A dramatic moment at the Delaware Marathon Running Festival 2026 in the United States has gone viral after an athlete lost a near-certain victory by celebrating too early at the finish line. Read More: National Athletic Championship from May 14 The incident occurred during the final stretch of the race when a leading runner appeared […]
ATHLETICS
India tops global doping cases for third straight year
NEW DELHI: India has ranked first in the world for sports doping violations for the third consecutive year, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), dealing a blow to the country’s sporting ambitions. The findings come as India prepares to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games and eyes a future Olympic bid. Read More: Pakistan athletes banned […]
Banned coach Salman Butt to accompany Arshad Nadeem
Arshad Nadeem’s coach, Salman Butt, will travel with him to the upcoming Islamic Solidarity Games next week, despite being handed a lifetime ban by the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) last month. The AFP imposed the ban on October 12, citing “gross violations of the federation’s constitution” and prohibiting Salman from taking part in any […]
Lahore Police wins Punjab Inter-Range Athletics Championship
Lahore Police won the Punjab Inter-Range Athletics Championship. The magnificent competitions of the Punjab Police Inter-Range Athletics Championship 2025 were organized at the Punjab Stadium. According to Organizing Secretary Pakistan Police Athletics Team Coach Shahid Younis, dozens of athletes from Lahore Range, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Dera Ghazi Khan, Special Protection Unit, Elite Force and Punjab […]
Pakistani Runners Shine at 2025 Chicago Marathon
Pakistani runners from around the world made their mark at the 2025 Chicago Marathon, one of the seven World Marathon Majors with over 53,000 participants this year. Leading the Pakistani contingent was Syed Ali Hamza, a Pakistani-American from Villanova, who finished in 2:55:14, becoming the fastest Pakistani runner. He was closely followed by Salman Ilyas […]
McLaughlin smashes world record to win Olympic 400m hurdles gold
Sydney McLaughlin of the United States smashed her own world record as she stormed to victory in the Olympic women’s 400m hurdles final on Wednesday. McLaughlin powered home in 51.46sec, with world champion and 2016 Olympic gold medallist Dalilah Muhammad claiming silver in 51.58. Femke Bol of the Netherlands took bronze in 52.03. The 21-year-old […]
Defending champion Van Niekerk out of Olympic 400m
Wayde van Niekerk’s reign as Olympic 400m champion came to a disappointing end on Monday as the South African world record holder was eliminated in the semi-finals at the Tokyo Games. Van Niekerk, who produced one of the highlights of the 2016 Rio Olympics with an electrifying world record run of 43.03sec in the final, […]
China’s Su blasts into Olympic 100m final, Bromell out
China’s Su Bingtian ran an Asian record of 9.83 seconds to qualify for the men’s Olympic 100m final on Sunday, while US medal hope Trayvon Bromell missed the cut. Su, 31, shattered his previous best of 9.91 to storm to an impressive semi-final win over American Ronnie Baker in a photo-finish. Italy’s Lamont Jacobs finished […]
Sprinters seek post-Bolt gold on Day 3 Of Olympic athletics
The third day of athletics at the Tokyo Olympics takes place on Sunday. AFP Sport looks at five stand-out events: – Men’s 100m – Final – The Tokyo Olympics are the first since Athens in 2004 to take place without Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, winner of eight golds. Bolt retired after the 2017 world championships in […]
Renaissance man Warholm ‘hungry’ for Olympic tilt in 400m hurdles
Two-time 400m hurdles world champion Karsten Warholm says his run-in to the Olympics has left him “hungry” for more in an event that promises to be one of the most entertaining on the Tokyo track. The Norwegian smashed Kevin Young’s world record at the Oslo Diamond League meeting earlier this month, running a startling 46.70 […]