Golden knight

Caterine Ibarguen’s unlikely double diamond ambitions reached fruition at the 42nd Van Damme Memorial in Brussels on Friday (31) as the Colombian star added the  IAAF Diamond League  title in the long jump to the triple jump title she took in Zurich just over 24 hours earlier. Last night, Ibarguen won the triple jump by just one centimetre but tonight, in her second event, the margin was considerably more comfortable, her 6.80m fourth-round leap beating Briton Shara Proctor's 6.70m best from round five to win by 10 centimetres.  "It wasn't easy but I was very well prepared for both events this season, and especially this weekend," said Ibarguen, who’ll take home two Diamond Trophies and a cool US$100,000 after her brief visit to northcentral Europe. Doubles have rarely been attempted in IAAF Diamond League finals and few have succeeded prior to Ibarguen’s this year. Before the change to a championship style format last year, Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter and S...

Qatar’s team included 400m hurdles champion Abderrahman Samba, who got his team off to a good start with a 44.5 lead-off leg. Mohamed Nasir Abbas and Mohamed El-Nour maintained the team’s lead before individual 400m champion Abdalelah Haroun anchored the team to victory in 3:00.56. The quartet not only obliterated the Qatari record of 3:02.50 set in 2015, but they also took 0.2 off the Asian record of 3:00.76 set by Japan at the 1996 Olympic Games. India clocked 3:01.85 to secure the silver medal from Japan, who recorded 3:01.94. The pre-race favourites for the women’s title, Bahrain, suffered from a poor first exchange and could not quite get back on terms with India. The team of Hima Das, Poovamma Machettira, Saritaben Gayakwad and Vismaya Velluva won in 3:28.72, contributing to India’s fifth successive victory in the women’s 4x400m at the Asian Games. Bahrain, with a team that included world silver medallist Salwa Eid Naser, settled for silver in 3:30.16, while Vietnam to...

Valencia football club is set to face a difficult task in the group stage of the champions league after the draw was made on thursday. valencia will play alongside juventus, manchester united and young boys. the question there is can valencia scale through this difficult task in group H.

GROUP A : Bayer Leverkusen, Ludogorets, Zurich, AEK Larnaca GROUP B:  Salzburg, Celtic, Leipzig, Rosenborg GROUP C:  Zenit, Copenhagen, Bordeuax, Slavia Prague GROUP D:  Anderlecht, Fenerbahce, Dinamo Zagreb, Spartak Trnava GROUP E:  Arsenal, Sporting, Qarabag, Vorskla GROUP F : Olympiacos, Milan, Betis, Dudelange GROUP G : Villarreal, Rapid Viena, Spartak Moscow, Rangers GROUP H:  Lazio, Marseille, Eintracht, Apollon Limassol GROUP I:  Besiktas, Genk , Malmo, Sarspsborg GROUP J:  Sevilla , Krasnodar, Standard Liege, Akhisarspor GROUP K.  Dinamo Kiev, Astana, Stade Rennes, Jablonec GROUP L:  Chelsea, PAOK, Bate Borisov, MOL Vid

"It makes me very proud to hear a journalist say that Manu is the Messi of basketball, in fact they should say that I am the Manu of football"

The IAAF today announced the schedule for the 2019  IAAF World Challenge , its second-tier series of meetings that will take place in nine cities in nine countries on three continents. Beginning with the Jamaica International Invitational in Kingston on 4 May, the series then travels to Bragança Paulista near Sao Paolo two weeks later before crossing the Pacific to Osaka for the Seiko Golden Grand Prix. After a brief break, the series resumes in Europe with stops at some of the most famous competitions on the continent, including the Fanny Blankers Koen Games in Hengelo, the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku and Ostrava's Golden Spike. Calendar: 4 May  - Jamaica International Invitational, Kingston (National Stadium), JAM 18 May  - Grande Premio Brasil de Atletismo, Bragança Paulista (National Training Centre), BRA 19 May  - Seiko Golden Grand Prix Osaka, Osaka (Nagai Stadium), JPN 9 Jun  - FBK Games, Hengelo (Blankers-Koen Stadion), NED 14 Jun  - Paavo Nur...

The International Handball Federation and the whole handball family mourn the death of Levon Akopyan who has  passed away at the age of 73 . Akopyan was one of the most famous and respected handball professionals in Russian handball. For over 45 years he coached numerous players for the Russian women’s national team at different levels and the Volgograd and Tolyatti club teams.  At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in his role as  Assistant Coach  to Evgeny Trefilov, Akopyan helped guide the Russian women’s team to gold, and was head coach of Russia when they  won the 2003 IHF Women’s Junior World Championship in FYR Macedonia .  In addition to his national team roles, he also won numerous club titles including the Russian championship, EHF Challenge Cup, Super Cup and EHF Cup. “We greatly mourn his untimely demise,” said Handball Federation of Russia General Director Lev Voronin. “Levon Akopyan will always remain in our he...

