New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Indian weightlifter Raja Muthupandi for clinching the silver medal in the men’s 65kg event at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow and praised the lifter for adding another medal to India’s growing tally.Raja became India’s latest medallist in weightlifting after finishing second in the men’s 65kg competition with a combined lift of 286kg. The Tamil Nadu lifter lifted 126kg in the snatch before registering 160kg in …
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New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has revised the domestic Indian Athletics Series calendar to provide promising athletes with additional competition opportunities ahead of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.Announcing the revised schedule on Saturday, AFI president Bahadur Singh Sagoo said the changes were made keeping in mind athletes who narrowly missed qualification for the two major international events.”The Indian Athletics Series…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu will spearhead India’s weightlifting campaign at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games once again, hoping to win another medal in the event beginning on July 23.Chanu, who won a silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, has won three medals in the Commonwealth Games — two gold and one silver so far. She will again compete in the women’s 48kg category in Glasgow. The seasoned weightlifter from Manipur will be the favourite to win…
Cleveland, May 31 (IANS) A day after winning the 1-mile race, India’s long-distance runner Gulveer Singh came up with yet another strong run at the Music City Carnival, a World Continental Tour organised at the Lee University Cleveland campus, clocking 3:37.87 in 1500 m to finish second. Gulveer also became the second after national record holder Jinson Johnson to go sub- 3:38 twice. On Saturday, the 27-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist in the men’s 10,000m became the first Indian runner to …
Cleveland, May 30 (IANS) Gulveer Singh, the 27-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist in the men’s 10,000m, became the first Indian runner to clock a sub-four-minute mile on Saturday at the 24th Annual Music City Track Carnival. The World Continental Tour event was organised at Lee University, Cleveland Campus, in the USA.Gulveer Singh posted a creditable time of 3:55.63 seconds to finish first in the Men’s 1 Mile Pro event on Saturday. Christopher Knight, 20, representing the USA, was second w…
Los Angeles, May 24 (IANS) India’s star distance runner Gulveer Singh improved his 5000m outdoor national record with a silver medal finish at the LA Track Festival. Gulveer clocked 13:03.93 to finish second behind Habtom Samuel (12:57.22s) of Eritrea in the final. In the process, the Indian broke his own previous national record of 13:11.82 set in Japan in September 2024.”Indian Army Athlete strikes again on the global stage! Nb Sub Gulveer Singh of Army Sports Institute delivered a sensation…
Ranchi, May 23 (IANS) An incredible performance by two male sprinters—Gurvindervir Singh and Vishal TK—- set the track ablaze with record-breaking performance to establish new benchmarks while Tejaswin Shankar became the first Indian decathlete to cross 8000 points in the Senior Nationals Federation Cup athletics at the Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi on Saturday.On a blockbuster day, Gurvindervir Singh, 25, was the first to enter the record books. The Punjab sprinter representing Reliance at …
Ranchi, May 22 (IANS) Odisha’s ace sprinter Animesh Kujur set the national men’s 100m record in the semifinal round of the 29th National Senior Athletics Federation Competitions in Ranchi on Friday, to win a ticket to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Seema also achieved CWG qualification mark in women’s discus throw.Kujur, 22, bettered the national record to 10.15 seconds in the second semifinal round on day one of the 29th National Senior Athletics Federation Competition here at Ranchi’s…
Ranchi, May 21 (IANS) Good weather conditions at this time of the year in Ranchi will be an advantage for the athletes during the four-day 29th National Senior Athletics Federation Competitions, says Commonwealth Games bronze medallist in men’s high jump, Tejaswin Shankar.Many other top athletes agreed to his assessment as the national athletics circuit gears up for the mega event of the domestic circuit, the last opportunity to qualify for the Indian squads for the Commonwealth Games, which s…
Bhubaneswar, May 1 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh rising pole vaulter Dev Kumar Meena has chalked out his plans for the inaugural Indian Indoor Open Combined Events and Pole Vault Competition. The two-day competition will start on Saturday here at Bhubaneswar’s Indoor Stadium.Fourteen pole vaulters will compete in the men’s event scheduled for opening day of the Indoor meet. Other prominent competitors in fray are Kuldeep Kumar from Madhya Pradesh Reegan G from Tamil Nadu.“My goal here in Bhubanesw…