With the domestic athletics season only just having begun, the Indian Open will be the first major competition where the Asian and Olympic Games prospects will get to test their mettle against each other in a field that has some serious firepower. A total of 195 athletes will compete across
A total of 5,482 athletes from 599 districts across the country have entered the competition for boys and girls in two age groups, under-14 and under-16.
Asha Kiran Barla has a personal best of 4 minutes 31 seconds in the 1500m event. On Friday she stayed behind the leading group in the initial stages but took the lead with 300m to go. She crossed the finish line nearly 13 seconds slower than her best time of 4:31 clocked last year.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 14 (ANI): Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) have entered into a long-term partnership to enable the holistic growth of athletics in India.
Thenhipalam (Kerala) [India], April 2 (ANI): More than 500 athletes, including 158 women are eyeing honours in the 25th AFI National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships which kick-started on Saturday and will conclude on April 6 at the C.H. Muhammed Koya Stadium.
Muscat [Oman], March 6 (ANI): Eknath Sambhaji Turambekar and Priyanka Goswami set new National Records in the men and women's 35 Km events in the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Muscat. They finished 27th and 20th respectively in hot conditions that added to the challenge of
Patiala (Punjab) [India], February 26 (ANI): As many as 67 athletes, including 29 women, will compete in the inaugural Indian Open Throws Competition 2022 here at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports on Sunday. It marks the start of the athletics calendar at the National level for
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Athletics Federation of India (AFI) joined hands with IOS Sports and Entertainment to bring them on as exclusive commercial partners of the federation for a period of three years.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 13 (ANI): In a major decision, the Athletics Federation of India on Monday decided that it would redesign and strengthen its junior programme to be able to build on the gains of Neeraj Chopra's Olympic Games gold medal and the three-medal haul in the Wor
New Delhi [India] September 9 (ANI): Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has invited applications for the recruitment of foreign coaches and support staff in various disciplines of athletics from the current period until the 2024 Olympics and extendable until 2028.
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president Adille Sumariwalla on Saturday congratulated Neeraj Chopra for winning the gold medal in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): The selection committee of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has picked a 28-member team that will compete in 19 different disciplines at the World Athletics U20 Championships.