By Abhishek Upadhyay New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) After scripting history by bagging gold in the 100m race at the World University Games recently, ace India sprinter Dutee Chand said the feat was a result…
Kladno (Czech Republic), July 14 (IANS) Ace sprinter Hima Das bagged her third international gold in two weeks after she bagged the top spot in women’s 200m event at the Kladno Memorial Athletics Meet here…
Napoli, July 12 (IANS) Ace sprinter Dutee Chand finished fifth in the women’s 200m final at the World University Games here on Friday. Dutee clocked 23.30 seconds in the race, slower than her bronze-winning time…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has won the gold medal in women’s 100-metre sprint at the 30th Summer University Games in Naples, Italy becoming the first Indian to win do…
Naples (Italy), July 10 (IANS) Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has won the gold medal in women’s 100-metre sprint at the 30th Summer University Games in Naples, Italy becoming the first Indian to win do…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Ace sprinter Hima Das bagged her second international gold inside a week after she won the women’s 200m race at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland on Sunday. Braving a…
Poznan, July 4 (IANS) In her first competitive 200 metre race of the year, star sprinter Hima Das bagged gold while national record holder shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor won the bronze at the…
Madrid, June 9 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) council on Sunday upheld a suspension imposed on the Russian Federation since November 2015 over allegations of state-sponsored doping. IAAF’s council decision will mean…
By Abhishek Upadhyay New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Kiren Rijiju’s appointment as Sports Minister in the newly re-elected NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came as a surprise to many. With the Tokyo…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Athlete Gomathi Marimuthu, winner of womens 800m gold medal at at the Doha Asian Championships last month, has been tested positive for a banned substance norandrosterone, which is an anabolic…
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) 100m record holder and winner of two Asian Games silver medals Dutee Chand on Sunday revealed that she is in a same-sex relationship with a girl from…
Bengaluru, May 17 (IANS) The women’s race at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru on Sunday will bring together two of the world’s leading distance runners who will be using the International Association of Athletics Federations…
Yokohama, May 11 (IANS) Indian athletes finished their campaign at the IAAF World Relays 2019 on a poor note on Saturday after the men’s, women’s and mixed relay teams failed to make it to the…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Caster Semenya has lost her legal case against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) over testosterone regulations. The judgement means that Semenya will have to take medication to reduce…
Doha, April 24 (IANS) P.U. Chitra clocked 4:14.56 to strike gold for India in the womens’ 1500m race on the concluding day of the Asian Athletics Championships here on Wednesday. The win also ensured Chitra’s…
London, April 22 (IANS) London Olympic Gold medallist Etienne Stott was one of the many Extinction Rebellion activists arrested in London protesting against climate change at the Waterloo Bridge here on Sunday evening. Stott, the…
Rabat, April 22 (IANS) Kenyan athletes dominated Morocco’s Rabat International Marathon as they swept most of the medals in both men’s and women’s races on Sunday. In the men’s race, Sammy Kigen broke the competition’s…
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Olympian Manisha Malhotra knows what it takes to shine against the best in the business and the former tennis star has now joined JSW Sports to lead…
Los Angeles, March 25 (IANS) When the starting gun sounded for the Los Angeles Marathon, Maria del Carmen Tun Cho felt like a winner already by becoming the first Guatemalan Maya woman ever to participate…
Nomi (Japan), March 17 (IANS) Indian athlete K.T. Irfan has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics as he finished fourth in the men’s 20 kilometre category at the Asian Race Walking Championships here. The 29-year-old clocked…