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (August 27) --  United World Wrestling’s Executive Committee has approved a standard yearly calendar. The approval came after requests by national federations to have a fixed annual calendar to improve athlete participation, streamline budgeting and increase promotions. The Executive Committee received and approved the following proposed dates:  U23 Continental C'Ships: One month prior to Senior Continental C'ships  Senior Continental C'Ships:  April/May  Cadet Continental C'Ships - Last two weeks of  June   Junior Continental C'Ships - First two weeks of  July   Cadet World C'Ships - Last week of  July   Junior World C'Ships - Middle of  August   Senior World C'Ships - Middle of  September   U23 World C'Ships -  October   World Cups -  November In addition, the Executive Committee also approved the timeline for host city candidacies: By followi...

United World Wrestling has partnered with US-based FloGrappling to provide live stream and on-demand coverage of the World Grappling Championships through 2020. The three-year deal will include all men’s and women’s, gi and no-gi championships. Grappling is a non-Olympic style of United World Wrestling with several events held annually around the world. United World Wrestling’s Grappling Commission oversees the competitions, sets rules and awards host cities for events like the World Grappling Championships. “Grappling is a worldwide phenomenon and we are looking forward to working with FloSports to showcase our style to fans everywhere on FloGrappling.com,” said United World Wrestling president Nenad Lalovic. “We’re confident FloGrappling’s coverage of the World Grappling Championships will give the sport new energy and attract more athletes and fans.” The 2018 Grappling World Championships will feature national teams from Russia, Poland, France, Iran, Ukraine, Italy, Azerbaija...

  Olukayode Thomas, Director of Communications and Media, the General Manager for the Lagos Marathon, Yussuf Alli said that the 2019 edition is going to be more community-based. According to Alli, communities will be encouraged to participate as a team while adding that the start and finishing points for the 2019 races will be the same. “We are hoping to have over 100,000 runners again like we did for the 2018 race, the 10km will be starting at the Lekki Bridge and ending at the Eko Atlantic City while the full marathon will be commencing at the National Stadium, Surulere to also end at the Eko Atlantic City,” the Marathon boss stated. Alli, however, warned that unlike in the previous editions of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon in which people could still register two-three days to race day, the fourth edition for 2019 will not be so as registration this time will close on January 11. “No, it will not be business as usual, for the 2019 edition...

Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba arrived in the Indonesian capital as the hot favourite for the men’s 400m hurdles, having moved to second on the world all-time list earlier this year with his Asian record of 46.98. It came as no surprise when he smashed the Games record of 48.42 with his winning clocking of 47.66. “I pushed it today as it was the final,” he said. India's Dharun Ayyasamy secured the silver medal in a lifetime best of 48.96 ahead of Japan’s Takatoshi Abe who claimed bronze in 49.12.

AFRICAN TEAM FOR OSTRAVA MEN 100m:  Arthur Cisse (CIV), Akani Simbine (RSA) 200m:  Divine Oduduru (NGR), Ncincihli Titi (RSA) 400m:  Thapelo Phora (RSA), Baboloki Thebe (BOT) 800m:  Nijel Amos (BOT), Emmanuel Korir (KEN) 1500m:  Elijah Manangoi (KEN), Ronald Musagala (UGA) 3000m:  Getaneh Molla (ETH), Edward Zakayo (KEN) 3000m steeplechase:  Soufiane El Bakkali (MAR), Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) 110m hurdles:  Oyeniyi Abejoye (NGR), Antonio Alkana (RSA) 400m hurdles:  Cornel Fredericks (RSA), Abdelmalik Lahoulou (ALG) High jump:  Chris Moleya (RSA), Mathew Sawe (KEN) Pole vault:  Mohamed Amin Romdhana (TUN), Valco van Wyk (RSA) Long jump:  Yahya Berrabah (MAR), Ruswahl Samaai (RSA) Triple jump:  Godfrey Mokoena (RSA), Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) Shot put:  Chukwuebuka Enekwechi (NGR), Mohamed Hamza (EGY) Discus:  Victor Hogan (RSA), Elbachir Mbarki (MAR) Hammer:  Mostafa Al Gamal (EGY), Tshepang Makhethe (RSA)...

