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Nike comes out in support of tainted athletics coach Alberto Salazar despite USADA's four-year doping ban
•US sportswear giant Nike on Tuesday gave its backing to athletics coach Alberto Salazar after he was banned for four years for doping.
World Athletics Championships 2019: Haile Gebrselassie says marathon runners could have died from the heat at Doha
•Distance-running great Haile Gebrselassie said, "It was a mistake to conduct the championship in such hot weather in Doha, especially the marathon race. As someone who has been in the sport for many years, I've found it unacceptable."
Sprinter Hima Das ruled out of World Athletics Championships 2019 due to back injury
•Hima Das has been suffering from a lower back pain after competing at the Asian Games last year.
IAAF World Championships could provide much-needed reality check to claims of Indians touching world standards
K P Mohan •Saritaben Gayakwad’s exclusion from India's squad for the World Championships is as mysterious as the six-month old back injury of Hima Das who, according to AFI chief Adille Sumariwalla, is unable to speed up since the pain shoots up in the process.
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya joins South African football club JVW in bid to revive sporting career
•Semenya is training with the Johannesburg-based JVW club, but cannot play until next year because the registration deadline for this season has closed.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: IAAF president Sebastian Coe more worried by heat at Tokyo Olympics than Doha World Championships
•Fears over intense heat and humidity in the Tokyo summer, however, have crystallised at several Olympic test events in recent weeks, with some competitors and spectators taken ill and other events curtailed.
Christian Coleman blazes to victory at US championships; books place in World Championships
•Christian Coleman posted a time of 9.99 seconds in 100 metres at the US Championships. He joins fellow Justin Gatlin in qualifying for the World Championships.
After stop-start career, triple jumper Arpinder Singh finding speed and momentum under Antony Yaich
Amit Kamath •Triple jumper Arpinder Singh had sent a proposal to train under Jeremy Fischer in USA under the TOP Scheme. But when he didn't hear back on it for many weeks, he moved to IIS to train under Antony Yaich.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra doubtful for IAAF World Championships after undergoing elbow surgery
•Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has undergone elbow surgery, raising doubts over his participation in the IAAF World Championships.
Gomathi Marimuthu eyes Tokyo Olympics 2020 berth after impressing at Asian Athletics Championships 2019
•"My next aim is to perform well in the World Athletics Championship later this year," said Gomathi. "I also want to run in the Olympics and am preparing for it. I want to do everything possible to qualify for the Games in Tokyo."