Tag: Marathon
Britain’s Farah wins at Chicago in third marathon start
CHICAGO: Britain's Mo Farah won the Chicago Marathon with a spectacular finishing surge Sunday, shattering the European record to serve notice his distance-racing dominance...
Kenyan marathon master Kipchoge smashes world record
BERLIN: Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, smashing the previous best as he clocked 2hr 1min 39sec.
The 33-year-old Olympic...
Serena hosts 1st PAF-Serena Hotels Karakoram Marathon award ceremony
ISLAMABAD: Serena Hotels hosted the award ceremony for the 1st Pakistan Airforce (PAF)-Serena Hotels Karakoram Marathon 2018. The chief guest on the occasion was Air...
International athletes arrive to participate in Karakoram marathon challenge
ISLAMABAD: As many as 35 runners from 24 countries have arrived in Pakistan to participate in the Karakoram marathon challenge.
Organised by the Pakistan Air...
London Marathon runner dies in hospital : organisers
LONDON: A 29-year-old chef who collapsed while running in Sunday’s London Marathon has died in hospital, event organisers said on Monday.
Matt Campbell went down...
French startup creates device to measure air pollution
French startup Plume Labs is out to let people breath easier, whether preparing for a marathon or just bicycling to work.
Paris-based Plume created Flow...
Karachi marathon sends message of inclusion
KARACHI: The Akram Foundation (TAF) in collaboration with Special Olympics Pakistan (SOP) organised a marathon in the city Sunday morning where people from different walks...
Greek marathons: where runners pit themselves against history
ATHENS: Athens's classic marathon is the grandsire of all long-distance races and on the bucket list of most self-respecting runners -- but for antiquity...
Russian athlete disqualified after winning marathon
Russian marathon runner Viktor Ugarov is facing further sanction after winning a race in Japan while his country is suspended from IAAF competition.
Ugarov triumphed...
Spotted: Faran Tahir Achieves a Triple Marathon Crown!
Pakistani-American Hollywood actor Faran Tahir was recently spotted in San Diego, California (USA), completing America's Finest City Half Marathon.
This marks the culmination of running...
Boston bombing suspect to appear in court
The shaggy-haired US university student charged with detonating bombs that killed three people at the Boston Marathon makes his first court appearance Wednesday.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev...
US investigators hunt for clues in marathon bombing
Two bombs packed with ball bearings tore through crowds near the finish of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and triggering a massive hunt...
Two bombs explode at Boston Marathon, 4 dead, 30 injured
At least four people were killed and more than 30 injured in twin explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday,...
Punjab Youth Festival Marathon: Army athletes take top honours
The athletes of army took the honour of winning the 17 kilometres Marathon’s main three positions here on Sunday with Director General Sports and...
New York marathon cancelled after protests
This year’s New York City marathon has been cancelled in the aftermath of the super storm Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced.
In a statement,...
Radcliffe loses lottery funding
Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe is to lose her lottery funding as UK Athletics (UKA) targets success at the Rio de Janeiro Games...
‘Weirwolf’ wins marathon for four out of four
Britain's David Weir won the men's wheelchair marathon for his fourth gold of the Games, as the London Paralympic Games entered their final lap...
