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AFI to hold elections of its office bearers on Oct 31

Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will elect its office bearers during the "in person" Annual General Body Meeting on...

Press Trust of India17 Oct 2020 5:38 PM IST

World Athletics President supports athletes’ right to advocate for...

Dressed in a blue suit and speaking in a light drizzle, Sebastian Coe stood at the edge of the track at Tokyo's new...

Press Trust of India8 Oct 2020 3:29 PM IST

Anju Bobby George gets road by her own name

Olympian Anju Bobby George and legendary volleyball player P Bharathan Nair have been honoured by their hometown in...

Press Trust of India6 Sept 2020 11:17 AM IST

Athletics coach Purshottam Rai dies a day before receiving Dronacharya...

Veteran athletics coach Purshottam Rai died due to a cardiac arrest on Friday, tragically a day before he was to be...

Press Trust of India29 Aug 2020 10:20 AM IST

National Athletics Championships postponed to October

The National Open Athletics Championships will now be held in October instead of September with competition committee of...

Press Trust of India28 Aug 2020 10:51 PM IST

First Indian athlete to compete amid COVID-19, Srabani aims for 2nd...

Ace sprinter Srabani Nanda has not been a regular in the Indian athletics team for a while now but she is leaving no...

Press Trust of India26 July 2020 3:21 PM IST

Hima is not worried for not yet qualified for Olympics

Star sprinter Hima Das is not unduly worried about having to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, as she feels she can make...

Press Trust of India12 July 2020 5:31 PM IST

Bahadur Singh exits from Indian athletics chief coach's post after 25...

Indian athletics chief coach Bahadur Singh's 25 year-long reign at the top post has ended with the Sports Authority of...

Press Trust of India7 July 2020 4:50 PM IST

People look at me and my partner differently, but it doesn't matter:...

Star Indian sprinter Dutee Chand concedes that her revelation of being in a same-sex relationship last year led to...

Press Trust of India1 July 2020 6:11 PM IST

Athlete forced to sell vegetables in Jharkhand

Athlete Geeta Kumari was forced to sell vegetables in the streets of Jharkhand's Ramgarh district to make ends meet....

Press Trust of India30 Jun 2020 1:33 PM IST

AFI to give certificates to technical officials online

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has made available certificates of participation online for those who took part...

Press Trust of India28 Jun 2020 10:27 PM IST

Every sport in India already has several Sachin Tendulkars: AFI chief...

India needs a Sachin Tendulkar in every sport to achieve its dream of becoming an Olympic power, vice-president of...

Press Trust of India24 Jun 2020 8:53 PM IST

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