News & Press Releases

28
Mar

India continue dominance in South Asian Cross Country Championships

India’s men and women athletes dominated the South Asian Cross Country Championships winning gold medals in both categories at Thimpu in Bhutan on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. In men’s 10km race, India’s Pradeep Singh Chaudhary won the gold with the timing of 33:52.20 while Shankar Man Thapa (IND) clocked 34:01.64 to grab a silver medal. Sri Lanka’s Don Lional won

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26
Mar

2018 Commonwealth Games: Know your CWG athlete – Arpinder Singh

NEW DELHI: Arpinder Singh, the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist in triple jump, qualified for the 2018 CWG to be held at Gold Coast Australia from April 4-15 with a jump of 16.61m at the Federation Cup athletics meet earlier this month. The 22-year-old from Amritsar held the national record in triple jump in 2014 before it was broken by

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24
Mar

Commonwealth Games 2018: After losing his father at 10, India’s Dharun Ayyasamy runs to provide for his family

Dharun Ayyasamy’s road through Indian athletics has been full of hurdles. However, he has manoeuvred himself past most of them so far. Not much was expected when Dharun Ayyasami registered his name for the Federation Cup in Patiala earlier this month. Just weeks before the tournament that effectively served as the qualifier for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, Dharun had contracted

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21
Mar

Technical Delegates Examination 2018 Results

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19
Mar

Ravina finishes first in open category of Asian Race Walking

March 18, 2018 Nomi (Japan). Ravina of Haryana won the open category gold at 20km Asian Race Walking Championships held at Nomi, Japan on Sunday with an impressive timing of 1:35:35. The Haryana girl finished overall second behind Duan Dandan (1:35:12) of China who won the gold in the official entry category of the championships. India’s official entry for the

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15
Mar

Sanjivani wins bronze at Asian Cross Country Championships

AFI Media 15 March 2018 New Delhi. India’s long distance athlete Sanjivani Jadhav bagged a bronze medal at the 14th Asian Cross Country Championships held on Thursday morning at Guiyang in China. Sanjivani clocked 28m 19sec in the Senior women’s 8km event to finish third. China’s Li Dan (28.03) won the gold while Abe Yukari (28.06) of Japan settled for

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14
Mar

Indian athletes depart for CWG, Asian Cross Country

AFI Media 14 March 2018 New Delhi. A four-member athletics team comprising IAAF U20 World Champion in Javelin Throw Neeraj Chopra, triple jump National Record holder Arpinder Singh and long jumpers Nayana James and Neena Varakil departed today for training and participation in the 21st Commonwealth Games to be held in Gold Coast, Australia from 4-15 April 2018. The Indian

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