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  Youth Olympic Games: Suraj Panwar wins silver in men's 5000m race walk, boxing challenge ends

  Other Sports | October 16, 2018 23:13 IST

  Panwar won the stage 2 competition by clocking 20 minutes and 35.87 seconds on Monday night but finished second overall.

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  102 Not Out! 'Miracle' centenarian woman eyes more athletics medals

  Other Sports | September 23, 2018 18:41 IST

  The centenarian, who also throws a mean javelin, said she is not done yet and is hungry for more competitions and also more medals.

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  Asian Games 2018: India's Jinson Johnson wins men's 1500m gold, Chitra Unnikrishnan bags women's bronze

  Other Sports | September 03, 2018 23:28 IST

  Jinson Johnson clinched the gold in the men's 1500 metres event at the 2018 Asian Games.

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  Asian Games 2018, Day 11: Swapna, Arpinder star as India extends golden run in athletics

  Other Sports | August 29, 2018 21:26 IST

  As a result of these path-breaking performances, the country remained on course to better its previous edition's haul and tallied 54 medals -- 11 gold, 20 silver, and 23 bronze.

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  Asian Games 2018: India's Dutee Chand wins silver in Women's 200m Final

  Other Sports | August 29, 2018 17:52 IST

  Dutee Chand won a silver medal after she clocked 23.20 to finish second in Women's 200m Final event on the 11th day of the Asian Games 2018.

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  Asian Games 2018: India's Manjit Singh wins gold in men's 800m event, Jinson Johnson bags silver

  Other Sports | September 03, 2018 12:13 IST

  Manjit Singh won a gold medal in 800m event on the tenth day of the Asian Games 2018, while his fellow countryman Jinson Johnson finished second to claim a silver medal.

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  Asian Games silver-medallist Sudha Singh gets job from UP government, says better late than never

  Other Sports | August 28, 2018 15:01 IST

  Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced Rs 30 lakh and gazetted officer's job to Sudha, who hails from Rae Bareli district, about 80 km from the state capital.

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  Asian Games 2018: I was running with my eyes closed, says silver medallist Dutee Chand

  Other Sports | August 27, 2018 9:25 IST

  The desperation to achieve something big, to make up for the opportunities lost, was palpable as she spoke about her effort as she won the silver medal in the Women's 100m event.

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  Asian Games 2018: Govindan Lakshmanan disquaified after finishing third in 10,000m

  Other Sports | August 26, 2018 22:38 IST

  Lakshmanan crossed the finishing line at third but was later disqualified under IAAF Rule 163.3b (lane infringement). He was initially shown to have clocked 29:44.91s.

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  Asian Games 2018, Day 8: No gold but lot of silver linings in track-and-field for India

  Other Sports | August 26, 2018 20:52 IST

  On Day 8 of the event, India took the ninth spot in the overall standings with 36 to its credit, including seven gold, 10 silver and 19 bronze medals.

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  Asian Games 2018: India's Dutee Chand wins silver in Women's 100m Final event

  Other Sports | August 26, 2018 20:37 IST

  Dutee Chand won a silver medal after she clocked 11:32 seconds to finish second in the Women's 100m Final event at the ongoing Asian Games 2018.

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  Asian Games 2018, Day 7: Tajinderpal claims India's seventh gold, Hima Das reaches finals

  Other Sports | August 25, 2018 21:54 IST

  The 23-year-old Toor sent the iron ball to a national record distance of 20.75m to win his maiden Asian Games medal on the opening day of the athletics competition.

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  Muhammad Anas betters own 400m national record in Czech Republic

  Other Sports | July 21, 2018 23:18 IST

  Muhammad Anas' earlier national mark is 45.31 which he clocked while finishing fourth at the Gold Coast CWG.

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  AFI issues apology for 'mocking' Hima Das' English skills

  Other Sports | July 13, 2018 16:46 IST

  The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) issued an apology for allegedly mocking Hima Das' English skills on their official Twitter account.

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  Hima Das thanks fans for support after historic 400m gold at World Junior Athletics

  Other Sports | July 13, 2018 11:48 IST

  Hima Das on Thursday clinched the top spot in the women's 400m final race in the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships held in Tampere, Finland.

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  World Junior Athletics: Hima Das scripts history, gives India its first world gold medal on track

  Other Sports | July 13, 2018 11:30 IST

  The 18-year-old Das, a pre-tournament favourite, clocked 51.46s to win gold at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships.

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  Seema Punia to be dope-tested by NADA ahead of Commonwealth Games

  Other Sports | March 08, 2018 15:46 IST

  Punai has been a regular in CWG since 2006 and has always been on the podium- winning a silver (60.56m) in Melbourne, a bronze at Delhi 2010 Games and a silver in 2014 Glasgow.

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  Roger Bannister, first to run sub 4-minute mile, dies at 88

  Other Sports | March 04, 2018 20:55 IST

  Bannister died peacefully in Oxford on Saturday at the age of 88. He was "surrounded by his family who was as loved by him, as he was loved by them," the family said.

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  Nisar Ahmad, son of rickshaw puller and domestic help, set to train at Usain Bolt's club

  Other Sports | January 02, 2018 13:53 IST

  The young boy is among 14 budding athletes who have been selected to train at the Racers Track Club in Kingston, Jamaica, home to eight-time Olympic Gold medallist Usain Bolt.

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  Indian athlete Nirmala Sheoran qualifies for semifinals in women's 400m in World Championships

  Other Sports | August 06, 2017 19:37 IST

  The Haryana girl will have to come up with a performance better than her personal best of 51.20 seconds in the semifinals tomorrow if she wants to qualify for the final.