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19 Aug 2022

No Diamond League for Neeraj Chopra, season over due to THIS reason: Report

Neeraj sustained a groin injury during the final of the World Athletics Championships in July and missed the Commonwealth Games 2022 due to same reason. As per Sumariwalla, the same injury has led to Neeraj's javelin season coming to a premature end.

03 Jan 2022

Neeraj Chopra to train with coach Bartonietz at least till 2024 Paris Olympics

Klaus Bartonietz took charge as Neeraj Chopra’s coach from compatriot and former world record holder javelin thrower Uwe Hohn during the youngster's rehabilitation and recovery process after an elbow surgery in 2018.

08 Dec 2021

Neeraj aims to ‘put past to rest’ as he lands in USA for training, see pic

Neeraj Chopra will train at the world-class facility in the USA for 90 days along with coach Klaus Bartoneitz after the Sports Authority of India cleared a proposal in quick time on Friday last.

13 Oct 2021

Star athlete Hima Das tests Covid-19 positive, vows to 'come back stronger'

Hima Das on Wednesday took on Twitter and wrote: "I would like to inform everyone that I have been tested positive for Covid-19. I am stable and at the moment in isolation. I look forward to utilising this time to recover and come back stronger than before.”

06 Jul 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Veeramani ran without shoes yet she qualified for Tokyo Olympics

Raised in a very poor family in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai, Revathi, the first of two daughters, lost her parents at a very young age and was brought up by her grandmother.

05 Jul 2021

Tokyo Olympics: AFI names 26-member squad including Neeraj Chopra for Games

As many as 12 athletes and the 4x400m mixed relay team has achieved entry standards laid down by World Athletics, to secure automatic berths.

30 Jun 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Indian sprinter Dutee Chand qualifies for 100m and 200m events

Chand's overall position of World No. 44 in 100m and World No. 51 in 200m were well within the ranks to make her eligible to fly to Tokyo next month.

29 Jun 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Indian discus thrower Seema Punia qualifies for the Games

Seema breached the Olympic qualification mark (63.50m) in the women's category to achieve the feat. She registered an attempt of 63.72m on the last day of the Inter-State meet in Patiala.

03 May 2020

AFI looks to resume domestic calendar in September

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has said that it is looking to resume their domestic calender in September 2020 subject to the situation in the country in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

29 Mar 2020

AFI wishes Olympic medallist Hadadi a speedy recovery after COVID-19 diagnosis

Hadadi, a six-times Asian Championship winner, became Iran's first-ever World Championships medallist in 2011.

Sachin tendulkar

24 Feb 2019

Sachin Tendulkar flags off Marathon at New Delhi's JLN Stadium

Sachin also performed push-ups as part of an initiative through which money will be donated to `Bharat Ke Veer` contribution platform

Govindan Lakshmanan

06 Sep 2018

Rajyavardhan Rathore rewards Rs 10 lakh cheque to disqualified athlete

Govindan Lakshmanan was disqualified from the Asian Games 2018.

Asian Games 2018

17 Aug 2018

Asian Games 2018: Annu Rani, Monika Chaudhary ruled out after below-par trials

Javelin thrower Annu Rani and 1500m athlete Monika Chaudhary were ruled out of the 2018 Asian Games.

13 Aug 2018

Incheon Games silver medalist Tintu Luka ruled out of upcoming Asian Games

Tintu Luka, citing injury, had also pulled out of the recent Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in June.

07 Mar 2018

India's javelin coach Uwe Hohn unhappy with AFI, SAI

The 55-year-old Hohn, the only javelin thrower in history to have crossed the 100m mark, took charge as coach at the national camp here in November last year but four months into his job he is feeling "annoyed" that the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) and Sports Authority Of India (SAI) have not fulfilled their promises.

American Film Institute

08 Dec 2017

'Wonder Woman', 'The Post' among AFI's top movies of the year

American Film Institute (AFI) on Thursday chose 10 films of the year. The AFI's list is non-competitive with no overall winner. The list was announced as Hollywood's awards season moves into high gear with nominations next week for the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild awards.

Davinder Singh Kang

16 Aug 2017

Javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang claims AFI told him to drop out of London World Championships

Kang, who became the first Indian javelin thrower to reach the final round of a World Championships last week in London, returned positive for marijuana in an in-competition test conducted by NADA during the Indian Grand Prix in May 15.

29 Jul 2017

World Athletics Championships: AFI urges IAAF to consider PU Chitra's entry after govt steps in

AFI's move came after Sports Minister Goel had earlier in the day advised the national federation to honour the Kerala High Court directive on Chitra to ensure her participation in the world meet.

27 May 2017

Javelin thrower Rohit Yadav fails dope test, to be stripped off Asian youth medal

It was an in-competition test, which was conducted last month during the National Youth Championship in Hyderabad.

India Athletics

24 May 2017

Indian athlete caught with Maria Sharapova drug; embarrassed AFI to seek details from coaches

The yet-to-be-named athlete was suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after being caught with meldonium at the National Institute of Sports in Patiala.

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