As per the Olympics.com he subsequently tested positive for the banned substance methandienone, a performance-enhancing steroid. As a resul...

Several Indian athletes, including star sprinter Hima Das, did not start their events. Hima could not travel to Kazakhstan due to visa issu...

Out 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...

A provisional suspension is when an athlete or other person is suspended temporarily from participating in any competition or activity in a...

The 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...

The F46 classification is for athletes with arm deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of movement in arms, with athle...

Yogesh 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...

The 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...

The Indian ended ahead of defending gold-medallist Sandra Perkovic (63.75m) of Croatia and reigning world champion Yaime Perez (63.18) of C...

The 18-year-old Das, a pre-tournament favourite favourite, clocked 51.46s to win the gold.

The discus thrower cleared 60.41m although she was targetting at leats 64m.

The 32-year-old Seema, a 2014 Asian Games gold medallist, said she has informed the Athletics Federation of India and Sports Ministry regar...

This being her third appearance in Olympics, she already has bagged Asian games and Common wealth games thrice, practices now from US.

As many as 106 sportspersons have so far been given financial assistance under the ambitious Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme of the gove...

Seema Punia won the gold medal while her compatriot Krishna Poonia finished fourth in the 17th Asian Games at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadiu...

The 19-year-old covered an impressive 56.36m with her throw at the Hayward Field last night in the World Junior Championships.

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...