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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.
Sprinter Tamilarasu makes a mark with friend-turned-coach by his side
August 21, 2025 7:53 pm
Tamilarasu clocked the joint fourth-fastest time by an Indian in the men's 100 metre final at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships.
Government funding for sports: Nearly 400 per cent hike for yoga, gets as much as chess and more than basketball, volleyball
August 21, 2025 12:10 am
In bid to take Indian tradition to the world and get it included at major multi-sport events, yoga gets substantial raise; funding for athletics, boxing, football goes down.
No Indo-Pak javelin showdown as Neeraj Chopra, Arshad Nadeem both withdraw from Silesia Diamond League
August 10, 2025 8:13 pm
The two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj and Paris Olympics gold medal winner Nadeem’s participation was first announced by the organisers of the Silesia Diamond League event in early July.
Monaco Diamond League: Gout Gout, Animesh Kujur set to start in same sprint
July 09, 2025 3:41 pm
In Kujur’s young career, the Monaco DL will easily be the biggest stage he has been a part of, and the chance to rub shoulders against who many consider to be a future great, gives the Indian an opportunity to truly push himself.
Federation Cup athletics: Triple jumper Praveen Chithravel equals own national record to qualify for World Championships
April 25, 2025 12:25 am
With a jump of 17.37 metres, Praveen Chithravel also went past the World Championship Qualifying Standard of 17.22m
South Asian Athletics C'ships (SAAF) postponed for the second time
April 24, 2025 10:55 am
It is the second time in less than nine months the event has been put off; Arshad Nadeem was likely to participate.
WATCH: Indian athlete loses gold due to early celebration
April 17, 2025 4:59 am
India's Nitin Gupta missed out on a gold medal due to an early celebration in the final of 5,000m racewalk at Asian U18 Athletics Championships.
Neeraj Chopra’s latest launch: Dials competitors to bring home big-ticket athletic action
April 06, 2025 8:22 am
While training at his base in South Africa, Chopra has spent the last couple of years pulling strings and making calls to fulfill his long-time dream of bringing big-time athletics action to India
Serial record-breaker Gulveer Singh rewrites 10,000m mark in US
March 30, 2025 10:59 pm
Aligarh athlete now has the third-best timing for an Asian, but just missed qualifying for September's World Championships
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