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Nagpur : COMPETITIONS at the newly constructed synthetic track at Divisional Sports Complex, Mankapur will begin with the 29th West Zone Athletics Championship from September 16. The first-ever event on the newly-laid international standard track will be flagged off by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. However, it will not be inauguration of the track. Divisional Commissioner Anup Kumar said the

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CWG 2018 Qualifying Guidelines Asian Games 2018 Qualifying Guidelines Qualification Guidelines

AFI Media September 11, 2017 Patiala:     The AFI committee for Planning, Coaching, Monitoring and Implementation which met at NIS-Patiala recently has decided that the criteria for selection of Indian athletics teams for Asian Games and Commonwealth Games 2018 will be the AFI qualifying standards which will be announced well in advance before each competition. At the two-day meeting held on Saturday-Sunday,

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AFI Media August 31, 2017 NEW DELHI: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) selected a 22-member team for the 5th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) to be held in Ashgabat, the capital city of Turkmenistan from 17-27 September, 2017. The AFI selection committee under the chairmanship of former Olympian G S Randhawa met on Wednesday to pick the

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To, All Affiliated State Associations Dear Sir, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports launched a scheme of Human Resource Development in Sports under which provision is made for holding of training courses, workshops etc. A detailed circular can be downloaded here. You are therefore requested to kindly send the name of coaches, physical education teachers and support personnel from your

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New Delhi, Aug 11: Davinder Sing Kang throws himself into history as he qualifies for the finals of Javelin Throw at the IAAF World Championships in London 2017 on Thursday. In his third and last attempt there came the throw of 84.22m, thus becoming the only Indian athlete to qualify for the finals of an event at the competition so

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New Delhi, Aug 10: India’s star long distance runner and double gold medalist at Asian Championships, Lakshmanan  ran a fantastic 5000m race at the IAAF World Championships 2017 in London on Wednesday. Lakshmanan was in the leading group which also comprised Double-Double gold medallist & legendary British athlete Mo Farah till the end. Lakshmanan delivered his life time best performance

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