A galaxy of legendary sports stars participated in the Sports Day celebrations organised by the National Council of YMCA in India at its headquarters in New Delhi on Friday. The star cast was led by Sriram Singh and also included two of his disciples, Shiny Wilson and Geeta Zutshi, as well as middle-distance stars Suresh…
The senior selection committee of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) met on Thursday but pushed the team announcement for next month’s World Championships to Saturday as it awaits clarity on athletes in borderline cases who could end up making the cut. A few Indians like javelin thrower Rohit Yadav and 35km race walker Sandeep…
Jason Dawson was hit with a flurry of emotions at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. Vishal TK, his ward and local favourite, had just broken Muhammed Anas’ six-year-old National Record of 45.21s in men’s 400m at the 64th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships. Dawson, the head coach of the men’s 4x400m relay…
Since his return from a knee injury sustained during training in April last year and the subsequent surgery in Qatar, India’s top long jumper Murali Sreeshankar has been having a good run. The 26-year-old from Kerala has won all three International meets he has participated in since July. His best has been the 8.13m jump…
Indian athlete Akita Dhyani broke the National Record in the women’s 2000m steeplechase enroute to her first-place finish at the Grand Slam Jerusalem tournament — a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event — on Thursday. The 23-year-old clocked 6:13.92 to claim the top spot while Israel’s Adva Cohen (6:15.20) and Denmark’s Juliane Hvid (6:17.80) took…
Gulveer Singh during a practice session at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP/The Hindu Gulveer Singh during a practice session at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP/The Hindu Source link
National record holder Annu Rani registered her first 60m-plus throw in more than a year as she won the javelin title at the 8th International Wiesław Maniak Memorial meet in Szczecin, Poland on Wednesday. Rani, who will turn 33 on August 29, sent her spear to a season best of 62.59m to take the gold…