Athletics

Athletics

In shadows of greatness, Jamaica’s young sprinters rise

For the most talented youngsters, the next step of the journey is Jamaica's Boys and Girls Championships, a springboard to elite sprinting which takes place every year in a packed national stadium.

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Swimmer Rafi produces career-best timing, wins silver in Thailand

Promising swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi produced his career-best timing in Arena Thailand Age Group Swimming Championships 2025 to win a silver medal in 50m backstroke in Thailand today.

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Duplantis 'grinds' for gold as stellar trio headline electrifying world indoors

Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis headlined three modern-day greats of track and field to glory in an electrifying night of action at the world indoor championships in Nanjing on Saturday.

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15-year old Sam Ruthe becomes youngest to break four-minute mile

Ruthe surged over the line in 3 mins 58.35 secs at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on Wednesday evening, driven on by his pacesetters, including two-time Olympian Sam Tanner who won the race.

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Australian schoolboy clocks world-leading 200m time

Australian sprinting prodigy Gout Gout ran the fastest men's 200m in the world this year on Sunday, with the 17-year-old saying he felt "literally free".

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South Asian Athletics championships / No Imranur in 14-member Bangladesh team

Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) picked 14 athletes while leaving out England-based sprinter Imranur Rahman for preparation for the South Asian Senior Athletics Championships, which are scheduled to take place in Ranchi, Jharkhand from May 3-5.

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New date for 14th South Asian Games announced

The last edition of the South Asian Games was held in Nepal in 2019.

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National Athletics Championships / Unheralded Najimul breaks 31-year-old record

The previous record belonged to Bangladesh Navy’s Abdur Rahim Nayeem, who had set it in December, 1993 with a timing of 51.87 seconds.

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Imranur needs to prove himself again for int’l meets

England-based sprinter Imranur Rahman will not be considered to represent Bangladesh in international competitions until he proves himself in a special trial.

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World's oldest Olympic champion Keleti passes away

Agnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic champion and Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 103.

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BOA Marathon on December 20

Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) has decided to hold a long-distance race titled BOA Marathon 2024 on December 20, said a press release on Monday.

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Tyson slaps Paul in final face-off before Netflix bout

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson slapped opponent Jake Paul as the two men faced off for the final time on Thursday ahead of their controversial Netflix-backed bout.

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Paris to honour murdered Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei

The city of Paris will honour slain Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her, the French capital's mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Friday.

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Ugandan athlete Cheptegei dies after being set on fire by boyfriend

Cheptegei, 33, had sustained burns to 80 percent of her body, the acting head of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in the Rift Valley city of Eldorect where she was being treated, had told reporters on Tuesday.

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Jackie Chan: Hong Kong action star and Paris Paralympics torchbearer

Kung-fu daredevil, Hollywood star and Guinness world-record holder, and now Hong Kong-born actor Jackie Chan is set to be a torchbearer in the lead-up to Wednesday's opening ceremony of the Paralympics in Paris.

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Pole vault king Duplantis continues winning ways post-Olympics

Duplantis defended his Olympic gold in the Stade de France in some style, improving his own world record to 6.25 metres.

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Sports adviser unveils plan for new sports institute

Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud today announced plans for setting up a first-of-its-kind sports institute in the country.

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Italy's Petrillo to be first transgender athlete at Paralympic Games

Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first openly transgender athlete to participate in the Paralympic Games after the visually impaired sprinter was selected to represent Italy in the women's 200 and 400 metres races in Paris.

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