Cape Town (South Africa), April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) With barely four months to go for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, South African athlete Caster Semenya is making a last-ditch attempt to compete in her favourite events…
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A prominent throwing coach at Patiala’s National Institute of Sports (NIS) has tested positive for coronavirus, and that has put athletes he has been training under observation, said a source….
By Navneet Singh New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The pole vault setup at the showpiece Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is in a shambles. A mat borrowed from high jump currently makes up for a proper landing…
New Delhi, March 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Within 20 days, Haryana’s para javelin thrower Sumit Antil has broken the world record twice in the F-64 category. On Friday, in his sixth and last attempt he hurled the…
By Navneet Singh New Delhi, March 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The sporting career of Naveen Dagar, the 2014 Asian Games bronze medallist in 3000 metres steeplechase, has come to a halt temporarily due to multiple fractures in…
New Delhi, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Tuesday nominated Olympian Gurbachan Singh Randhawa as chairman of selection committee for seniors while P.T. Usha, Olympian and multiple time Asian Games gold…
London, March 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the first time in the history of World Athletics, the global governing body, it is reaching out to the entire international athletics community to participate in a Global Conversation and…
New Delhi, March 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kamalpreet Kaur booked her ticket for the Tokyo Olympic Games after she sent the discus to 65.06 metres in her first and only legal throw at the 24th Federation Cup…
New Delhi, March 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Long jumper M. Sreesankhar cleared 8.26 metres at the Federation Cup recently to erase the national record and secure a spot at the Tokyo Olympics Games. For the youngster, it…
Huangshan (China), March 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Yang Jiayu of China chopped 49 seconds off the women’s world record to win the 20km race walk in 1:23:49 seconds at the Chinese Race Walking Championships here on Saturday….
Patiala, March 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kamalpreet Kaur’s one legal throw in the Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships on Friday rewrote the women’s discus throw national record and earned her a spot in the Olympic Games competition…
Nairobi, March 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kenyan Olympic champion and marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, is hoping to return to the top of the podium at the NN Hamburg Marathon on April 11 to redeem his…
Patiala, March 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu’s S. Dhanalakshmi clocked a meet record in the semi-final of the women’s 200 metres in the ongoing 24th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships at Patiala’s National Institute of…
Patiala, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Avinash Sable of Maharashtra paid the best possible tribute to late coach Nikolai Snesarev by posting a new national record time of 8 minutes 20.20 seconds as he won the men’s…
London, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Athletics Indoor Tour organised 25 competitions in 11 different countries across Europe and North America. In all, 1,353 athletes from 84 countries competed in the wider series of Gold,…
Patiala, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Long jumper M. Sreeshankar of Kerala on Tuesday booked a place in this year’s Olympic Games with a national record leap of 8.26 metres in the 24th National Federation Cup Senior…
Patiala, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) National long jump record holder Murli Sreeshankar on Tuesday booked a ticket to this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games by clearing 8.26 metres on his fifth attempt and improving his own national…
By Navneet Singh New Delhi, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh’s long distance runner Sunil Vishwakarma’s bid of making it to this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games seems to be crumbling after he tested positive for banned…
New Delhi, March 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Asian medallist Annu Rani on Monday bettered her own meet record with a throw of 63.24 metres in the women’s javelin throw, but fell short of the Tokyo Olympic qualification…
By Navneet Singh New Delhi, March 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh’s Savita Pal was buoyant on winning her maiden senior women’s 10,000 metres race at the Senior National Federation Cup athletics in Patiala on Monday. The…