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Rescheduled Boston Marathon Now Cancelled For First Time In 124 Years

Boston mayor Marty Walsh said that the race, which had already been postponed to September 14 from its April slot, would not now be held as planned for public health reasons ...

2021 Is The Last Option To Hold Olympics, Says Thomas Bach

Bach told the BBC that he agreed with Japan's stance that the Games will have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn't under control by next year ...

London 2020 Diamond League Meeting Cancelled

The Anniversary Games had been due take place at the London Stadium, which hosted the 2012 Olympics, on July 4-5 ...

Alex Korio Becomes Latest Kenyan Athlete To Be Suspended By AIU

This comes less than a month after 2017 London Marathon champion Daniel Wanjiru was handed a suspension by the AIU ...

Kenyan Athletes Handed KSh 53.6 Million Lifeline By World Athletics Fund

The fund will be from International Athletics Foundation (IAF), as more world bodies commit to aid sportsmen whose incomes have been affected by the cancellation of events, according to President Seb Coe, who also chairs the foundation ...

Olympics Chief Says Next Year's Games Will Be Cancelled If Pandemic Is Not Over

The pandemic has already forced a year-long delay of the Games, which are now scheduled to open on July 23, 2021. ...

Berlin Marathon Will Not Take Place In September

"We have learned that all events involving more than 5,000 people will be banned until October 24," race officials said in a statement. ...

Atheltics Kenya Boss Warns Athletes There's Nowhere To Run Amid Doping War

Wanjiru became the fourth Kenyan to be suspended this year after anomalies were found on his Athlete Biological Passport (ABP). ...

Kenyan Marathon Runner Daniel Wanjiru Suspended For Doping

He was suspended for "use of a prohibited substance/method". ...

World Athletics Suspend Tokyo Olympics Qualifiers Until December

The Games have already been pushed back from this summer to 2021 due to the COVID-19 outbreak ...

Kenya's Former World Marathon Record Holder Kipsang Arrested For Breaking Curfew

He pleaded guilty in a court on Friday and was released on bail of 5,000 shillings ($47, 43 euros) ...

Postponed Tokyo Olympics Set To Kick Off On July 23 2021

The announcement comes less than a week after organisers were forced to delay the Games under heavy pressure from athletes and sports federations as the global outbreak worsened ...

World Athletics President Coe Says Postponing Olympics Saves Athletes From Mental Torture

They would have been tempted to continue training despite large parts of the world being in lockdown due the COVID-19 pandemic, which has now killed more than 31,000 people ...