News & Press Releases

13
Jan

Stage set for 52nd National Cross Country Championships in Goa

13 January 2018,Goa : After an action filled year of 2017, the 2018 athletics season will open at Ponda in Goa on Sunday with the 52nd National Cross Country Championships. More than 600 athletes from various state units of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) have registered for this one-day event. The competition will kick-off at 7am on Sunday with 10km

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11
Jan

Indian athletics team selected for Asian Indoors & Asian Games test events

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AFI Media 11 January 2018 New Delhi. The selection committee of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) nominated a 13-member Indian team for the 8th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships to be held in Tehran, Iran from February 1-3, 2018. Under the chairmanship of G. S. Randhawa, former Olympian, the selection committee also selected a 36-member contingent which will represent India at

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10
Jan

CONGRATULATIONS to all the participants of the AFI 2018 Quiz Contest

CONGRATULATIONS to all the participants of the AFI 2018 Quiz Contest 🙂 & Hurray to TEN LUCKY winners who will receive the copy of our EXCLUSIVE Calendar soon… Here are the names from today’s draw conducted by AFI Secretary Mr. CK Valson. Ten Lucky Winners- 1. Jerry Jackson 2. Abisha Baslin 3. Aniket Gaikwad 4. Bikash Chand Katoch 5. Debashish

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3
Jan

TENTATIVE LIST OF ATHLETES SELECTED FOR PARTICIPATION IN KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES 2019

TENTATIVE LIST OF ATHLETES SELECTED FOR PARTICIPATION IN KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES 2019 – Click Here
1
Jan

WADA announces that 2018 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods is now in force

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces that the 2018 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was first published on 29 September 2017, enters into force today (1 January). The List, which is one of six International Standards that are mandatory for all Signatories of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code), designates what substances and methods are prohibited both in-

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26
Nov

NIDJAM 2017 ends with record participation from across India

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AFI Media Nov 26, Visakhapatnam: The 15th National Inter-District Junior Athletics Meet concluded today with a record number of participation and several new meet records at the Golden Jubilee Port Trust ground here. A total of 4686 entries were received this year and a record number of 4283 athletes from 424 districts of India participated in 30 athletics disciplines. On

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26
Nov

Gopi Thonakal wins Asian Marathon Championships

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Gopi Thonakal, India’s leading Marathoner who hails form Wayanad of Kerala wins 16th Asian Marathon Championships here at Dongguan, China with a timing of 2.15.48. It was a fighting win at the end for the Indian leaving behind Petrov Andrey (2.15.51) of Uzbekistan, thumping him on a margin of three seconds. The bronze went to T.Byambajav of Mangolia for him

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