Athletics
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Youth Olympic Games: Suraj Panwar wins silver in men's 5000m race walk, boxing challenge ends
Other Sports | Oct 16, 2018, 11:13 PM ISTPanwar 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 | Sep 23, 2018, 06:41 PM ISTThe 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 | Sep 03, 2018, 11:28 PM ISTJinson 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 | Aug 29, 2018, 09:26 PM ISTAs 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 | Aug 29, 2018, 05:52 PM ISTDutee 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 | Sep 03, 2018, 12:13 PM ISTManjit 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 | Aug 28, 2018, 03:01 PM ISTChief 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 | Aug 27, 2018, 09:25 AM ISTThe 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 | Aug 26, 2018, 10:38 PM ISTLakshmanan 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 | Aug 26, 2018, 08:52 PM ISTOn 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 | Aug 26, 2018, 08:37 PM ISTDutee 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 | Aug 25, 2018, 09:54 PM ISTThe 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 | Jul 21, 2018, 11:18 PM ISTMuhammad 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 | Jul 13, 2018, 04:46 PM ISTThe 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 | Jul 13, 2018, 11:48 AM ISTHima 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 | Jul 13, 2018, 11:30 AM ISTThe 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 | Mar 08, 2018, 03:46 PM ISTPunai 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 | Mar 04, 2018, 08:55 PM ISTBannister 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 | Jan 02, 2018, 01:53 PM ISTThe 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 | Aug 06, 2017, 07:37 PM ISTThe 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.