Sports / Athletics

Gebrselassie wins in Vienna 15 Apr 2013 - 12:14 am

VIENNA: Ethiopian distance star Haile Gebrselassie won his third consecutive Vienna half marathon yesterday, timing one hour one minute and 14 seconds. Gebrselassie,...

Korir faces fast field in Boston Marathon 14 Apr 2013 - 12:45 am

BOSTON: Defending champion Wesley Korir, who recently won a seat in Kenya’s parliament, said his goal in today’s Boston Marathon will be to...

Qatar’s Barshim picks up gold 11 Apr 2013 - 12:53 am

Ibrahim Ali bin Owairan (centre), and other officials of Saudi Arabia team pose with their winner’s trophy during the 14th GCC Athletics Championships...

Felix set to enthral Doha fans at Diamond League 11 Apr 2013 - 12:39 am

FROM LEFT. Mohammed Sulaiman, Doha 2013 Diamond League Spectators Committee Manager, Dahlan Al Hamad, President of QAF and Fahd Al Hajri, Doha 2013...

Qatari athletes sparkle on day 2 10 Apr 2013 - 12:36 am

Qatar’s Ahmed Mohammed Deeb with the national flag after winning the discuss throw final. Deeb touched a distance of 59.75m. Kuwait’s Essa Mohammed...

Bahrain’s retired star urges girls to target Olympics 10 Apr 2013 - 12:34 am

Bahrain’s Roqaya Al Gassra competes in the heats of the women’s 100m race at the 15th Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar, in...

Qatar’s Francis wins gold 09 Apr 2013 - 12:34 am

Qatar’s Samuel Francis (third left ) wins the men’s 100m final on day one of the 14th GCC Athletics Championships at Khalifa Stadium...

Samuel Francis factbox 09 Apr 2013 - 12:34 am

n Samuel Adelebari Francis (born 27 March 1987) is a Nigerian-born Qatari sprinter who specialises in the 100m. He became a naturalised Qatari...

All eyes on Mutaz at GCC event 08 Apr 2013 - 11:54 am

Officials of Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF) gearing up for the 14th GCC Athletics Championships which will begin at Khalifa Stadium today. Around 200...

QAF to honour athletes, officials during meet 08 Apr 2013 - 11:53 am

DOHA: Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF) is set to honour names like Roqaya Al Gassra, Bahrain’s top female sprinter, and Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi,...

16 medals up for grabs on day one 08 Apr 2013 - 11:52 am

DOHA: A total of 16 medals will be up for grabs on day one of the 14th GCC Athletics Championships which opens at...

Britain’s Rutherford tops Melbourne field 07 Apr 2013 - 07:14 am

MELBOURNE: British Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford repeated his London Games triumph over Australia’s Mitchell Watt with victory at the IAAF Melbourne...

Kuzenkova, Krivelyova get two-year bans for doping 03 Apr 2013 - 10:14 am

MOSCOW: Former world and Olympic champions Svetlana Krivelyova and Olga Kuzenkova have been banned for two years each for failing drugs tests after...

Injury forces Powell to withdraw from Stawell Gift 01 Apr 2013 - 10:57 pm

MELBOURNE: Jamaican former 100m world record-holder Asafa Powell has withdrawn from Australia’s Stawell Gift with a hamstring injury, race organisers said yesterday. Powell...

Bolt coasts to win in Rio 01 Apr 2013 - 12:55 pm

Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the “Desafio Mano a Mano” racing competition, an exhibition event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday....

Bolt ‘focused’ on today’s Rio 150m sprint 31 Mar 2013 - 12:41 am

Rio de Janeiro: Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has vowed to push himself to the limit during today’s 150m exhibition event on Rio’s...

Athletics: Bolt signs on for London Diamond League: Report 30 Mar 2013 - 12:46 am

LONDON: Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has signed a contract to race at the London Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium, according to...

Barshim to lead medals charge at home event 26 Mar 2013 - 09:53 am

Dahlan Jamaan Al Hamad, (center) President of Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF), is seen with Mohammad Suleiman, acting director of local organising committee (left),...