LONDON (REUTERS) – Athletes will be allowed to wear shoes still under development in international competitions and events where World Athletics rules apply, upon approval of the shoes’ specifications, after a rule change by the sport’s governing body. The shoes…
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Soh Rui Yong and Singapore Athletics mend fences over SEA Games non-selection saga, runner withdraws lawsuit
SINGAPORE – One of the most high-profile spats in local sport has ended in a ceasefire, with marathoner Soh Rui Yong discontinuing his lawsuit against Singapore Athletics (SA). In a statement posted on SA’s website on Friday (Oct 16), the…
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Not all plain sailing being part of fastest family
NEW YORK • There is not a lot of rhyme or reason to the chosen pursuits of the children born to the world’s great athletes. Bronny James, Lebron’s eldest son, is a top basketball prospect, but the children of tennis…
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Fitness: Entries to inaugural Straits Times Virtual Run sold out
SINGAPORE – Entries to the inaugural The Straits Times Virtual Run have sold out. The allocation of over 14,000 slots was snapped up well before the event’s official Oct 4 deadline for registrations. Participants can now look forward to clocking…
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Athletics: Lyles blasts to 200m win to banish Covid-19 woes
MONACO (AFP) – American world champion Noah Lyles stormed to a convincing victory in the men’s 200m as competitive track and field resumed in Monaco on Friday (Aug 14) in a season almost wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic. Starting…
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Athletics: World Athletics puts Russians' return on hold
PARIS (AFP) – World Athletics announced on Thursday (July 2) the provisional suspension of the process of allowing Russian athletes to return to competition after the country’s athletics federation (RusAF) failed to pay a fine for breaking doping rules. RusAF…
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Veteran track and field coach Loh Chan Pew found guilty of molesting teenage athlete
SINGAPORE – Veteran track and field coach Loh Siang Piow was on Wednesday (June 3) found guilty of two charges of molesting a teenage athlete under his charge in 2013. The trial, which began over three years ago and was…
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Athletics: Mo Farah feels Tokyo Olympics delay could help his 10,000m title defence
LONDON (REUTERS) – Multiple Olympic champion Mo Farah says the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 could work to his advantage as the Briton will now have around 20 months to train for the defence of his 10,000m title,…
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Athletics: It's my life, not a soap opera, says French athlete Claude-Boxberger
PARIS (AFP) – French athlete Ophelie Claude-Boxberger, who tested positive for EPO in September and is awaiting news on a potential ban, says she is fed up with people talking about her life as if it were a soap opera….
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Athletics: UK Athletics made 'reasonable' calls over Alberto Salazar's Oregon Project
LONDON (AFP) – UK Athletics (UKA) made “reasonable” decisions in two internal reviews of allegations related to the controversial Nike Oregon Project run by Mo Farah’s former coach Alberto Salazar, an independent report said on Friday. The governing body held…
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South-east Asia's first Star Wars virtual run begins on May 4
SINGAPORE – South-east Asia’s first Star Wars virtual run will take place in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam this May 4, the commemorative date for fans of the movie and its signature “May the Force be with you”…
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Athletics: Sweden's Duplantis soars 6.17m to break pole vault world record
WARSAW (REUTERS) -World silver medallist Mondo Duplantis realised a lifetime dream when he broke the pole vault world record on Saturday (Feb 8) by soaring 6.17 metres on his second attempt at a World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting in Torun…
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Athletics: Olympic marathon set for Sapporo to beat heat
TOKYO • The marathon and race-walking events at next year’s Tokyo Olympics are set to be moved to Sapporo where temperatures will be “significantly lower”, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said yesterday. With temperatures at the July 24-Aug 9 Games…
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Anger over unfilled stadium seats
DOHA • Qatar confidently vowed there would be “no empty seats” when it first bid for the World Athletics Championships in 2011 but, halfway through the 10-day event, that promise rings as hollow as Khalifa International Stadium. Confronted with growing…
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