New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Legendary sprinter and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Indian Athletics Awards ceremony on Saturday.Apart from Usha, former Asian Games decathlon gold medallist Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, former national chief coach Bahadur Singh Chauhan, and World Championships bronze medallist long jumper Anju Bobby George were also presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards.Expressing her delight after re…
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Bengaluru, April 4 (IANS) Murali Sreeshankar opened his season in impressive fashion by winning the men’s long jump at the inaugural edition of the Indian Athletics Series 2026 in Bengaluru on Saturday.Competing at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, the 27-year-old produced his best jump on the fourth attempt and emerged as the only athlete in the field to cross both the 8.00m mark and the Asian Games qualifying standard of 7.91m.Sreeshankar delivered a remarkably consistent series throughout the co…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted the two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra and his wife, Himani Mor, here at his residence, 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, on Tuesday.The Prime Minister said he had a great interaction with the javelin ace on various issues, including sports, and shared some glimpses of the meeting on social media.”Met Neeraj Chopra and his wife, Himani Mor at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg earlier today. We had a great interaction on various issues, including sports, of c…