New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Bahadur Singh Sagoo, president of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), announced that the World Athletics Council has awarded India the hosting rights for the 2028 Indoor Championships.“India will host the 2028 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Bhubaneswar. The global competition will be held at Kalinga’s Indoor Stadium,” the AFI president said.India was awarded the 2028 edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships on Thursday during the World At…
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New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) In a unique initiative to celebrate women in sport, a massive nationwide athletics league at 250 locations will be held under the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ ASMITA (Achieving Sports Milestone by Inspiring Women Through Action) programme to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, Minister of State for Sports, Raksha Nikhil Khadse announced in New Delhi on Monday.“There can’t be a better opportunity to integrate our young women across the …
Chandigarh, Feb 21 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh’s international race walker Ram Baboo and Punjab’s Manju each won gold medals in the men’s and women’s 42km full marathon walk at the 13th Indian Open Race Walk Competition held at Sukhna Lake on Saturday.The 26-year-old race walker finished with a time of 3:09:17.00 to secure the gold medal in the challenging full marathon walk, which was introduced this season by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). In his first race of the season and following h…
Chandigarh, Feb 20 (IANS) Competitors at the 13th edition of the Indian Open Race Walk Competition in Chandigarh will race over two newly-introduced events — the 21km (half marathon walk) and 42km (full marathon walk) in senior men and women — for the first time this season. The two-day domestic race walk competition will be conducted on Saturday and Sunday at the picturesque Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh.“The World Athletics—global governing body in track and field–had introduced half-marath…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Top Indian runners, including Anish Thapa, Belliyappa, Man Singh, and Gopi T., will be vying for the honours in the 11th edition of the New Delhi Marathon, scheduled for Sunday and set to be one of the largest sporting events in the country, with over 30,000 participants expected to take part.This year’s edition has attracted participants from 31 countries, 490 cities, and 32 States and Union Territories of India, reinforcing its stature as a truly international event….
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) National Senior Athletics Federation Competition, scheduled to be held between May 22 and 25 in Ranchi, Jharkhand, will act as final selection trials for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games starting July 23 in Scotland. While announcing the 2026 Commonwealth Games qualification standards for track and field on Monday, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said a limited number of athletes will compete in Glasgow.”As per the protocol of the Commonwealth Games Organising Commi…
Ranchi, Jan 24 (IANS) Harmanjot Singh, representing Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), was the winner of the men’s individual 10km event with a time of 30:33 as athletes from Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) dominated the 60th National Cross Country Championships held in Ranchi, Jharkhand, on Saturday.Runners from RSPB were on track to clinch team titles in the senior men and women sections, while the winner in the women’s individual 10km event was Nandani Gupta of RSPB. Her winning ti…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) With a long season up ahead, the country’s top runners will aim for a berth in the Indian team during the 60th National Cross-Country Championships scheduled to be held on Saturday in Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will select both senior and junior (U20) athletes for next month’s Asian Cross Country Championships in Japan, AFI president Bahadur Singh Sagoo informed in a release on Friday.The top four runners in each of the senior (men and…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Two-time Asian Indoor champion in men’s shot put, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, will lead the 17-member Indian team at the 12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, scheduled to take place from February 6 to 8 in Tianjin, China.The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) announced the 17-member Indian contingent on Thursday, which includes promising shot putter Samardeep Singh Gill. The team will depart for the continental indoor meet on February 3.Toor’s gold medal-winning perf…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Legendary former track and field athlete P.T. Usha and members of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) mourned the death of Suresh Kalmadi, India’s seasoned sports administrator and former president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), who passed away in Pune on Tuesday. Kalmadi, who was 81, is survived by his wife, Meera Kalmadi, and his daughters and son.He was a prominent leader in Indian sports administration, serving as president of the AFI and the Asian Ath…