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Neeraj Chopra, Animesh Kujur headline India's athletics squad for 2026 Commonwealth GamesIndia's athletics team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow is announced. The 32-member squad includes star javelin thrower Neeraj Ch...- India names 73-strong team for World Para Athletics C'ships in DelhiIndia has announced its team for the upcoming World Para Athletics Championships. The event will be held in New Delhi. Star javelin thrower...
- Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur banned for three years for use of steroidKamalpreet was handed a provisional suspension in May this year after testing positive for the steroid, which was found in her sample that ...
- Indian javelin thrower Shivpal Singh suspended till 2025 for dopingAs per the Olympics.com he subsequently tested positive for the banned substance methandienone, a performance-enhancing steroid. As a resul...
- 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...
- Neeraj Chopra to lead 37-member athletics team in CWG, participation of some subject to form and fitnessOut the of the 37 picked by the selection committee of the AFI, 18 are women, with the likes of star sprinters Hima Das and Dutee Chand get...
- Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur provisionally suspended after testing positive for banned drugA provisional suspension is when an athlete or other person is suspended temporarily from participating in any competition or activity in a...
- Discus thrower Vinod loses Paralympics bronze, declared ineligible in classification reassessmentThe 41-year-old BSF man, whose Army man father was injured during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, produced a best throw of 19.91m to finish thi...
- 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...
- 12-member Indian contingent, including Jhajharia, departs for Tokyo ParalympicsThe 40-year-old javelin thrower had rewritten his world record of 63.97m when he sent the spear to a distance of 65.71m in a qualifying eve...
- Impressive Kamalpreet Kaur finishes second in discus qualification to make finals, Punia outThe Indian ended ahead of defending gold-medallist Sandra Perkovic (63.75m) of Croatia and reigning world champion Yaime Perez (63.18) of C...
- Hima Das scripts history, becomes first Indian woman to win gold in World Junior AthleticsThe 18-year-old Das, a pre-tournament favourite favourite, clocked 51.46s to win the gold.
- Training wheels: Coaching-related questions exasperate silver medalist Seema PuniaThe discus thrower cleared 60.41m although she was targetting at leats 64m.
- Seema Punia lands in Russia for training, AFI fumesThe 32-year-old Seema, a 2014 Asian Games gold medallist, said she has informed the Athletics Federation of India and Sports Ministry regar...
- 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.
- 106 sportspersons selected so far under TOP Scheme: GovernmentAs many as 106 sportspersons have so far been given financial assistance under the ambitious Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme of the gove...
- Discus thrower Seema Punia wins goldSeema Punia won the gold medal while her compatriot Krishna Poonia finished fourth in the 17th Asian Games at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadiu...
- Navjeet Kaur Dhillon clinches bronze at IAAF World Junior ChampionshipsThe 19-year-old covered an impressive 56.36m with her throw at the Hayward Field last night in the World Junior Championships.
- Rs 3.95 crore spent by govt for athletes' trainingAn 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...
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