News for 'International Association of Athletics Federations'

Sprinters stripped of silver

Sprinters stripped of silver

Rediff.com29 Apr 2004

The British 4x100 relay team at the 2003 world athletics championships were stripped of their silver medal after Dwain Chambers decided not to appeal against his two-year ban for doping.

White escapes doping ban

White escapes doping ban

Rediff.com3 Sep 2003

Greek sprinters explain to IAAF

Greek sprinters explain to IAAF

Rediff.com18 Dec 2004

Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou sent explanations to the IAAF why they missed doping tests at Olympics.

Shamed Greek sprinters tested by WADA

Shamed Greek sprinters tested by WADA

Rediff.com7 Dec 2004

Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were among a group of Greek athletes to be tested by doctors from WADA.

Mumbai Marathon on Jan 16

Mumbai Marathon on Jan 16

Rediff.com22 Dec 2010

The prize-money for the eight edition of th eevent, which has retained IAAF Gold-label status, has been increased by US $15,000 and will be US $3,25,000.

Chambers stripped of 100m title

Chambers stripped of 100m title

Rediff.com27 Jun 2006

Sprinter Dwain Chambers has been stripped of his 2002 European 100 metres title after admitting he took the steroid THG that year.

Anju climbs to seventh spot in IAAF rankings

Anju climbs to seventh spot in IAAF rankings

Rediff.com5 Sep 2005

She has also booked a spot at the World Athletics Finals in Monaco scheduled for September 9-10.

PIX: Glitzy opening for inaugural Kho Kho World Cup

PIX: Glitzy opening for inaugural Kho Kho World Cup

Rediff.com13 Jan 2025

After a stunning dance performance celebrating India, and highlighting the vibrant and colourful culture of the country, the athletes of the participating nations paraded around the stadium.

Greek sprinters send explanations to IAAF

Greek sprinters send explanations to IAAF

Rediff.com18 Dec 2004

Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have sent explanations to the governing body of world athletics as to why they missed doping tests at the Athens Olympics in August.

'Former IAAF president behind corruption'

'Former IAAF president behind corruption'

Rediff.com14 Jan 2016

Lamine Diack, the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), was responsible for organizing and enabling the conspiracy and corruption that took place in athletics' governing body, an independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Thursday.

Gatlin to challenge four-year suspension

Gatlin to challenge four-year suspension

Rediff.com3 Jan 2008

The Olympic 100 metres champion's options includes appealing to the International Association of Athletics Federations, taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport or filing a federal lawsuit.

Semenya qualifies for London Olympics

Semenya qualifies for London Olympics

Rediff.com21 Apr 2012

Former world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya qualified for the London Olympics on Friday when she eased to victory in one minute 59.58 seconds at a Yellow Pages Series meeting.

Semenya offered to show body to IAAF officials for proof

Semenya offered to show body to IAAF officials for proof

Rediff.com25 May 2022

Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was 18 to prove she was female,

Anju regains No. 4 ranking

Anju regains No. 4 ranking

Rediff.com29 Mar 2006

Despite a poor showing at the Commonwealth Games, the ace Indian long jumper climbed a notch in the IAAF rankings.

Athens Games shot put set for Olympia

Athens Games shot put set for Olympia

Rediff.com23 Nov 2003

The shot put competition for both men and women would take place in Olympia before the start of the main athletics programme

Dutee likely to participate in World C'ships

Dutee likely to participate in World C'ships

Rediff.com28 Jul 2017

Dutee, who missed the original entry standard of 11.26 seconds, got an invite from the IAAF as the target number of 56 athletes for women's 100m event was yet to be reached for the August 4-13 World Championships in London.

PIX: PM Modi declares 38th National Games open!

PIX: PM Modi declares 38th National Games open!

Rediff.com28 Jan 2025

'It is a beautiful portrait of Ek Bharat, Sreshth Bharat.'

Algerian runner Makhloufi thrown out for not trying

Algerian runner Makhloufi thrown out for not trying

Rediff.com6 Aug 2012

Algerian middle-distance runner Taoufik Makhloufi has been excluded from the London Olympics for not trying in an 800-metre heat.

Kalmadi moves court to attend London Olympics

Kalmadi moves court to attend London Olympics

Rediff.com12 Jul 2012

Sacked CWG Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, accused in a games-related graft case, sought a Delhi court's permission to attend the 2012 Olympics in London.

