Mumbai, Aug 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has come out in support of fellow javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena, who is likely to miss the World Athletics Championship to be held in…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Racewalker Akshdeep Singh, who won gold at the Asian Race Walking Championships, aspires to make a strong impression once again by securing a medal on his debut at the World…
Lausanne, Aug 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics will introduce a centralised licensing system for Athletes’ Representatives from September 1 after the regulatory framework was approved by the World Athletics Council this week. The new system will…
Beijing, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Chinese Athletics Association has named a roster of 41 athletes for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary this month. Gong Lijiao, 34, will be seeking her 3rd world…
Kampala, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uganda’s long distance star athlete Jacob Kiplimo has been ruled out of the forthcoming World Athletics Championships slated for August 19-27 in Budapest due to his hamstring injury. “It is unfortunate…
Mumbai, Aug 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra will lead a strong contingent including stars like steeplechaser Avinash Sable, long jumpers Jeswin Aldrin and Murali Sreeshankar and Jyothi Yarraji (women’s 100m hurdles) who will…
Jerusalem, Aug 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Teenage Polish sensation Marek Zakrzewski clinched double gold in the men’s sprint races at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem’s Givat Ram Stadium. After triumphing in the 100-meter race…
Jerusalem, Aug 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Italian standout Mattia Furlani won the men’s long jump title at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships at Jerusalem’s Givat Ram Stadium. The 18-year-old achieved a leap of 8.23m, narrowly missing…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sports Ministry will fund the participation of the Indian contingent, consisting 28 athletes, for the upcoming World Athletics Championships, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary from August 19. A…
Lausanne (Switzerland), Aug 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Athletics, the governing body for track and field on Monday ratified World Records set this season by Kenyan Faith Kipyegon in women’s 1500m and 5000m and Ethiopian Lamecha Girma…
Chengdu (China), Aug 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Jyothi Yarraji clocked 12.78 seconds, a new national record, to clinch the bronze medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the FISU World University Games 2023, here on Friday….
New Delhi, Aug 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Sports minister Anurag Singh Thakur on Wednesday registered as the first participant for the Delhi Half Marathon 2023. Procam International announced the opening of registrations for the World Athletics…
Islamabad, July 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem, the only Pakistani athlete to achieve the qualification mark, will participate in the upcoming World Athletics Championships 2023, the Athletics Federation of Pakistan said on Saturday. Secretary…
Monaco, July 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Praveen Chithravel finished sixth in the men’s triple jump event at the Monaco Diamond League 2023 athletics event in the French principality, here. On his Diamond League debut, the 22-year-old…
Warsaw, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen established a new European record in the men’s 1,500m, clocking 3:27.14 at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Chorzow, Poland. The Olympic champion shattered his own record of 3:27.95…
Mumbai, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) With another season’s best effort, India’s Commonwealth Games 3000m steeplechase silver medallist Avinash Sable finished sixth in Silesia Diamond League meet in Chorzow, Poland and achieved the qualifying standard for next…
Bangkok (Thailand), July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Parul Chaudhary and Jyothi Yarraji won their second medals in the competition but India could not get any more gold on the final day, winning 12 medals on the final…
Fukuoka (Japan) July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Germany’s Florian Wellbrock claimed the title of men’s 10-kilometer event at the World Aquatics Championships, here on Sunday. The 25-year-old, who had previously won the event at the 2019 Gwangju…
Bangkok (Thailand), July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Murali Sresshankar won the silver medal in the men’s long jump event at the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 and qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics, here on Saturday. Sreeshankar…
New Delhi, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Avinash Sable will make his third appearance in the 2023 Diamond League as the elite series moves to the Silesia Stadium, Poland. The 28-year-old finished fifth in the seventh leg…