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World Athletics partially upholds corruption charges against UAE Federation chief
By Reuters | Reuters
UPDATED ON DEC 15, 2020 11:23 PM IST
World Athletics said in a statement that Al Kamali was alleged to have gifted Rolex and/or UAE branded Continental watches to delegates at the Confederation of African Athletics Congress in 2015 while he was a member of the IAAF Council.
IAAF changes name to World Athletics
By Indo Asian News Service | New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 17, 2019 04:10 PM IST
“We’re now World Athletics,” the sport’s international governing body said in their website.
Now for the ‘fun bit’ - Sebastian Coe gets new term as IAAF chief
By Press Trust of India | Doha
UPDATED ON MAR 17, 2020 12:39 PM IST
The former Olympic and world champion middle-distance runner became head of world athletics’ governing body in 2015 and receives his second mandate just two days before the World Athletics Championships open in Doha.
The transgender bill is unwilling to mess with gender norms
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUL 22, 2019 08:02 PM IST
Identity is felt in one’s head and heart. Policies must reflect that
Caster Semenya v IAAF: a ground-breaking gender test case
By Press Trust of India | Paris
UPDATED ON JUL 15, 2019 12:17 PM IST
The IAAF that athletes like Semenya, born with the “46 XY” chromosome rather than the XX chromosome have an advantage in all events based on their levels of testosterone.
Indian runner Gomathi Marimuthu failed dope test after winning Asian title
By AFP | New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 22, 2019 10:59 AM IST
The 30-year-old tested positive for anabolic steroids after her win at the Asian championships in Doha last month.
Relay quartets fail to make World Championship cut
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 12, 2019 10:57 AM IST
India will now have to compete in continental meets and invitational championships, recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Caster Semenya wins Doha 800m in first race since gender ruling defeat
By Reuters | Doha
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2019 11:05 PM IST
The South African was running at the Diamond League meeting in Doha two days after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected her appeal.
After gender ruling, Caster Semenya to run in Doha Diamond League
By AFP | Doha
UPDATED ON MAY 02, 2019 10:24 PM IST
Semenya was added to the 800m start list, a day after her appeal against a new rule regulating testosterone levels for women athletes was rejected by CAS.
We must question the CAS ruling on Semenya
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON MAY 02, 2019 09:19 PM IST
Female athletes should not be given a limit on what their bodies produce naturally
CAS decision ‘will not hold me back,’ says Caster Semenya after losing case over IAAF’s testosterone limiting rule
By Dhamini Ratnam | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 01, 2019 06:39 PM IST
The 28-year-old South African challenged the international body’s regulations on prescribing hormone limits on female athletes running 800m to 1mile
Caster Semenya says gender rules ‘do not empower anyone’
By AFP | Lausanne
UPDATED ON FEB 19, 2019 07:37 PM IST
The South African appeared Monday at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne at the start of a landmark hearing to challenge the rules proposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Caster Semenya takes gender rule challenge to sports court
By AFP | Lusanne
UPDATED ON FEB 18, 2019 09:54 AM IST
The South African government has said the rules proposed by track and field’s governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), specifically target Semenya and has called them a “gross violation” of her human rights.
Asian Games 2018: Dutee Chand clinches second medal, wins silver in women’s 200m
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 29, 2018 06:20 PM IST
Dutee Chand added another medal to her tally as she won the silver in Women’s 200m at the Asian Games 2018.
Asian Games 2018: Dutee Chand puts behind troubled past to bag silver
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 26, 2018 08:15 PM IST
Life hasn’t been easy for Dutee Chand as he had to fight and win a ‘gender’ case against the international federation at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).
Kenya to host 2020 IAAF World U-20 championships
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Nairobi
UPDATED ON JUL 27, 2018 11:44 PM IST
IAAF World U-20 championships will come three years after Nairobi staged the U-18 world championships, an event which went off smoothly despite leading nations pulling out citing insecurity in the country
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra bags gold at Sotteville Athletics meet
By ANI | Sotteville
UPDATED ON JUL 18, 2018 12:24 PM IST
India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra comfortably won the gold at the Sotteville Athletics meet in France, beating a competitive field which included 2012 London Olympics gold-medallist Keshorn Walcott.
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand blasts ‘wrong’ testosterone ruling
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 27, 2018 04:01 PM IST
Dutee Chand, who won a court battle for her right to compete with a hormonal imbalance, said she was relieved to have avoided falling under the regulations, which only cover distances between 400m and one mile.
Caster Semenya’s reign to be ended by new IAAF gender rule
By Reuters | Reuters, London
UPDATED ON APR 26, 2018 01:34 PM IST
A new hyperandrogenism rule is set to stop Caster Semenya from running 800 and 1500 metres races