Two boxers pass gender test, cleared for Olympics

Two boxers pass gender test, cleared for Olympics

Rediff.com30 Jul 2024

The two boxers had failed gender tests at World Championships in New Delhi last year

Anju slips in world rankings

Anju slips in world rankings

Rediff.com7 Jul 2004

The Indian lung jump ace slid a place to No. 5 in the latest IAAF rankings.

IAAF agrees to Semenya keeping World title

IAAF agrees to Semenya keeping World title

Rediff.com19 Nov 2009

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has agreed that South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800 metres world title, the country's sports ministry said Thursday. The 18-year-old Semenya, who stormed to victory in August's world championships in Berlin, underwent gender verification tests this summer in South Africa and Germany and a panel of experts has been studying the results for the IAAF.

More positive THG tests

More positive THG tests

Rediff.com21 Nov 2003

Several athletes who competed in the world championships in August have tested positive for the new designer steroid THG.

South African runner in gender row returns home

South African runner in gender row returns home

Rediff.com25 Aug 2009

World champion South African runner Caster Semenya, whose victory has been overshadowed by a gender testing row, returned home to a heroine's welcome on Tuesday.

White will fight to keep medals

White will fight to keep medals

Rediff.com12 Sep 2003

The double world sprint champion said she would also take part in the weekend's World Athletics Final in Monaco.

Russia unlikely to compete in Rio Olympic Games

Russia unlikely to compete in Rio Olympic Games

Rediff.com29 Dec 2015

European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen does not expect Russia to return to international competition in time for next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Olympic boxing crisis deepens: India's fate uncertain

Olympic boxing crisis deepens: India's fate uncertain

Rediff.com1 Sep 2024

Boxing's already uncertain Olympic future was thrown into further jeopardy after the sport's Asian governing body voted against leaving the suspended International Boxing Association (IBA) to join the rival association.

Coe prepared to run for president of IAAF

Coe prepared to run for president of IAAF

Rediff.com25 Jul 2012

London Olympics organising committee chairman Seb Coe has said for the first time that he would like to become president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) when he steps down from his present job.

Massive sports corruption case begins in Paris

Massive sports corruption case begins in Paris

Rediff.com8 Jun 2020

Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics' governing body, arrived in court in Paris on Monday to stand trial on charges of corruption, money laundering and breach of trust linked to a Russian doping scandal. Prosecutors allege he solicited 3.45 million euros ($3.9 million) from athletes suspected of doping to cover up the allegations and allow them to continue competing, including in the 2012 London Olympics.

IOC discusses more crackdowns on drugs cheats before Olympics

IOC discusses more crackdowns on drugs cheats before Olympics

Rediff.com21 Jun 2016

Leading sports powerbrokers gathered at the International Olympic Committee's headquarters on Tuesday morning to discuss further crackdowns on drug cheats before the Rio Games.

3 more Indian athletes, including Maheswary, qualify for Rio Olympics

3 more Indian athletes, including Maheswary, qualify for Rio Olympics

Rediff.com11 Jul 2016

Three track and field athletes, including veteran triple jumper Renjith Maheswary, on Monday booked their berths for next month's Rio Olympics with national record breaking performances in the fourth Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru.

Gay, not Powell, world's best sprinter: Johnson

Gay, not Powell, world's best sprinter: Johnson

Rediff.com30 Apr 2008

Jamaican 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell is not the world's best sprinter, retired 200 and 400 record holder Michael Johnson said. That honour, he said, goes to American world champion Tyson Gay. "Asafa Powell is a great talent but he can never get it done. He's failed time after time at the championships."

Amputee Pistorius barred from Beijing Games

Amputee Pistorius barred from Beijing Games

Rediff.com14 Jan 2008

South African double amputee Oscar Pistorius will not be allowed to compete at this year's Beijing Olympics.

500 Indian athletes fail dope tests in nearly five years

500 Indian athletes fail dope tests in nearly five years

Rediff.com15 Dec 2013

In what may come as an embarrassing revelation for India's anti-doping machinery, 500 sportspersons, mostly weightlifters and track-and-field athletes, have failed drug tests conducted by NADA in the last four and a half years.

IAAF will not rush to change rule that ousted Bolt

IAAF will not rush to change rule that ousted Bolt

Rediff.com31 Aug 2011

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will not be rushed into revising the controversial false-start rule that sent Usain Bolt crashing out of the world championships 100 metres, a top official said on Wednesday.

IAAF erase Jones's results since Sept 1 2000

IAAF erase Jones's results since Sept 1 2000

Rediff.com24 Nov 2007

Marion Jones was formally disqualified from all competitions since Sept 1. 2000, including the Sydney Olympics where she won five medals, after admitting last month to taking banned drugs.