India to host top javelin competition with Neeraj and best in world competing later this yearOlympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will headline a global javelin competition in India, likely in September. This event, organized by AFI and ...
19 Jan, 2025, 10.41 PM IST
India yet to make formal bid for hosting World Athletics Championships in 2027The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is considering making a bid to host the World Athletics Championships in 2027. AFI President Adille...
14 Oct, 2023, 02.22 PM IST
Two Indians javelin throwers will join 90m club in future: Neeraj ChopraNeeraj Chopra started his season by winning the Doha Diamond League in May but had to skip a couple of international events due to a groin ...
11 Oct, 2023, 09.48 PM IST
SC appoints ex-judge Justice L Nageswara Rao for amending constitution of IOAA bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said the ex-top court judge would ensure a fair and development-oriented approach for the future ...
22 Sep, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
Javelin throw coach Uwe Hohn out, AFI says it is hiring two new coachesThe contract of the 59-year-old German, a former world record holder, was valid until the end of the Tokyo Olympics. "We are bringing two m...
14 Sep, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
Athletics coach Nikolai Snesarev found dead at NIS Patiala hostel roomThe dead body of the 72-year-old Snesarev, who returned to India after a gap of two years to be at the helm till the end of September, has ...
05 Mar, 2021, 10.17 PM IST
Dronacharya awardee athletics coach Joginder Singh Saini diesBorn on January 1, 1930 in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, Saini was a science graduate and became an athletics coach in 1954 after completi...
01 Mar, 2020, 04.02 PM IST
Neeraj Chopra clears the air after Indian athletics boss alleges interference from JSW SportsChopra, the Asian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, is supported by JSW Sports.
15 Oct, 2018, 11.48 AM IST
India launch bid to host 2016 IAAF World Junior AthleticsIndia is among three countries which have expressed interest to host the Championships, the two other being Perth in Australia and Bydgoszc...
10 Dec, 2015, 04.08 PM IST
AFI chief Sumariwalla elected IAAF Council memberAthletics Federation of India President Adille Sumariwalla was today elected as one of the members of the prestigious Council of the IAAF.
19 Aug, 2015, 11.49 AM IST
Sarita Devi remains hopeful of World Championships participation"I am disappointed with how things have gone but I have written to Boxing India, which will forward the contents to AIBA," Sarita told PTI.
25 Oct, 2014, 03.09 PM IST
India boxer L Sarita Devi suspended for Asian Games protestAIBA announced it was also barring coaches Gurbaksh Sandhu, Sagar Dhayal and Blax Iglesias Fernandes and chef de mission Adile Sumariwala.
22 Oct, 2014, 02.02 PM IST
Sarita Devi has offered 'unconditional apology': AIBAHer medal was reinstated yesterday after a hearing by the Olympic Council of Asia during which the Indian delegation expressed regrets over...
03 Oct, 2014, 09.15 AM IST
No medal upgrade for India, Bahrain gets steeplechase goldIndia's hopes of getting a medal upgrade in the women's 3000m steeplechase were dashed today after Bahrain's Ruth Jebet was reinstated as t...
28 Sep, 2014, 12.52 PM IST
Indian national flag hoisted at Asian Games VillageThe athletes, who reached in first batch were initially having problems with food but Sumariwalla said that it has been sorted out to some ...
18 Sep, 2014, 05.35 PM IST
Noel Tata backs ad startup Interspace Communications, WPP Group also comes on boardTata scion to have personal investment in athlete-turned-media professional Adille Sumariwalla’s brainchild Interspace Communications.
25 Jul, 2013, 05.07 AM IST
- Suresh Kalmadi will not oversee Asian athletics Championships: Adille Sumariwalla
Suresh Kalmadi will not oversee the conduct of the 20th Asian Athletics Championships, even if he remains the president of the continental ...
28 Jun, 2013, 07.00 PM IST