Superhero-suited Hodgkinson powers to Athlos 800m title
Keely Hodgkinson ended a rocky season in fine fashion on Friday, shrugging off hamstring concerns to win the 800 metres at the all-women’s Athlos London 2026 while dressed in a black, ...
Asian Games Athletes’ Village would have been a white elephant, OCA says
Asian Games organisers could have avoided accommodation issues by building an Athletes’ Village but doing so would have left them with a white elephant after the curtain comes down on ...
Marina Hadjicosta nominated for European Young Athlete of the Year
Cypriot discus thrower Marina Hadjicosta has been nominated for the 2026 European Women’s Rising Star of the Year award, the European Athletics Federation announced on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old is among ...
Nairobi to host 2029 World Athletics Championships in African first
Nairobi has been selected to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, with the Kenyan capital becoming the first African city to stage the event.
World Athletics announced the decision on Tuesday ...
‘I’m not going to lose’: Kerr welcomes Ingebrigtsen clash in Budapest
Josh Kerr says World Athletics’ new Ultimate Championships have given him one final target after a stellar season, while the chance to face long-time rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen again only adds ...
Marios Georgiou loses Mediterranean Games gold to Turkey on tie-break
Marios Georgiou won silver for Cyprus in the balance beam on Wednesday at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto after tying on points with Turkish gymnast Altan Dogan, who took gold ...
Fotopoulou wins gold as Cyprus reaches 13 medals in Taranto
Philippa Fotopoulou won gold in the long jump at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto on Monday as Cyprus increased its medal tally to 13, with Elena Kulichenko and Milan Trajkovic also ...
Trajkovic wins silver and equals Cypriot hurdles record
Milan Trajkovic won silver in the 110m hurdles at the 20th Mediterranean Games in Taranto on Monday, equalling the Cypriot national record with a time of 13.25 seconds.
The Cypriot champion ...
Kulichenko wins silver for Cyprus in Mediterranean Games high jump
Cypriot high jumper Elena Kulichenko won silver at the 20th Mediterranean Games in Taranto on Monday, clearing 1.92 metres to secure another medal for the Cypriot delegation.
Kulichenko cleared 1.92m with ...
Cyprus wins two more medals in Taranto with gold and silver in judo
Cyprus added two further medals at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto on Friday, with Sofia Asvesta claiming gold and Petros Christodoulides taking silver, bringing the Cypriot team’s tally to ...
Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt’s 100m world record in test run
A humanoid robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, China’s state broadcaster reported on Saturday, beating the human world record held by Jamaican sprinting great ...
Young Cyprus champion hits back at racist comments
‘I may not have ‘Cypriot blood’ running through my veins, but I am a proud Cypriot’
Young Cypriot athlete Marina Hadjicosta has spoken out about racist comments she received following ...
Kulichenko, Markou to lead Cyprus in Glasgow
High jumper Elena Kulichenko and para-athlete Maria Markou will lead the Cypriot delegation at the opening ceremony of the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on July 23.
The Cyprus Olympic Committee ...
Cyprus marks double gold triumph in Belgrade athletics championships
Cyprus delivered a standout performance at the Balkan indoor athletics championships on Tuesday, claiming two gold medals and setting two national records in Belgrade.
Gold medals came through Filippa Fotopoulou ...
AIU’s work helping more countries medal, says Howman
David Howman, chairman of the Athletics Integrity Unit, says his organisation’s anti-doping work is having a tangible impact on the sport and the evidence is to be seen in ...
Lyles and Thompson keep apace in world championship heats
Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson, who were divided by five-thousands of a second in last year’s Olympic 100 metres final, were even closer on Saturday, albeit in separate heats, as ...
Duplantis defies gravity again, sets pole vault world record for 13th time
Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record with a clearance of 6.29 metres at the Hungarian Grand Prix meeting in Budapest on Tuesday, the 13th time he ...
OLYMPICS - ATHLETICS
Huge result for Cyprus’ Fotopoulou at Paris Olympics
Cypriot athlete Olivia Fotopoulou achieved a significant milestone at the Paris Olympics by winning the repechage race for the 200m event.
Competing in heat 3, Fotopoulou finished with a time of 22.92 ...
Tsirio to be Cyprus’ ‘second national athletics stadium’
Limassol’s Tsirio stadium is to become “Cyprus’ second national athletics stadium”, stadium owner Olympia athletics club (GSO) chairman Kyriakos Tsolakis said on Wednesday.
Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (...
Athletics-World governing body bans transgender women athletes
World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female competitions and tightened testosterone restrictions for other athletes, the governing body said on Thursday.
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe ...
Israeli sports technology company expands to Cyprus
i-BrainTech’s decision is seen as a vote of confidence in Cyprus
Israeli sports technology company i-BrainTech, a pioneer in athletic brain training, on Tuesday announced its plan to expand ...