New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Legendary sprinter and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha on Sunday was conferred with the 'Lifetime Achievement' award by the Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI) and Delhi Sports Journalists Association (DSJA) at the National Sports Club of India.
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) in their recent meeting approved Commonwealth Games medallist Tejaswin Shankar’s request for financial assistance towards participation in continental tour events in Europe.
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) Aspiring athletes aiming to cement their place in the national squad for the July 26 to August 11 Paris Olympic Games are both mentally and physically tuned to deliver the goods during the 11th edition of the Indian Open Race Walking competition, the two-day season-opening domestic event, an Olympic qualifying competition, to be held here from Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) With their eyes set on performing well at the upcoming Paris Olympics Games later this year, middle distance runners Avinash Sable and Parul Choudhary, both medallists at last year's Asian Games, and wrestlers Anshu Malik and Sarita Mor will soon be heading abroad for training.
Chennai, Jan 26 (IANS) At the age of 17 years, young javelin thrower Deepika from Haryana has made it a habit to break records, just like her idol Neeraj Chopra, the reigning Olympic and World Championship gold medallist who has set new standards all the way to the top.
Zurich (Switzerland), Jan 25 (IANS) Indian Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra found himself in the company of tennis legend Roger Federer in Zurich, a moment he aptly described as a "dream come true".
Hong Kong, Jan 21 (IANS) Anderson Seroi of Kenya won the men's title as African athletes dominated the podium with about 74,000 runners competing in the 2024 Hong Kong Marathon here on Sunday.
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) Ethiopian Hayle Lemi Berhanu became only the second athlete to defend the men’s crown in the history of the Mumbai Marathon, a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, as he successfully crossed the finish line in 2 hours 07:50 minutes.
Monaco, Jan 4 (IANS) World Athletics, the governing body for track and field and road running events, has ratified World records set by CJ Albertson (men's 50km), Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Men’s 100km) and Aleksandr Sorokin (Men’s 2000m).
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Double (100m and 200m) world record holder and eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt remains unfazed about anyone breaking his world records saying "he is not worried about them".
