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Indian athletes deliver impressive performance on Day 1 of World Para Athl
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Indian athletes delivered an impressive performance on the opening day of the New Delhi 2026 World Para Athletics Grand Prix, securing gold medals and podium finishes across several track and field events
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Athletics Federation of India reveals qualification criteria for 2026 Comm
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The CWG 2026, scheduled from July 23 to August 2 in Scotland, will feature a scaled-down athletics programme, restricting each country to a maximum of 32 athletes, including no more than 16 women. In response, AFI has raised the performance bar significantly to ensure a highly competitive In
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Tejaswin Shankar stuns Olympic medalist Shelby to secure high jump title i
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The 27-year-old Indian athlete recorded the best mark of 2.26 m to secure the top spot, according to Olympics.com.
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"We are extremely proud": Harmanreet Kaur's father after India captain to
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Apart from Harmanpreet, former India men's team captain Rohit Sharma will be conferred with the Padma Shree award, along with para high jumper Praveen Kumar and hockey star Savita Punia, and others. Tennis legend Vijay Amritraj to receive the Padma Bhushan after the list of 2026 awardees was
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Padma Awards: Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur to get Padma Shri, Vijay A
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur to be conferred with the Padma Shree award, along with para high jumper Praveen Kumar and hockey star Savita Punia, and others. Tennis legend Vijay Amritraj to receive the Padma Bhushan after the list of 2026 awardees was announced on the eve of the 77th
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Kuldeep Yadav receives signed Argentina football jersey from legend Lionel
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The official handle of Adidas India, in collaboration with other athletes signed to it like Kuldeep, India's two-time Paralympic javelin champion and World Para Athletic champion Sumit Antil and two-time Paralympic medalist and World Championship gold medalist para high-jumper Nishad Singh,
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KIUG 2025: Buoyed by breaking the meet record, Pooja sets sights on winnin
Updated : 5 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Earlier this year, the 18-year-old had scripted history by becoming only the second Indian woman after Bobby Aloysius to win the Asian Championship high jump gold, scaling a personal best of 1.89 metres. Born to a mason in Boston village in Haryana's Fatehabad district, Pooja had been recove
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Pooja Singh wins gold, breaks KIUG meet record in women's high jump
Updated : 5 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Asian Athletics Championship gold medallist and Lovely Professional University's Pooja Singh (Women's High Jump) broke the KIUG Meet Record on the second day of athletics competition in the Khelo India University Games Rajasthan 2025 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Tuesday.
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KIUG 2025: Four meet records tumble in athletics; Surbhi Rao win women's 1
Updated : 5 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Chandigarh University's Rahul (men's 20km race walk) and Deepika (women's Javelin Throw), Ruchir Mori (men's 400m hurdles) of Swarnim Gujarat Sports University, Lovely Professional University's Pooja (Women's High Jump) broke the KIUG Meet Record on second day of athletics competition in the
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Cuban high jump legend Javier Sotomayor hails JLN Stadium's MONDO track on
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Cuban legend Javier Sotomayor, the only man ever to clear the 8-feet barrier in high jump, graced the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium today, taking a look at the MONDO track and other facilities including the newly-built SAI Fitness Centre. Sotomayor's leap of 2.45m, set in 1993 in Spain, ha
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Nishad Kumar, Simran Sharma shine as India continues strong run at World P
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
India continued its strong run at the ongoing World Para Athletics Championships 2025 in New Delhi, adding four more medals to its tally on Friday.
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From Jamui to national stardom, Shailesh Kumar thrilled after World Para A
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The high jumper from Bihar's Jamui claimed the top spot in the men's high jump T63 event with a sensational leap of 1.91 metres. This incredible jump, which was both his personal best and a championship record, was achieved in his second-to-last attempt.
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