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  • Paulose strikes gold after two years at Asian All Star Athletics
    New Delhi, July 31: India's middle distance runner Sinimol Paulose bagged an international gold medal after two years, winning the women's 1500 metres while Juana Murmu registered her p....
  • Om Prakash wins shot put gold at Savo Games
    New Delhi, July 18: India's Om Prakash Singh won the gold in the men's shot put event at the Savo Games in Lapinlahti, Finland, today.

    Asian Champion Singh threw 19.12 metres ....
  • Swiftest sprinters tend to be of African ancestry
    Washington, July 12: The swiftest sprinters tend to be of West African ancestry and the faster swimmers tend to be white.

    A study of the elite athletes over the past 100 years reveals....
  • Gold for Luka, Poonia in Asian Grand Prix
    Chennai, June 9: Legendary sprinter P.T. Usha could hardly stop smiling as her trainee Tintu Luka hung on to win the 800 metres gold in the third leg of the Asian Grand Prix athletics at the Ne....
  • Railways dominate Indian Grand Prix
    Chennai, June 9: As expected, it were the Indian Railways who hogged the limelight in the third Indian Grand Prix athletics here today, winning three of the six events.

    The results: ....
  • Mary Kom slams BCCI for not sending team to Asiad
    New Delhi, June 2: India's four-time World boxing champion M.C. Mary Kom today slammed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for not sending a team to the Asian Games in November....
  • Goa sets up National Games Secretariat
    Panaji, May 27: Goa today constituted a National Games Secretariat to finalise various activities for the mega sporting event to be held in 2011, the state government said today.

    "....
  • Pawar backs politicians' role in sports organisations
    New Delhi, May 13: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who earlier headed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), today defended the presence of politicians in sports organisations. <....
  • IOC Workshop to encourage youngsters to take to sports
    New Delhi: An Olympic Education toolkit has been developed to help educators, coaches and youth group leaders to encourage youngsters to take to sports and to teach them the educational values ....
  • Now pursue Bruce Lee's martial art in India
    New Delhi: Martial artist Bruce Lee's student Richard Bustillo is bringing the legend's art Jeet Kune Do (JKD) to India.

    Bustillo will discuss, demonstrate and train students ....
  • Athletes should avoid performing through pain
    Washington: Athletes often misunderstand how serious an injury can be and try to rush back into competition without appropriate treatment and rehabilitation.

    Some of the most difficul....
  • Curtain drawn on South Asian Games, India finish at top
    Dhaka: India finished with 175 medals, including 90 gold medals in the 11th South Asian Games here, underlining its supremacy as the regional sports powerhouse.

    The Games came to an e....
  • Gold for Indian boxers, women's football and men spikers
    Dhaka: Indian boxers, and women's soccer and men's volleyball teams won gold medals in the ongoing 11th South Asian Games here today.

    The women's soccer team, which was st....
  • Deep Chand, Shukanya win Mawana Sugars marathon
    New Delhi: More than 5,000 people wore their running shoes on a warm today for the Mawana Sugars Indian Open marathon here, with Deep Chand and Shukanya Mall winning the men's and women'....
  • Manipur champions in national Vovinam meet
    New Delhi: Manipur emerged winners in the national Vovinam championship held at Nanded, Maharashtra.

    Around 550 participant from 18 states competed in the first national championship ....
  • At age 77, cardiologist to run 101st marathon
    Chandigarh: Even after creating history in Mumbai on Jan 17, where 77-year-old Ashis Roy competed in his 100th marathon, the determination to keep running is only growing stronger for this tire....
  • Olympian athlete Ajmer Singh's body donated for research
    Chandigarh: The body of former Olympian and 1966 Jakarta Asian Games 400 metres gold medallist Ajmer Singh has been donated for medical research, his relatives said today. The 70-year-old athle....
  • 60-member Indian Squad for Asian Athletics Championships
    Guangzhou (China): A 60-member Indian squad is all set to start its journey in the 18th Asian Athletics Championships, which commences here from tomorrow. However, the stars like long jumper An....
  • Jaypee starts construction of Sports City
    New Delhi: Jaypee Greens, part of construction major Jaiprakash Associates, has started construction of "Sports City", a township with residential and sports facilities, near the Yamuna....
  • India's grand old marathon man completes 98th run
    Washington: India's grand old marathon man Ashis Roy took another step towards his coveted goal of a century of runs as he finished his 98th race in Harrisburg after ten runs in North Ameri....
  • India to participate in Abu Dhabi judo tournament
    Abu Dhabi: Around 30 countries, including India, will participate in the international judo tournament here Nov 20-21, WAM news agency reported today.

