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The land of Usain Bolt is racking up medals in field events, including Olympic discus goldJamaica, known for producing elite sprinters like Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, has become a field-event power with Roje Stona's ...
India win two gold and one bronze in Asian U-20 Athletics ChampionshipFast-rising Rezoana Mallick Heena and Bharatpreet Singh clinched a gold medal each in women's 400m race and men's discus throw respectively...
Indians fail to impress at athletics meet in KazakhstanSeveral Indian athletes, including star sprinter Hima Das, did not start their events. Hima could not travel to Kazakhstan due to visa issu...
Indian Paralympic medallists return home to boisterous welcomeApart from Sumit, three-time Paralympic medallist javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, who won a silver this time, silver-medallist in discu...
Haryana govt announces Rs 6 cr reward for Sumit Antil, Rs 4 cr for Yogesh KathuniyaThe chief minister said that Sumit Antil has won the hearts of the people of Haryana as well as the entire nation by winning a gold medal w...
India elated by your stellar performance: President to shooter Avani LekharaLekhara, aged 19, became the first Indian woman to achieve the feat, firing her way to the top of the podium in the R-2 women's 10m Air Rif...
Paralympics: Devendra Jhajharia, Sundar Singh Gurjar win silver and bronze in javelin throw F46The F46 classification is for athletes with arm deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of movement in arms, with athle...
Tokyo Paralympics: India's Yogesh Kathuniya clinches silver in F56 discus throw eventYogesh threw 44.38 in his sixth and final attempt to take up the top spot before Claudiney Batista of Brazil fired 44.57 in his first attem...
Made in India to make its presence felt at Olympic Stadium during Tokyo Games athletics eventsOut of the six companies listed by the sport's governing body World Athletics to provide implements for shot put, discus and hammer throw e...
Gold for archer Harvinder at Asian Para GamesMonu Ghangas claimed the silver in the men's discus throw F11 category, while Mohammed Yasser fetched a bronze in the men's shot put F46 ca...
Training wheels: Coaching-related questions exasperate silver medalist Seema PuniaThe discus thrower cleared 60.41m although she was targetting at leats 64m.
Indian discus thrower Seema Punia qualifies for Rio OlympicsThis being her third appearance in Olympics, she already has bagged Asian games and Common wealth games thrice, practices now from US.
Indian youth athletics team leaves for Asian ChampionshipsThe Indian team consisting of nine girls and 13 boys is expected to be one of the largest contingents in the event.
Some success, some heartbreak for Indian athletics in 2014The year also saw some respite from the doping menace, which had marred the Indian athletics scene in the last few years.
- Navjeet Kaur Dhillon clinches bronze at IAAF World Junior Championships
The 19-year-old covered an impressive 56.36m with her throw at the Hayward Field last night in the World Junior Championships.
'Bheem' is AAP candidate for Wazirpur seat in Delhi pollsActor Praveen Kumar who played the role of Bheem in 'Mahabharat' will contest the Delhi Assembly elections from Wazirpur on Aam Aadmi Party...
- Rs 3.95 crore spent by govt for athletes' training
An amount of Rs 3.95 crore has been spent so far by the government for the London Olympics preparations of 30 athletes, the sports ministry...