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Athletics

World 100m champion Coleman handed two-year ban, to miss Olympics

World champion sprinter Christian Coleman is set to miss next year’s Tokyo Olympics after being banned from athletics for two years for anti-doping violations, the Athletics...

Athletics
/ 3 days ago

Road Running League set to return in November

Athletics Malta’s Road Running league is set to return this November with four exciting races taking Malta’s elite athlete runners as...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Athletics
/ 2 weeks ago

Strong performances by Athletics Malta in World Half Marathon Championships

Despite a chilly Baltic morning in Gydnia, Poland, Malta’s representatives in the World Half Marathon Championships did the country proud with...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Athletics
/ 2 weeks ago

Maltese runners set for World Athletics Half Marathon Championships

Four Maltese long-distance runners have left Malta for Gydnia, Poland, where on Saturday they will be taking part in the World...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Athletics
/ 3 weeks ago

Next year’s Tokyo marathon postponed until after Olympics

Next year’s Tokyo marathon has been postponed until after the delayed 2020 Olympics, organisers said Friday, as the coronavirus pandemic continues...

By AFP
Athletics
/ 3 weeks ago

Watch: Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey sets new women’s 5,000m world record

Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey set a new women’s 5,000m world record of 14 minutes 6.62 seconds in Valencia on Wednesday. The 22-year-old...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Athletics
/ 3 weeks ago

Updated: Athletics Malta mourns the passing of former president Anthony Chircop

The Maltese athletics community is mourning the death of their former president Anthony Chircop who passed away on Wednesday, aged 76....

By Valhmor Camilleri
Athletics
/ 4 weeks ago

Update: Kipchoge cracks as Kitata and Kosgei take London Marathon honours

It proved 13th time unlucky as world record holder Eliud Kipchoge fluffed his lines at Sunday’s London marathon, won in a...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Athletics
/ 4 weeks ago

Ethiopia’s Bekele withdraws from London Marathon

Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele has withdrawn from Sunday’s London Marathon with a calf injury, robbing an athletics-starved audience of a showdown with...

By AFP
Athletics
/ 1 month ago

Russian athletics body given 5-month extension for anti-doping plan

Athletics’ global governing body said Saturday it had given the Russian federation an additional five months to produce a comprehensive plan...

By AFP