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…
Lausanne (Switzerland), Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian javelin thrower and Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra gifted his javelin from Tokyo 2020 to The Olympic Museum, here on Saturday. Chopra’s javelin joined another Indian individual Olympic gold…
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…
Birmingham, Aug 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) As he walked through the mixed zone at the Alexander Stadium here, Kenya’s 3000m gold medallist Abraham Kibiwot was asked whether he ever felt under pressure from the young Indian who…
Birmingham, Aug 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Race walker Priyanka Goswami and steeplechaser Avinash Sable maintained India’s medal-winning spree in track and field as they bagged a silver apiece in their respective disciplines to add to the silver…
Birmingham, Aug 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Avinash Sable bettered his own national record by almost a second to win the silver medal in the men’s 3000m steeplechase at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, here on Saturday. Sable…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Quarter-miler Rupal Chaudhary, daughter of a farmer in Uttar Pradesh, scripted history by winning twin medals and became the first Indian athlete to win two medals in a single edition…
Birmingham, Aug 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) India would have won a gold medal in long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games here but for a laser-equipped take-off board that twice flagged Murali Sreeshankar by extremely narrow margins…
By B Shrikant Birmingham, Aug 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) On so many occasions has long jumper Murali Sreeshankar finished between fifth and seventh position in his nascent international career from junior to the senior level that the…
Birmingham, Aug 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Murali Sreeshankar won silver medal in the men’s long jump competition at the Commonwealth Games at the Alexander Stadium here on Thursday. This is India’s second medal in athletics at…
Birmingham, Aug 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Scotland’s Eilish McColgan took gold in the 10,000m at Birmingham 2022, echoing her mother Liz who won the race in 1986 and 1990. The 31-year-old won in a Commonwealth Games record…