News & Press Releases

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Feb

Lakshmanan, Suriya, Hima, Sheena lead Indian gold medal run at Asian Games test event

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Jakarta, Feb13: Lakshmanan Govindan and Loganathan Suriya made it two in two for India in the 5000m at the athletics event of the Asian Games invitational tournament in Jakarta on Tuesday. Govindan, who hails from Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu had been adopted by Suriya’s father – the athletics coach S Loganathan. He has long carved a niche for himself as

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12
Feb

India add four gold, one silver to medal haul at Asian Games Test Event

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Jakarta, Feb 12: India continued their strong performance in the athletics events at the Asian Games Test Event in Jakarta, adding four gold medals and a silver to their medal haul on the second day of competition. Indian athletes had won two gold, three silver and as many bronze medals on the opening day of the competition. Saritaben Gayakwad won

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11
Feb

Devinder, Sonia win gold on opening day of Asian Games invitational tournament

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Jakarta, Feb 11: India won two gold medals, three silver and as many bronzes on the opening day of athletics at the Asian Games invitational tournament in Jakarta on Sunday. While the purpose of the competition is to serve as a test event for the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Indian competitors put up a strong show ahead of what

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3
Feb

Kamalraj and Nayana leaps to silver in Asian Indoors

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Feb 3, Tehran: Day -3, the final day of the tournament was the best one for India as it notched up more medals in the jump events. In Women’s Long Jump, Nayana James won the Silver with a leap of 6.08m behind Thi Tho Thao Bui of Vietnam (6.20m) who clinched the Gold. India’s Neena Varakil took the last medal

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2
Feb

Tajinder wins silver in shot put at Asian Indoors

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Feb 2, Tehran: Day 2 of 8th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships witnessed two of our Indian Athletes in action in men’s shot put event. Tajinder Pal Shing Toor the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships’ Silver medallist (19.77m) was in the medal contention along with the Gold medallist(19.80) Ali Samari of Iran, the host nation. It was the same result as Tajinder

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2
Feb

Sheena NV wins silver in Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

Feb 1, 2018, Tehran: The 8th edition of Asian Indoor Athletics Championships kick started at Aftab Enghleab Staduim in Tehran, the capital of the host nation Iran. With more than 25 countries participating in the event, India has sent a 13 member contingent to prove its mettle. This event also serves as an opportunity for athletes to claim their quota

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14
Jan

Services and Railways win championship titles at National Cross Country

AFI Media ,14 January 2018 Goa. Men’s from Services bagged championship title while Women’s helped Railways to finish on top in the Seniors category at the 52nd National Cross-Country Championships held at GEC Ground in Ponda- Goa on Sunday. In Men’s 10km event, Shankar Man Thapa of Services won the gold medal with a timing of 30:10.50 min. Pradeep Singh

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