Athletics

New Delhi, Oct 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Avinash Sable, silver medal winner at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, and Sanjivani Jadhav, a former champion as well as the 2020 edition’s silver medallist, will spearhead a thrilling Indian…

Paris (France), Oct 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games have revealed the route for the marathon event, which was described as “unprecedented and challenging”. Starting at the Paris City Hall, athletes…

Mumbai, Sep 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 2022 season has been a great one for Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar as he bagged his first major medal at the senior level — a silver in the Commonwealth…

Marrakech (Morocco), Sep 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Paralympic Games silver medallist high jumper Nishad Kumar set a new Asian record while Neeraj Yadav set a new National Record on his way to gold in the Marrakech Para…

New Delhi, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uganda’s world half marathon record holder Jacob Kiplimo will be the star attraction at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2022, a World Athletics Elite Label Event, to be held on…

Mumbai, Sep 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra will not participate in the upcoming 36th National Games in Gujarat to be held later this month as he wants to rest and recover from the…

Mumbai, Sep 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic gold medallist in javelin throw Neeraj Chopra on Friday urged the national federation and other stakeholders to encourage more track and field athletes to participate in international events and against…

New Delhi, Sep 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) As he went into his final kick in the home stretch and with 500m to go for the finish line in 3000m steeplechase at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, India’s…

New Delhi, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian discus thrower Navjeet Kaur Dhillon, who won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, has been handed a three-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit…

Lausanne, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has said when he was forced to skip the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham due to a groin injury, he felt it was the end of…

Lausanne, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Neeraj Chopra on Friday finished first at the Lausanne Diamond League, becoming the first Indian to clinch the top spot in a Diamond League meet, after registering an 89.08m throw in…

Bellary, Karnataka, Aug 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) on Saturday, announced that Cuban Olympians Yoandri Betanzos and Anier Garcia had joined as coaches in its Track and Field programme. While Betanzos will…

Guwahati, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s ace sprinter Hima Das has missed the medal at the Commonwealth Games but the 22-year-old said that she is satisfied with her performance in Birmingham. “Even though I was not…

Munich, Aug 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The multisport European Championships which started on Thursday are welcoming Ukrainian athletes with open arms while Russiands and Belarusians are not allowed to compete. The championships in nine Olympic sports until…

Chennai, Aug 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) PV Kamaraj, part of the 4x400m Indian men’s relay team that won bronze at the 1979 Asian Championships in Tokyo, passed away following a massive heart attack in Chennai on Monday….

Birmingham, Aug 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Canada won the gold medal in the women’s 4x400m relay at the Commonwealth Games 2022 after England were disqualified from the race under controversial circumstances. England’s 4 x 400m women’s quartet…

By B Shrikant Birmingham, Aug 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian athletes came to the fore in the absence of Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra as Eldhose Paul and N. Abdulla Aboobacker finished 1-2 in the…

Birmingham, Aug 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Eldhose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker Sunday scripted history by winning gold and silver medals respectively and securing a double podium finish for the country in the men’s triple jump event…