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Javelin and relay special focus events for LA Games: Indian chief athletics coach Radhakrishnan Nair

August 23, 2025 1:30 pm

Athletes unwilling to come out of the comfort zones, says Radhakrishnan Nair, Indian chief athletics coach.

AFI's priority list: Increased scrutiny on athletes competing overseas, monitoring food supplement use

June 28, 2025 10:12 am

The association wants athletes to be more judicious in choosing tournaments; plans to short-list genuine supplement suppliers

Behind Neeraj Chopra's NC Classic: Learning about lighting levels, getting out of comfort zone, nurturing a dream

July 05, 2025 5:43 pm

Mondo Duplantis has the Mondo Classic. Keely Hodgkinson has the Keely Klaasic. And now Neeraj Chopra has the NC Classic. India's greatest track & field athlete says it's a dream come true – comparable with the medals he has won.

2 months to go for Olympics, Neeraj Chopra faces a scare — after fatigue of back-to-back events in Doha and Bhubaneshwar

May 27, 2024 8:30 am

Following a meeting with AFI officials Neeraj Chopra participated in Federation Cup, four days after Doha Diamond League; AFI insisted on his participation being mandatory in Inter-State Championships in June but it would have disturbed his training & competition schedule for Olympics; Top JSW Sports official says back-to-back competitions resulted in 'fatigue'.

‘Athletes’ job is to train, not fight court cases’: High jumper Tejaswin relieved after CWG inclusion

July 07, 2022 3:21 pm

Tejaswin Shankar hopes legal battle removes ‘arbitrariness’ in AFI selection policy.

AFI asks Aishwarya, Aldrin and Arokia to re-appear in trials for World C'ship

July 04, 2022 10:02 pm

AFI President Adille Sumariwalla said that the three athletes have been told that they can undergo another trial on Friday at the NIS Patiala.

AFI shows camper door for possessing needles

June 29, 2022 7:25 am

The Uttar Pradesh athlete was taken into the national camp after clocking decent timings of 46.58s (personal best) and 46.68 at the U23 Nationals and Open Nationals respectively in September last year.

Omitted from the CWG squad, high jumper Tejaswin takes AFI to court

June 22, 2022 7:50 pm

Tejaswin Shankar is the only Indian to meet the AFI-set qualifying standard of 2.27 metres for men.

Asian Games discus throw champion Praveen Kumar Sobti, who boomed on small screen as Bhim, passes away

February 09, 2022 2:53 pm

Ace of mace, the towering throws medallist from 60s and 70s and the much-adored actor dies at 74.

SAAF Cross County championships & National cross county championships postponed due to Covid-19

January 07, 2022 5:45 pm

"SAAF Cross Country & 56th National Cross Country Championships 2022 scheduled to be held in #Kohima Nagaland on January 15th 2022 is POSTPONED due #Omicron," AFI tweeted.

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