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THE final of the Shanghai International Towerrunning Championship was held at Shanghai Jinmao Tower in Pudong over the weekend, featuring 800 participants, including marathon runners, white collar workers, ...

November 8, 2016, Tuesday

Marathon win is 3rd for Mokoka

A SOUTH African runner won the Shanghai International Marathon for a third time yesterday....

October 31, 2016, Monday

CAS doubles Jeptoo’s doping ban to four years

KENYAN marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has had her doping ban doubled to four years and been disqualified from the Boston Marathon she won in 2014, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said yesterday. Jeptoo ...

October 27, 2016, Thursday

Vertical run

THE 2016 SHKP Vertical Run — Race to Shanghai IFC was held at Lujiazui’s International Financial Center on Sunday. The annual event gathered 1,700 runners from home and abroad to take part in individual ...

October 25, 2016, Tuesday

UA Race promoting a culture of running

The 2016 UA Race Final was held at Pudong’s Oriental Sports Center today. Jointly launched by Under Armour and popular running app “joyrun,” UA Race has been organizing running competitions since April. ...

October 24, 2016, Monday

Ennis-Hill hangs up her spikes

Former Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill announced her retirement from track and field yesterday, ending the career of one of Britain’s most successful sportswomen....

October 14, 2016, Friday

New international 10K race unveiled

ORGANIZERS of the Shanghai International Marathon have announced a new running series — the Shanghai International 10K Race — which will debut on November 13 in Putuo District. A total of 4,500 runners ...

September 29, 2016, Thursday

Brotherly love overtakes hunger for victory

IN one selfless act Olympic triathlon champion Alastair Brownlee erased the fratricidal image of Cain killing Abel as he helped his stricken brother Jonny over the line in the World Series event in Mexico. However, ...

September 25, 2016, Sunday

No bobsled for Gay

VETERAN sprinter Tyson Gay abandoned his bid to make the United States bobsled team on Wednesday after pulling out of the National Push Championships in Canada. Gay, 34, a divisive figure in athletics ...

September 23, 2016, Friday

Gay turns to bobsled

Former world 100 meters champion Tyson Gay has traded the track for ice this week after he entered to compete in the US Bobsled National Push Championships in Calgary....

September 22, 2016, Thursday