Paris Olympics: Top 10 medal hopes for India

IANS | July 6, 2024 12:12 PM

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) As the Paris Olympics draw near, anticipation builds for India’s top athletes poised to make their mark on the global stage. India will be sending a contingent of close to 120 sportspersons to the Olympics, including an Athletics team led by the defending champion in the men’s javelin Neeraj Chopra, a 21-member Shooting team and a 16-member men’s hockey squad.

NADA suspends 400m runner Deepanshi over failed dope test

IANS | July 4, 2024 7:42 PM

New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) India's top woman 400m runner Deepanshi has been suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after testing positive for anabolic steroids during the recent National Inter-State Athletics Championships, held at Panchkula, Haryana. Deepanshi had secured a silver medal in the event, clocking an impressive 52.01 seconds in the women's 400m final.

Jepchirchir's women-only marathon World Record ratified just before Paris Olympics

IANS | July 3, 2024 9:46 PM

Monaco, July 3 (IANS) Just three weeks ahead of the upcoming Paris Olympic Games, World Athletics has ratified the women's marathon world record set by Peres Jepchirchir earlier this year. Kenya’s Jepchirchir rewrote the record book as she ran 2:16:16 to improve the women-only world marathon record by 45 seconds at the TCS London Marathon.

Inter-state Athletics: Sable sets meet record; Toor, Parul too win gold medals

IANS | June 29, 2024 11:05 PM

Panchkula, June 29 (IANS) Asian Games champion Avinash Sable set a new meet record on his way to a gold medal in men's 3000m steeplechase while top stars Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Parul Chaudhary won their respective events on the third day of the 63rd National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2024 on Saturday.

Sports Minister Dr. Mandaviya unveils new AFI logo, meets Olympics-bound athletes

IANS | June 29, 2024 10:41 PM

Panchkula, June 29 (IANS) The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports and Labour & Employment, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya unveiled the new logo of the Athletics Federation of India and interacted with Paris 2024 Olympic Games-bound track and field athletes competing in the National Inter-State Athletics Championships at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium here on Saturday.

Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visits NIS Patiala, interacts with Olympics-bound athletes

IANS | June 29, 2024 6:15 PM

Patiala, June 29 (IANS) The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports and Labour and Employment, Mansukh Mandaviya visited the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports in Patiala on Saturday to meet Olympics-bound athletes weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, javelin thrower Annu Rani and shot putter Abha Khatua and to inspect the progress of the new infrastructure coming up.