and Saint Leo, sprint king Bolt's newborn twin sons 21 Jun 2021 - 02:16 pm

Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has announced the birth of his twin sons Thunder and Saint Leo. Bolt shared the news on social...

Athletics-'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh dies aged 91 19 Jun 2021 - 09:02 am

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country had lost a "colossal sportsperson" following the death of Milkha Singh, one of its most...

Qatar's Femi clinches gold medal 19 Jun 2021 - 08:26 am

Qatar’s Femi Ogunode gestures after winning 100m gold at the Arab Athletics Championships in Tunisia, clocking 10.19 secs. Qatar also received a silver...

Arab Games: Qatar's athletes set for Tunisia challenge 16 Jun 2021 - 07:45 am

Doha: Qatar’s athletics team will participate in the Arab Games - qualifiers to the Tokyo Olympics 2020 - which is starting in Tunisia...

Barshim ready for Florence challenge 10 Jun 2021 - 09:40 am

Reigning world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim is ready to compete against a strong field in the high jump event of the third Diamond...

New York City Marathon returns after 2020 COVID-19 cancellation 17 May 2021 - 10:31 pm

NEW YORK - A limited field of 33,000 runners will return to the starting line for the 50th running of the New York...

U.S. gymnast Simone Biles ends Nike partnership, joins Gap's Athleta: WSJ 23 Apr 2021 - 03:11 pm

Four-time Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is leaving Nike Inc's roster of athletes to join a new apparel partnership with Gap Inc's Athleta...