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AFI Media 04 May 2018 New Delhi. India’s star athlete Neeraj Chopra broke his own national record at the IAAF Diamond League at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha on Friday night. The 20-year-old Indian Army athlete finished fourth with an effort of 87.43m in a highly competitive field of the opening leg of the IAAF Diamond League. The German

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AFI Media 02 May 2018 New Delhi. Indian Race Walking team will depart China tonight to participate in the IAAF World Race Walk Team Championships to be held at Taicang on May 5-6, 2018. The Indian team comprising National record holder Irfan KT, Vikash Singh and Neeraj Kumar will compete in Men’s 20km category while Sandeep Kumar and Jitendra Singh

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AFI Media 27 April 2018 New Delhi. Commonwealth Games gold medal winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has been recommended by the Athletics Federation of India for the country’s highest sporting honour – the Khel Ratna Award. In addition to the Khel Ratna, Chopra, 20, has also been recommended for the Arjuna Award by the federation. Chopra is one of three

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AFI Media 25 April 2018 New Delhi. National junior record breaker Gurindervir Singh will lead the Indian athletics team at the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships to be held from May 5-6, 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka The AFI selection committee for juniors selected 31 boys and 28 girls for the SAF championships. Sprinter Gurindervir Singh from Punjab shattered

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AFI Media April 25, 2018 New Delhi. It is with deep regret the Athletics Federation of India informs the passing away of Dr. Tony Daniel, Chairman, Technical Committee and a well-known sports administrator. Born in Ernakulam (Kerala) on 17 January 1952, Tony represented Kerala State and University on many occasions at the national championships both in junior and senior categories

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Hammer thrower Jhakar sets new National record at Junior Federation Cup AFI Media 22 April 2018 Coimbatore (TN). Ashish Jhakar was the star of the final day of the 16th Federation Cup Junior National Athletics Championships, setting a new national record in the U20 men’s hammer throw event in Coimbatore on Sunday. Jhakar, threw the 6kg iron ball and chain

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21 April 2018 AFI Media Coimbatore (TN). Gurindervir Singh of Punjab set a new national U20 record as he claimed gold in the 100m at the 16th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships in Coimbatore on Saturday. Singh, clocked a blistering 10.47 seconds to shatter the old mark of 10.57 seconds set by Augustine Yeshudas of Kerala in 2013.  Gurindervir,

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