Junior World Championships
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U-20 World Athletics C'ships: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur interacts with athletes and medallists
Other Sports | Aug 25, 2021, 02:50 PM ISTThakur expressed confidence that the young athletes will excel in future international competitions like Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and the Olympics.
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Neeraj Chopra congratulates Anju Bobby George for 'mentorship and guidance' to Shaili Singh
Other Sports | Aug 22, 2021, 10:39 PM ISTShaili, who came into the final with the best performance in the qualifying stage with an effort of 6.48 metres, improved on her personal best with a superb effort of 6.59 in the final.
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Long jumper Shaili Singh misses gold by 1cm, wins silver in U-20 Worlds
Other Sports | Aug 22, 2021, 09:57 PM ISTThe 17-year-old Indian's personal best effort of 6.59m was not enough for a gold as she was pipped to the post by Sweden's reigning European junior champion Maja Askag.
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World U20 Athletics: Priya Mohan finishes fourth in 400m final
Other Sports | Aug 21, 2021, 09:51 PM ISTOn a day Amit Kumar won a silver medal for India in the 10000m race walk, Priya, the 18-year-old from Bangalore, made a brave effort in the final 100 metres as she came close to the leading group.
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Junior World C'ships: Simran and Bipasha move into semis; Yash makes men's freestyle bronze round
Other Sports | Aug 18, 2021, 02:49 PM ISTIn the men's free style competition, Yash (74kg) scored a confident 9-2 win over Armen Musikyan from Armenia to advance to the bronze play-off.
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Russian girls sweep synchro swimming at junior World Championships
Other Sports | Sep 18, 2012, 12:32 PM ISTVolos (Greece), Sep 18: In a sign that Russia's stranglehold on Olympic synchronised swimming gold could continue for years to come, the country's girls team won gold in every event at the junior World Championships.Russia