PARIS: The World Games on Thursday lifted the ban on Russia sports federations and stadiums for state-sponsored doping while still barring its athletes from competition as Moscow’s crackdown on Ukraine continues. The Russian federation (RusAF) was banned in 2015 after a damning report by the World Anti-Doping Agency revealed “a deep culture of doping”. For...
PARIS: It may be far from any stadium but the 2024 Paris Olympics is preparing for the threat of a drone attack with what one official calls “unprecedented” measures. Fears of a deadly attack have haunted every Olympic host for half a century since Palestinian gunmen took members of the Israeli team into captivity at...
WELLINGTON: Sports Management Zane Robertson was banned from all sports for eight years by a New Zealand court on Wednesday. , when it was proven correct with a performance-enhancing drug and fraudulent documents. Athletics NZ chief executive Peter Pfitzinger told AFP it was the longest ban handed down to a New Zealand player. The 33-year-old...
BANGKOK: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) continued to pave the way for Russian and Belarusian athletes to qualify for next year’s Summer Games through events in the region. its Sports Council has approved these principles. Of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is coming under great pressure from 35 nations, including the United States, Great...
LAUSANNE: World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) director general Olivier Niggli told AFP that Russia’s competitors “are being tested” even though they disappeared from the world scene after Moscow’s attacks on Ukraine. “The idea that Russians are not being tested right now is wrong,” he said. “They are being tested now.” But Niggli said that reforming Russia’s...
SWEDEN: Michael Shiffrin became the most successful athlete in the history of skiing’s World Cup after winning 87 times and winning the slalom in Are on Saturday’ c. “It’s hard to fathom that thought,” Shiffrin said after sealing the win that moved him ahead of Swedish legend Ingemar Stenmark whose record of 86 wins he...
PARIS: Britain is calling Olympics sponsors including Coca-Cola and Samsung support the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in next year’s summer games in Paris. It is hoped that London will be encouraged by the supporters International Olympic Committee (IOC), and a year and a half to go until the Paris 2024 games. “We...
PARIS: A French labor union said workers in the energy sector cut power to Olympic construction sites on Thursday for the 2024 Paris Gamesas well as the main stadium of the Stade de France. Gas and electricity were cut off at sites as well as at data centers, said Sebastien Menesplier, secretary general of the...
FRANCE: Armand Duplantis Sweden set a new world pole vault record of 6.22 meters at an indoor meet in France on Saturday, describing it as “almost an out-of-body experience”. Olympic champion Duplantis bettered his own record of 6.21m which he set in winning the outdoor world championships in Oregon last year. Competing in the All-Star...
KARACHI: “It was very difficult to run continuously three times a day without the presence of a doctor. But it felt great because I really ran with everything I had,” Shajar Abbas His emotions and struggles were revealed on February 11, when he made history by becoming the first Pakistani sprinter to reach the final...