Athletics

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will now be known as World Athletics, a statement said. “We’re now World Athletics,” the sport’s international governing body said on its website. “Welcome to the new World Athletics website, the place to come for all things about our wonderful sport. We’ll be bringing you new features about athletes and the sport, as ...

33rd National Games-Army wins 33rd National Games Quaid-e-Azam trophy, KP take fairplay trophy By Ijaz Ahmad PESHAWAR, Nov 16 : Pakistan Army clinched the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the 24th times when its secured 7909 points with 150 gold medals, 134 silver and 96 bronze medals and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa awarded fairplay trophy of the 33rd National Games which concluded after a colourful ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has revealed the shortlist for September’s Allianz Athlete of the Month, and the public can now vote for the winner on www.paralympic.org. The nominations are: ALICE TAI, GBR, SWIMMING Tai the most successful athlete at the World Championships in London, Great Britain, winning all seven of her events, including one world record in the women’s ...

DOHA: Dalilah Muhammad says she is relishing the pressure of trying to break her own world record as she aims to add a World Championships gold medal to her 2016 Olympics 400m hurdles crown. The 29-year-old New Yorker stunned the athletics world in July when she obliterated one of the longest-standing records in women´s track and field during the US ...

Russia’s ban for doping upheld months before World Championships in Doha Russian athletes may miss this year’s World Championships in Doha after the International Association of Athletics Federations voted to leave its doping suspension in place. The IAAF took the decision at a council meeting in Monaco – the 11th time it has voted to maintain the ban. Athletes have ...

PESHAWAR, May 22  Charsadda and Jaffar Shah Athletic Academy clinched the titles of the ongoing Floodlight Ramadan Games being played on different venues here on Wednesday.Deputy Director Sports Aziz Ullah Khan and Director Development Niamat Ullah graced the occasion as guests. Director Games Zakir Ullah, Secretary KP Athletic Association Syed Sultan Shah, former international athlete Syed Jaffar Shah, coach Zafran ...

By Ijaz Ahmad PESHAWAR, President Athletic Federation of Pakistan (AFP) Maj. Gen. (Retd) Muhammad Akram Sahi termed Athletes Commission (AC) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) a step taken in the right direction. Talking to APP in exclusive chat, General Akram Sahi, who is also member of the World Value Commission of International Association of Athletic Federation (IAAF) and Executive ...

 Islamabadb:-Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP)  has announced 12- members national team to  participate in the  South Asian  Junior Athletics Championship which will be started  from May 5 at Colombo, Sri Lanka. Islamabad by Nawaz Gohar President, Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP), Major General(R), Muhammad Akram Sahi told that AFP appointed   Chaudhry Iqbal Akhtar  as Group Leader while  Qazi Tanveer  and ...

Pakistan’s javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem who had qualified for the finals, could not make an impressive mark as he finished eighth in the event. Nadeem had given Pakistan some hope, after Pakistani weightlifters Nooh Dastagir Butt and Taha Talib had bagged a bronze, along with Mohammad Bilal who gave Pakistan their third bronze of the tournament in the boxing event. ...

Gold Coast: Pakistan received news to cheer from the Commonwealth Games on Friday after Arshad Nadeem qualified for the finals of the javelin throw event with a national-record throw. Arshad’s throw in Group B qualifier was 80.45m, which is also a new national record by any Pakistani in men’s javelin throw competition. He improved his previous record which was 78.33m. ...