Athletics

Canberra, Feb 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The head of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has slammed the Australian Sports Commission’s “incomprehensible” spend on consultants. The Australian Sports Commission (ASC), the government agency responsible for supporting and investing…

New Delhi, Feb 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) India has seen a host of table tennis players rising from the state of West Bengal. Athletes such as Subhajit Saha, Mouma Das and Poulomi Ghatak have brought many laurels…

Beijing, Feb 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a helicopter crash last month, led the eight finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 in honour of…

Ranchi, Feb 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s female race walker Bhawna Jat has earned a quota for Tokyo Olympics Games in 20km RaceWalk event after setting a new national record at the National Race Walk Championships on…

Mumbai, Feb 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Focusing on 11 million girl students, the Go Girl Go campaign is all set to “hunt for the fastest girl in Maharashtra” by conducting a sprint competition in more than 1…

Tokyo, Feb 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Organisers of the Tokyo Marathon will distribute surgical masks to runners and volunteers if they request them over concerns about the coronavirus. According to a statement from the organisers, four “preventive…

New Delhi, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ace shooter Abhishek Verma who won the men’s 10 meter air pistol T2 event at the national trials that are being held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on Thursday, spoke at length…

New Delhi, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar will flag-off the fifth edition of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon on February 23. Close to 13,000 runners have already registered with thousands…

London, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has withdrawn from this year’s London half marathon due to injury. The 36-year-old decided to withdraw from the meet after sustaining a minor Achilles injury in…

Nairobi, Feb 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Eliud Kipchoge has written history before, and his next challenge is to become only the third man in history to successfully defend the Olympic marathon title. For a man, who only…

Tokyo, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee has unveiled a recreational complex for Olympic athletes that has been made mostly out of reusable wood with traditional Japanese construction techniques. Spanning an area of…

Kolkata, Jan 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Over 12,000 runners will be lining up in pursuit of glory at the fourth edition of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata Full Marathon, with legendary Sachin Tendulkar himself flagging off…

New Delhi, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ace India javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday said qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics was his “major target” as he was recovering from an elbow injury. Neeraj qualified with a…

New Delhi, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) had 26 medallists at the Khelo India Youth Games, a jump from the 16 it had produced in last year’s edition. Thirteen of these…

Mumbai, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Defending champion and course record holder Sudha Singh, Srinu Bugatha, Jyoti Gawte and Rashpal Singh are prepared to go head to head over the classic distance in this years Tata Mumbai…

Kolkata, Jan 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar will flag off the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata Full Marathon on February 2 here with over 9000 runners registering for the event. The Kolkata Full Marathon…

Guwahati, Jan 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rambir Singh Khokhar, who won the Dronacharya award in the lifetime category in 2019 for his contribution as kabaddi coach, said that the Indian government alone cannot produce talented athletes. Khokhar,…