News & Press Releases

Hyderabad, April 20, 2017: The 14th National Youth Athletics Championships will be held at the GMC Balayogi Athletics Stadium, Gachibowli, Hyderabad from April 21 to 23. The three-day event is expecting around 583 participants, 52 officials who are ready to represent 26 states and union territories in Hyderabad tomorrow. The boys and girls under 18 years will participate in 20

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20 April 2017,AFI Media,New Delhi. The 16-member Indian Athletics team will depart for China on Saturday, 22 April 2017 to participate in the three-leg Asian Grand Prix 2017. The first two legs of the AGP 2017 will be held in the Chinese cities of Jiaxing and Jinhua on April 24 and April 27, respectively, while the third and final leg

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Athletics Federation of India (AFI) President Adille J Sumariwalla has extended an invitation to International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) chief Sebastian Coe to visit India for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) from July 6-9, 2017. The AFI President, who was in London to attend the 209th IAAF Council Meeting held on April 12-13,

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22ND ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 6-9 JULY 2017 BHUBANESWAR – ODISHA CIRCULAR – 1 : CLICK HERE 08 Apr. 17, AFI Media India will once again proudly host the prestigious Asian Athletics Championships from July 6-9, 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar (Odisha). The 22nd edition of the Championships, which was earlier scheduled to be held in Ranchi, Jharkhand from

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15 April 2017, AFI Media India’s top Race Walker Manish Singh Rawat clocked his best timing of 2017 and finished fifth at the IAAF Men’s 20km Walkers Challenge (Grand-Prix) 2017 in Taicang, China on Saturday. Manish finished fifth overall and first among Asian athletes in the hot and humid conditions in Taicang by clocking 1h 23min 58 sec.  Brazil’s CaioOliveria

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To All National Coaches/Athletes, As you are aware about the national calendar of AFI for the year 2017, it has been made mandatory by AFI that every Athlete who is in the national camp and is interested to be selected in the Indian team for participation in any international competition he/she must take part in the meets organised by AFI

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Indian Ultra Marathon & Trail Runners to represent India at international level The Athletics Federation of India (AFI)recently became the 83rd member of the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). The IAU operates under the patronage of the IAAF and is dedicated to promote and develop ultra-distance running internationally within the IAAF Rules & Regulations. Observing the enthusiasm and rapidly growing

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