Thiruvananthapuram, June 23 (IANS) More than 40,000 participants created history today as India hosted the first-ever 2026 Aichi–Nagoya Asian Games Fun Run under the Olympic Council of Asia’s “Asian Games for All” initiative in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the historic event at the University Stadium in the presence of Governor of Keralam Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar, Chief Minister of Keralam V. D. Satheesan, Leade…
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Imphal, June 23 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Tuesday said that the state stands as a shining example of unity in diversity, with 36 communities living together in harmony, and has made an unparalleled contribution to Indian sports. Addressing an event, organised in connection with the International Olympic Day Run, the Chief Minister said that Manipuri athletes have consistently brought glory to the nation and asserted that no Indian contingent participating in major i…
Ahmedabad, May 23 (IANS) More than 2,000 athletes from 27 states are expected to participate in the fourth National Armwrestling and Para Armwrestling Championship 2026 at Gujarat’s Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), making it the largest edition of the national event so far, officials said. Officials on Friday added that this is the first time the championship will be hosted on the university’s campus at Lavad in Gandhinagar.The championship will be organised jointly by the People’s Armwrestlin…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Star sprinter Hima Das has given credit to the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for putting in place policies that have helped develop the sport at the grassroots level, making it possible for athletes from small cities and towns to dream of making it big in athletics and do well in the 2036 Olympic Games.Hima, who won two gold and one silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, participated in the third leg of the Indian Athletics Series at the iconic Jawaharl…