AMERICAS TEAM FOR OSTRAVA MEN 100 m:  Yohan Blake (JAM), Noah Lyles (USA) 200 m:  Alonso Edward (PAN), Alex Quinonez (ECU) 400 m:  Luguelin Santos (DOM), Nathan Strother (USA) 800 m:  Clayton Murphy (USA), Wesley Vasquez (PUR) 1500 m:  Drew Hunter (USA), Charles Philibert-Thiboutot (CAN) 3000 m:  Mohammed Ahmed (CAN), Paul Chelimo (USA) 3000m steeplechase:  Matt Hughes (CAN), Evan Jager (USA) 110m hurdles:  Devon Allen (USA), Ronald Levy (JAM) 400m hurdles:  Andre Clark (JAM), Kyron McMaster (IVB) High jump:  Bryan McBride (USA), Donald Thomas (BAH) Pole vault:  Shawn Barber (CAN), Sam Kendricks (USA) Long jump:  Jeff Henderson (USA), Emiliano Lasa (URU) Triple jump:  Cristian Napoles (CUB), Christian Taylor (USA) Shot put:  Ryan Crouser (USA), Darlan Romani (BRA) Discus:  Fedrick Dacres (JAM), Reggie Jagers (USA) Hammer:  Sean Donnelly (USA), Diego Del Real Galindo (MEX) Javelin:  Arley Ibarguen (C...

Ahead of ostrava 2018 European team has annouced his team for the iaaf continental cup. the teams are made of top athletes like Dina Asher smith,jakob ingebrigtsen ,karsten warholm etc. EUROPEAN TEAM FOR OSTRAVA MEN 100m:  Jak Ali Harvey (TUR), Churandy Martina (NED) 200m:  Ramil Guliyev (TUR), Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (GBR) 400m:  Kevin Borlee (BEL), Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) 800m:  Andreas Kramer (SWE), Michal Rozmys (POL) 1500m:  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR), Marcin Lewandsowski (POL) 3000m:  Morhad Amdouni (FRA), Henrik Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3000m steeplechase:  Fernando Carro (ESP), Johannes Chiapianelli (ITA) 110m hurdles:  Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA), Sergey Shubenkov (ANA) 400m hurdles:  Yasmani Copello (TUR), Karsten Warholm (NOR) High jump:  Ilia Ivaniuk (ANA), Maksim Nedaskau (BLR) Pole vault:  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA), Timur Morgunov (ANA) Long jump:  Serhii Nykyforov (UKR), Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) Triple jump:...

CAA Asaba 2018 Fallout:  Again CAA commend Alli, LOC Ten days after its successful completion, the CAA Asaba 2018 African Senior Athletics Championships continues to attract good comments, especially from the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the sports governing body in Africa. In a message to the Championships Technical Director, Yussuf Alli, also copied to the LOC, Aziz Daouda, of the CAA Technical and Organizational Department, praised the former African record holder in Long Jump for a job well done. Wrote Daouda, “I would like to thank you for the great job done to let us have a successful African athletics championships. You were at the heart of the organization and you gave everything to ensure a successful championship, Africa is indeed blessed to have you.” The CAA said the crowd in Asaba for the championships shows that Delta is the home of athletics in Africa, “In most parts of Africa, it is very rare to see fans paying to watch athletics. However, in Asaba, fan...

Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith had already secured the 100m and 200m titles, clocking world-leading times of 10.85 and 21.89 to break her own national records. Fittingly, she was given the responsibility of anchoring the British 4x100m team – assuming the baton would make it to the 22-year-old. Thankfully it did, but she had some work to do as the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland were slightly ahead going into the final exchange. Asher-Smith, as she had done all week, kept her cool and moved into the lead half way down the home straight before going on to win by a three-metre margin in 41.88. It was her third gold medal and world-leading mark of the championships and she became just the third woman in history to win the 100m, 200m and 4x100m sprint triple at the European Championships. “I’m so happy, it has been a crazy championships,” said Asher-Smith. “I know this isn’t the Olympic Games or World Championships, but I’m still very proud. I still have a lot left to give.

The Media department of the Asaba 2018 LOC has noted the report on some news platform about a falling fence near the swimming pool area at the Stephen Keshi Stadium and described the report as sensational. In a statement issued by Olukayode Thomas, the Head of Media and Publicity for the CAA Asaba 2018, he faulted the way the incidence was reported to give a wrong perception of what actually happened. “It is unfortunate to see journalists deliberately chose not to be professional in their work. The area in question is far away from the stadium where the championship is taking place. It is also still under construction; hence no one has passed it fit for use. None of this was put in context but the reporter only chose to take the shine off the good work the Delta state government is doing and the excitement the African athletes are having in Asaba since the championship kicked off  on Wednesday . Thomas also explained that the affected cars were all outside the stadium contra...

The schedules for the top-tier outdoor and indoor competitions next year are designed to give athletes more consistent competition as they prepare for the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha in September. “We are now seeing the results of the work that we have undertaken to review the calendar and ensure that athletes, fans, meet organisers and media are better served by a high quality season of events,” IAAF President Sebastian Coe said. The 2019 World Indoor Tour will be composed of six indoor meetings, starting in the USA on  26 January  with the meeting in Boston. The following five meetings will be hosted in the European indoor halls with the last competition on  20 February  in Dusseldorf. The tenth Diamond League season will start in Doha on  3 May  and continue in Shanghai  three weeks later  ( 25 May ), beginning a stretch of nine weeks in which there will be one Diamond League meeting per week. There will then a four-week break ...