Local favourite Pratik Maharana defied a sore back to script a new meet record while securing the under-18 menâs 200m gold medal on the concluding day of the National junior athletics championships at the Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. Running in good rhythm, Maharana held on to his lead confidently as he lowered his personal…
Looking forward to the Los Angeles Olympics, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is all set to give promising athletes a chance with an aim to raise the performance of the men’s 4x400m relay team. The relay team, which reached the 2023 World championships by setting an Asian record of 2:59.05, disappointed at the Paris…
A competitive field, including the in-form defending champions Daniel Ebenyo and Sutume Kebede, poses a threat to event records on a flatter course and in cooler weather in the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata to be held here on Sunday. Ebenyo and Sutume are keen to run fast and lower their own event records, 1:11.13…
Services triple jumper A.B. Arun, who lost his National Games gold after failing a dope test, has been given a four-year suspension. The 26-year-old had stunningly won the gold with 16.79m, a Games’ record breaking Asian Games bronze medallist Praveen Chithravel’s record 16.68m (2022), in Goa late last year. The National Anti-Doping Agency’s disciplinary panel,…
Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh’s World Chess Championship triumph, the Indian cricket team bringing back the Twenty20 World Cup after 2007 and Manu Bhaker bagging two individual medals at the Paris Olympics… fans will cherish 2024 as one of the best years for Indian sports. There were some closes misses too… The Indian men’ s hockey…
Praveen Kumar holds the tricolour flag after winning the Gold Medal in the Men’s High Jump – T64 event at the Paris Paralympics 2024, in Paris on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Double Olympic-medalist Manu Bhaker, chess world champion Gukesh, gold-medalist Paralympian Praveen Kumar, and captain of the bronze-medal-winning Indian hockey team Harmanpreet Singh are…
The Athletics Federation of India has officially moved to decentralise its training camps, doing away with the earlier system of national camps which allows athletes the freedom to train on their own at a centre of their choice. The decision was ratified after its two-day AGM concluded in Chandigarh on Wednesday. The plan had been…
Neeraj Chopra celebrates after winning the silver medal in the menâs javelin throw athletics event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, on August 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s Paris Olympics silver medallist Neeraj Chopra has been named the best male javelin thrower in the world in 2024 by globally-renowned American magazine…
Jyothi Yarraji. | Photo Credit: Reuters Reigning Asian champion Jyothi Yarraji clinched gold in her first race of the season, that too with a national record, winning the 60m hurdles event by clocking 8.04 seconds at the Elite Indoor Meeting in Nantes, France. The 25-year-old Yarraji, in fact, broke her own earlier national record of…
India’s top javelin throwers, including Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and national record holder Annu Rani, will train with Russian legend Sergey Makarov Aleksandrovich, who in his new role as India’s javelin coach will oversee the preparations for this year’s World Athletics Championships. The 51-year-old Makarov, a decorated former athlete with bronze medals at the 2000…