    The two-day event will be held a....
  • Renjith, Elam, Surekha set Meet records
    Chennai: Renjith Maheshwary of Kerala, Elam Singh of Uttarkhand and V.S. Surekha of Tamil Nadu rewrote the Meet records in the men's triple jump and 3000 metres Steeplechase and women's....
  • Top athletes for Inter-State Meet
    Chennai: Some 1,200 athletes are expected to participate in the four-day 49th Inter-State athletics championship commencing here on Wednesday even as the organisers issued a warning of sorts ab....
  • Distressed PT Usha criticize officials
    New Delhi: Another anecdote which embraced the spotlight cites the reason as to why Indian sports are lagging far behind the rest of the world.

    Recently, India's golden girl PT Us....
  • Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Olympic Games
    Copenhagen: Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games. Rio beat off the challenges of Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago in a vote by International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates at the IOC Ses....
  • CWG village to be ready by March 31: sports ministry
    New Delhi: India's junior sports minister Pratik Prakashbapu Patil said on Tuesday that 56 percent of construction of the Commonwealth Games Village has been completed and the complex will ....
  • Chandigarh all set to host its first marathon in 2010
    Chandigarh: Chandigarh is all set to host its first ever marathon in February and the administration here is projecting it as a big tourism-oriented sports event.

    Plans to host the Ch....
  • India bag three more medals at Asian Youth Games
    New Delhi: Indian athletes continued their impressive run at the Asian Youth Games in Singapore, winning three medals today to take their tally to six.

    According to information receiv....
  • Kerala boy wins silver at Estonia athlete meet
    Kothamangalam (Kerala): Celebrations erupted in this Kerala town after news reached here that Class 11 student Binish K. Shaji on Monday won a silver medal at the World School Athletics champio....
  • Athlete Naunidh dies in road accident
    New Delhi: Athlete Naunidh Singh, a former national record holder in the 110 metres hurdles, died in a road accident in Amritsar, on Sunday.

    According to reports received here today, ....
  • Two podium finishes for Khushlani in national racing
    Coimbatore: Akhil Khushlani, a 19-year old from Hyderabad driving for Team Red Rooster Racing, posted two podium finishes in the Formula Rolon Chevrolet premium class in the second round of the....
  • India's marathon man sets new record with 91st marathon
    Washington: India's grand old marathon man, Ashis Roy, became the first Asian above 75 to run three marathons in a month as he finished his 91st long run in six hours and 27 minutes.

  • Indian woman among top 10 in South African marathon
    Johannesburg: A South African Gujarati woman is the toast of her community after she became the first Indian woman to finish in the top 10 of the prestigious Comrades Marathon run annually betw....
  • Marathon runners have normal hearts
    Toronto: An advanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) technology was used for the first time to peer into possible cardiac abnormalities of marathon runners and found none, in a study ....
  • Marathon man Ashis Roy completes 90th marathon
    Washington: India's grand old marathon man Ashis Roy has completed his 90th marathon, finishing the Delaware Marathon in Wilmington in a time of six hours and 32 minutes on a chilly rain sw....
  • Abraham qualifies for Athletics World Cup
    Chennai: Joseph Abraham enjoyed a fine outing as he not only qualified for the World championship in Berlin but also won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles in the third round of the SS Mu....
  • National games could be held in November: Jharkhand governor
    Jamshedpur: Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibte Razi today said the 34th edition of the National Games could take place in November in the state.

    "Jharkhand is prepared to hold the Nati....
  • Marathon runner dies of exhaustion in Tamil Nadu
    Chennai: An athlete who fainted halfway through his marathon on Sunday was declared dead on arrival at a government hospital, official sources said. Santosh, 21, a post graduate science student....
  • Erratic Anju disappoints with three foul jumps
    Beijing: Breaking a million Indian hearts, Anju Bobby George today failed to qualify for the finals of women's long jump event of the Beijing Olympics after three consecutive foul jumps. It was....
  • Maheshwary fails to make triple jump final
    Beijing: Triple jumper Renjith Maheswary added to the miserable take of Indian athletics performance in Beijing with a showing that was more than a metre less than his personal best (17.04 metr....
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