News & Press Releases

Introduction 1. The 12th IAU 24 Hour World Championships and WMA 24 Hour World Championships will be held on 01 to 02 July 2017, at Belfast, Northern Ireland. (http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/). Athletics Federation of India (AFI) herein has set out the criteria for selecting athletes to represent India at the 12th IAU 24 Hour World Championships and WMA 24 Hour World Championships.

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Dear Editors, AFI invites nominations from Press reporters and photographers interested in covering IAAF World Championships to be held in London from 4-13 August, 2017. Kindly visit the link below for detailed information on Media Accreditation process- http://www.iaafworldchampionships.com/mediainfo You are requested to send the nominations on the official letterhead of the organisation duly signed by the Sports Editor by Saturday,

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To All Affiliated Units – AFI This is further to our circular informing you that Asian Athletics Championships has been postponed by one month and now will be held from 6th to 9thJuly 2017 at Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Accordingly domestic competitions have been planned as given below: 7 th May 2017 (SUNDAY) – IGP-I, Delhi 11th May 2017 (THRUSDAY) – IGP-II,

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A contingent of 37 sportspersons from Haryana are participating in 21st Commonwealth Games being organised at Gold Coast in Australia from 4 April to 15 April, 2018. These include 20 male and 17 female sportspersons. Disclosing this, Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij said that state players were participating in 11 events namely wrestling, boxing, shooting, hockey, cycling,

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Hi friends & lovers of Athletics, After a long and complex phase of planning, today the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) along with its sponsor Max Bupa Health Insurance and our new partners Meraki Sport & Entertainment, delivered a spectacular National Race Walking Championship in Delhi. This year, it was the fourth edition of the championships and it was titled

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Saturday, 25 February 2017: New Delhi The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Executive Council (EC) members on Sunday decided to hold two new competitions focussing on 400m and Javelin Throw events as Indian athletes are making rapid progress in these two events. In a two-day EC meeting that concluded on Sunday at the Hotel Mapple Emerald in Delhi, the EC

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March 19, 2017 : After an impressive bronze medal winning performance at the Asian 20km Race Walk Championships on Sunday morning in Nomi, Japan, India’s Irfan KT is eyeing a medal at the IAAF World Championships to be held in London from August 4-13, 2017. Speaking to AFI media team from Japan after finishing third in the Men’s 20km event

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