Jakarta, Aug 26 (IANS) India’s Muhammed Anas and Hima Das claimed the silver medals in the men’s and women’s 400 metres races respectively at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday. Reigning Asian champion Anas…
Jakarta, Aug 26 (IANS) India’s Anu Raghavan and Jauna Murmu qualified for the women’s 400 metre hurdles final at the 2018 Asian Games here on Sunday. Anu took a time of 56.77 seconds to finish…
Jakarta, Aug 25 (IANS) India’s Tajinderpal Singh Toor set a new meet record to clinch the gold medal in the men’s shot put event at the 18th Asian Games here on Saturday. Toor hurled the…
Jakarta, Aug 25 (IANS) Tajinderpal Singh Toor became the toast of the nation by winning the men’s shot put title with a new meet record while the squash stars and the bridge teams bagged bronze…
Jakarta, Aug 25 (IANS) India’s Tajinderpal Singh Toor set a new meet record to clinch the gold medal in the men’s shot put event at the 18th Asian Games here on Saturday. Toor hurled the…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Following a directive from the Delhi High Court, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Tuesday announced fresh trial for Monika Chaudhary in the women’s 1500 metre event at the…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) One of India’s best bets for an athletics gold at the upcoming Asian Games, Neeraj Chopra is determined to focus on the job at hand and not put extra pressure…
Nairobi, Aug 15 (IANS) The prospect of running a personal best time is what drives Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor as he puts his title on the line at the New York Marathon on November 4. The…
Glasgow, Aug 14 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sent two suggestions to Russia for reinstating the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) in mid-June, but no response has been received so far, WADA President Craig Reedie…
Berlin, Aug 12 (IANS) Croatian discus thrower Sandra Perkovic, double Olympic and world champion, made history by securing her fifth European title with a 67.62-metre throw. No other athlete has won five titles in the…
By Ajeyo Basu New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) He may be a relative newcomer at the international level, but emerging Indian shot put star Tejinder Pal Singh Toor is exuding loads of confidence as he…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) In a move to avoid the winter smog and pollution in the national capital, Procam International, the organisers of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM), on Thursday advanced the 11th…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) India’s sprint sensation Hima Das on Thursday joined boxing superstars M.C.Mary Kom and Vijender Singh, Commonwealth Games gold medallists Manika Batra and Mirabai Chanu, to ink a multi-crore two-year exclusive…
Berlin, Aug 9 (IANS) Kenyan-born Lonah Chemtai Salpeter gave Israel its first ever track gold in the women’s 10,000 metres event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships here, winning the hard-fought race in 31:43.29. Leading…
Nairobi, Aug 8 (IANS) Kenya head coach Stephen Mwaniki believes his team will unruffle the USA and Jamaica domination of sprint events at the 2019 Doha World Championships. Speaking after returning from Asaba here, Nigeria…
Hanoi, Aug 8 (IANS) More than 7,000 runners from 52 countries and regions have registered for attending the 2018 Manulife Da Nang International Marathon slated for August 12 in Vietnam’s central Da Nang city. Some…
Berlin, Aug 8 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) expressed grief on Wednesday over the death of Kenyan athlete Nicholas Bett in a car accident. In 2018, Bett had a season’s best record…
Berlin, Aug 8 (IANS) Wojciech Nowicki won gold in the men’s hammer throw after achieving a distance of 80.12 meters with his final attempt at the inaugural multi-sport European Championships at the Berlin Olympic Stadium….
Berlin, Aug 8 (IANS) Britain’s Zharnel Hughes took the gold medal in the men’s 100 meter sprint, while Dina Asher-Smith dominated the women’s competition at the inaugural multi-sport European Championships here. In a close men’s…