New Delhi, June 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to reconsider its decision and include high jumper Tejaswin Shankar in the national squad for the Birmingham…
New Delhi, June 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Days after winning a silver medal and setting a new national record at the Paavo Nurmi athletics meet, Tokyo Olympics champion Neeraj Chopra on Saturday clinched the men’s javelin throw…
New Delhi, June 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra headlined the 37-member squad named by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Thursday to compete in the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham from…
Chennai, June 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka’s Aishwarya Babu leapt a massive distance of 14.14m, breaking a national record in women’s triple jump at the ongoing National Inter-State Athletics Meet here on Monday. The 24-year-old from Bengaluru…
New Delhi, June 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two-time Asian Games gold medallist in long-distance running, Hari Chand, passed away on Monday morning aged 69. Reports said the former athlete was undergoing treatment at Capitol Hospital in Jalandhar….
Chandigarh, June 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two-time Olympian and double Asian Games gold medallist, Hari Chand passed away on Monday at the age of 69. One of India’s greatest long-distance runners, he belonged to Ghorewah village in…
Mumbai, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Avinash Sable broke the 30-year-old national record in 5000 metres last month and had reset the national record in half-marathon while bagging gold in Delhi last year. Many experts feel that…
New Delhi, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sports ministry facilitated the travel of 3000m steeplechase runner Avinash Sable from Colorado Springs to Rabat, where he created a new national record. The ministry got in touch with…
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Board of Appeal of Classification (BAC) has sanctioned India’s Para athletics athlete Vinod Kumar to a period of two years’ ineligibility for the disciplinary offence of ‘intentional misrepresentation’. World…
New Delhi, May 26 ( IANS) India’s ace long jumper Murali Sreeshankar won the gold medal at the 12th International Jumping Meeting in Greece with an effort of 8.31m. Sreeshankar was followed by Thobias Montler…
New Delhi, May 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra on Saturday said that he is not worried about the big performances of their rivals at the beginning of the season but he aims…
Jamshedpur, May 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rohit Yadav of Uttar Pradesh came up with a dominant performance, setting the meet record, by claiming the title in his senior men’s debut in the 4th Indian Open Javelin Throw…
Bhubaneswar, May 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Grand Prix 3 and 4 will be held in Bhubaneswar on May 21 and 24 respectively, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has said in a statement on Sunday. “The…
Mumbai, May 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Avinash Sable, the national record holder in 3000m steeplechase, made his mark in the 5000m too, breaking the 30-year-old national record during a meet in the United States. Olympian Sable…
New Delhi, May 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Division has approved a proposal by Neeraj Chopra and the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to provide financial assistance of…
New Delhi, May 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after testing positive for a banned steroid, the World Athletics body confirmed on Wednesday. “The…
Nairobi, May 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 2022 Kip Keino Classic is set to witness a potentially epic men’s 100m on April 7 in Nairobi with four of the fastest men on the planet from last year…
Ranchi, April 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Juned Khan of Haryana and Ramandeep Kaur of Punjab rewrote the men and women’s 35km race walking National Records respectively when winning top honours in the ninth Indian Open Race Walking…
Ranchi, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Haryana race walkers Sandeep Kumar and Ravina won the men’s and women’s 20km titles on the opening day of the ninth Indian Open Race Walking Competition here on Saturday. The 35-year-old…
Kozhikode, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amlan Borgohain of Assam scorched the track to set a new men’s 200m National record by clocking 20.52 seconds on a rain-hit final day in the 25th AFI National Federation Cup…