Discus thrower Seema Antil won the Asian Games gold in 2014, with an effort of 61.03m, having won the bronze in 2002, and ...

A former high school track athlete is suing the Oregon School Activities Association, several school districts and an athletic director, alleging they are to blame for an errant discus throw that ...

Former Asian Games gold-medallist Seema Punia has been suspended for 16 months after failing a dope test, with her ban ...

Former Asian Games gold medallist Seema Punia receives a 16-month doping suspension from NADA, her third offence from a 2024 test, amid rising concerns in Indian athletics.​ ...

Several school districts, an athletic director and the Oregon School Activities Association are being sued saying they are to blame for an errant discus throw ...

First of all, the rules. Athletes throw a metal disc weighing 2kg for men (22cm in diameter) and 1kg (18cm in diameter) for women, as far as possible while remaining inside a 2.5-metre diameter circle ...

Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Wednesday after testing positive for a banned substance. May 4 (Reuters) - Indian discus ...

PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Lithuania's world record-holder Mykolas Alekna showed he is the man to beat in the men's discus at the Paris Olympics after his leading throw in Monday's preliminary round.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australian discus king Matt Denny is chasing his first world championships medal in Tokyo and will do it alongside the man he regards as both the benchmark and a drinking buddy: ...

Brown is drawn to the discus throw since it’s an “ever-changing” sport. “You are never going to master it,” he said. “It’s something that is always a work in progress. Even though you may see the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sweden's world champion Daniel Stahl needed just one attempt to qualify for the men's discus final and Qatar's Mutaz Barshim kicked off his bid to add a high-jump Olympic gold to his ...

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Rai Benjamin earned the prestigious Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Jesse Owens awards.