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Joshua Cheptegei Sets Sights On 10,000 Metres Track Record

Cheptegei served notice of his class when he took silver at the 2017 world championships in London when he was still just 20 ...

Tokyo Governor Pledges To Host 2020 Olympics "By All Means"

The 2020 Games were postponed in a historic decision earlier this year because of the pandemic, and they are now set to open on July 23, 2021 ...

Usain Bolt Tests Positive For Coronavirus After Lavish Birthday Party

The retired 100m and 200m world-record holder didn't confirm his test result, but he urged anyone who had been in contact with him to go into quarantine ...

Two-Time Olympic Champ Rudisha Out For 16 Weeks Due To Ankle Fracture

The 31-year-old Rudisha twisted his left ankle at his rural home in Kilgoris, western Kenya on May 19, and his doctor said closer examination revealed the fracture ...

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". ...