New Delhi, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday approved an urgent proposal to enable Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra to travel to the US for a 90-day off-season training…
Lausanne (Switzerland), Dec 2 (IAworld championships NS) Anju Bobby Geroge, the first Indian athlete to win a medal in a World Championships, has bagged the World Athletics’ ‘Woman of the Year’ award for her inspiring…
Bali, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and men’s doubles duo of Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy entered the semi-finals of the 2021 Indonesia Open after winning their respective matches, here on Friday. Sindhu survived…
Nairobi, Oct 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thousands of people including Kenyan athletes, coaches and residents came out on the streets on Friday and Saturday to pay homage to former world 10,000m bronze medallist and cross country champion…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ace Indian sprinter Hima Das on Thursday announced that she has tested negative for Covid-19, one week after contracting the virus. The 21-year-old had tested positive for Covid-19 on her…
The Hague (Netherlands), Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ethiopian Tamira Tola and Kenyan Angela Tanui grabbed victories in the 45th Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday with course records in the men’s and women’s race respectively. The 30-year-old Tola…
Nairobi, Oct 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The world athletics community was in shock on Thursday as reports emerged from Kenya of the death of World 10,000m bronze medallist Agnes Tirop, who was found dead at her home…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ace Indian athlete Hima Das on Wednesday revealed that she has tested COVID-19 positive but is stable in isolation. The 21-year old reported to the national camp at the National…
Warangal, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Harmilan Kaur Bains (Punjab) completed the women’s middle-distance double while Railway’s B. Aishwarya achieved the same feat in women’s horizontal jumps at the 60th National Open Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal…
Warangal, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Parul Chaudhary of Railways overcame a tough challenge from Maharashtra’s Komal Chandrakant Jagdale to win the women’s 3000m Steeplechase in the 60th National Open Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium…
Warangal (A.P.), Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab’s Harmilan Kaur Bains stole the thunder from the sprinters by breaking Sunita Rani’s long-standing national record in the 1500 metres on the second day of the 60th National Open…
Tokyo, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Praveen Kumar bagged a silver medal for India in the Men’s High Jump T64 with an Asian Record to boot at the Tokyo Paralympic Games here on Friday. Praveen finished second…
Mumbai, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Army on Friday felicitated Subedar Neeraj Chopra for winning gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics by naming a stadium at the Army Sports Institute, Pune Cantt in his honour….
New Delhi, Aug 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on Thursday said that he has decided to end his 2021 competition season because of ‘the packed travel schedule and a bout of illness’ upon…
Panipat, Aug 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s first-ever gold medallist in athletics at the Olympics, Neeraj Chopra, has trashed claims that Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem was tampering with his javelin before his first throw in the final at…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four para-athletes set off to join the Indian campaign at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) partner and accessibility pioneer Svayam is ensuring a safe and…
Nairobi, Aug 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Shaili Singh improved on her personal best of 6.48 metres with a superb effort of 6.59 in the womens long jump final but lost out on the gold medal by…
Eugene (USA), Aug 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two-time Olympic 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica ran a stupendous 100m race, clocking 10.54 seconds at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon. That was the second…
Mumbai, Aug 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tokyo Olympics javelin throw gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has advised Amit Khatri, who won silver in the men’s 10,000m race walk event at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi on…
Nairobi, Aug 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Priya Mohan came up with her personal best but had to be satisfied with the fourth place in the women’s 400m at the World Athletics U-20 Championships here on Saturday….