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Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha kept hopes of her re-election bid alive as she was nominated by Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI) on Thursday as one of its two representatives to the General Body, just days after she lost the Sportspersons of Merit (SOMs) polls. Usha was nominated as the female representative…
Indian track-and-field para-athletes snared three more gold medals on Thursday, with Shailesh Kumar leading the country’s sweep of the men’s high jump T63 competition, while sprinters Anjanaben Bumbadiya and Dilip Mahadu Gavit finished on top in their respective 400m T47 events at the Asian Para Games. Bumbadiya clinched gold in the women’s 400m…
File image of Sachin Khilari© PTI Sachin Sarjerao Khilari won a gold with a Games record as Indians swept all three medals in the men’s shot put F46 event at the Asian Para Games on Wednesday. Paris Paralympics silver winner Khilari defended the gold he had won in the previous Asian Para Games…
One of India’s most well-known athletics coaches, Mohammad Yunus Khan, who has guided star long distance runner Gulveer Singh in his formative years, has been provisionally suspended for alleged “complicity” in an unspecified anti-doping rule violation. Khan, a middle and long distance coach at the prestigious Army Sports Institute in Pune, has been…
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Youth Empowerment and Sports G. Parameshwara on Monday said the state government is reconsidering the cash awards for sportspersons by comparing them with the incentives offered by other states. Speaking to reporters near the West Gate of Vidhana Soudha, Parameshwara said he had already discussed the…
Neeraj Chopra at Lausanne Diamond League 2026© Diamond League Indian javelin ace Neeraj Chopra produced his best performance in more than a year but was pipped to the post by the rising Sri Lankan star Rumesh Pathirage for the top spot by a mere nine centimeters in the Lausanne Diamond League meet on…
File photo of Sachin Tendulkar and Gurindervir Singh© X/Twitter Gurindervir Singh is making headlines. The athlete became the first Indian sprinter to clock a sub-10.10 timing in the 100m race. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar lauded India’s sprint sensation Gurindervir Singh after the Punjab athlete scripted history by becoming the fastest Indian ever in…
Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar© NDTV Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar pushed each other to the limit in a memorable pole vault contest at the Federation Cup 2026, with both athletes finishing the day with a joint national record of 5.45m. The competition turned into a thrilling back-and-forth battle between the two IIS…
Indian athlete and adventurer with a cause, Mann Sharma, has created history by completing the world’s first-ever Burpee Marathon, covering an astonishing 42.195 kilometres, entirely through broad burpees, over a course of nine days here at the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium. This extraordinary feat has been officially recognised by the World Book of…
Arshad Nadeem (right) embracing Salman Iqbal© X (formerly Twitter) Salman Iqbal, the long serving coach of Pakistan’s top athlete Arshad Nadeem, was on Sunday banned for life by the country’s Athletics Federation for violating the constitution of the Punjab Athletics Association, where he holds the position of President. Under the life ban, Iqbal…