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New Delhi, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Para Athletics Championships, scheduled from September 27 to October 5 at the iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, is set to be a historic sporting spectacle. More than 2,200 athletes and support staff from 104 countries will compete across 186 medal events, making it India's biggest-ever para sporting event. The championships promise thrilling drama, fierce rivalries, and unforgettable performances as over 100 medallists altogether who won 30 ...Read More >
Mumbai: Cast your mind back to the previous World Athletics Championships two years ago in Budapest and what stood out from an Indian viewpoint. Sure, there was Neeraj Chopra and his javelin gold that continued to set unparalleled benchmarks for athletics in the country. But there was also the men's 4x400m relay team and their Asian record setting, final berth seizing exploits that, for those fleeting few days, captured the attention of Indian sports followers. As track and field's global show ...Read More >
New Delhi: The World Athletics Championships are set to begin in Tokyo, Japan, from September 13 to 21. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) announced the country's 19-member squad for the biggest tournament. The 19-member squad includes 14 men and five women players across 15 events. Defending world Javelin champion Neeraj Chopra will be India's best hope for a medal in the tournament. For the first time in the country's history, India have named four men's javelin throwers for the mega ev ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday inaugurated India's first ever Mondo Track here at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium which will host the World Para-Athletics Championships from September 26 to October 5. India thus became the 25th nation in the world to install the track surface used at leading global athletics events, including the Olympics. The inauguration was attended by World Championship bronze-winning former long jumper Anju Bobby George, two-time Paralymp ...Read More >
Hyderabad: India's golden boy Neeraj Chopra has booked a berth in the Diamond League (DL) final despite skipping the recent DL event in Poland. He is one of the first stars to qualify for the men's javelin event for the summit clash of the Diamond league. Along with him, Trinidad & Tobago's Keshorn Walcott and Germany's Julian Weber have also qualified, and the latest rankings released are the reason behind the development. When is the Diamond League final? The final of the Diamond League will ...Read More >
23 athletes backed by Reliance Foundation will compete at the World University Games in Germany until July 27th. A contingent of 23 athletes supported by the Reliance Foundation is set to compete at the World University Games across six cities in Germany, with events running until July 27th. Representing athletics, archery, and judo, these young talents aim to improve international rankings, achieve personal bests, and bring home laurels. The athletics team forms the backbone of the foundation ...Read More >
Bhopal, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day foreign visits to Dubai and Spain concluded on Saturday, and he is scheduled to return to New Delhi on Sunday, government officials said. Talking to media in Barcelona in Spain on Saturday, Chief Minister Yadav said that his visit has been successful as various memorandums of understanding were signed with investors to increase production, employment opportunity and farmers' income in the state. Speaking at ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): A contingent of 23 athletes supported by Reliance Foundation look to compete at the World University Games across six cities in Germany, with events running until July 27. Representing athletics, archery, and judo, these young talents aim to improve international rankings, achieve personal bests, and bring home laurels. The athletics team forms the backbone of the foundation's campaign, with 18 athletes competing in sprints, jumps, throws, hurdles, ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): A contingent of 23 athletes supported by Reliance Foundation look to compete at the World University Games across six cities in Germany, with events running until July 27. Representing athletics, archery, and judo, these young talents aim to improve international rankings, achieve personal bests, and bring home laurels. The athletics team forms the backbone of the foundation campaign, with 18 athletes competing in sprints, jumps, throws, hurdles, re ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The All India Football Federation have congratulated Inter Kashi on being adjudged the I-League Champions following the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). CAS has partially upheld an appeal by Inter Kashi Football Club (Inter Kashi FC) against Churchill Brothers FC Goa, Namdhari FC, Real Kashmir FC, and AIFF. CAS has ruled that the AIFF shall declare Inter Kashi FC as winners of the I-League 2024-25. After an unsuccessful first procedure i ...Read More >
Patna: Olympians Kishore Jena and Karan Pahal among the country's 400 top athletes will compete in the Indian Open Athletics Meet 2025 being organised at Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna on Saturday.The event is being held in Bihar for the first time, said DG-cum-chief executive officer of Bihar State Sports Authority (BSSA), Ravindran Shankaran, on Friday. Among the other top athletes to participate in the meet are former national record holder (100m, 200m) Amiya Malik, Asian silver medallist ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 17 (PTI) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Thursday announced the qualification standards for the World Athletics Continental Tour event, scheduled to be held here on August 10. The Continental Tour is an annual series of track and field competitions held under the aegis of World Athletics and it forms the second tier of international one-day meetings after the prestigious Diamond League. The bronze-level Tour meet is below the gold and silver levels. Over 150 athlet ...Read More >
Bareilly (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) A teacher from Bahedi district, who went viral recently after reciting a poem mentioning Kanwar Yatra, approached the police on Thursday stating a threat to his life from anti-social elements. A case has been registered at Bahedi police station based on a complaint from Dr Rajneesh Kumar Gangwar, a teacher at MGM Inter College in the district. According to Circle Officer Arun Kumar Singh, Gangwar's complaint says that ever since his recitation of the poem 'Tum Kanwa ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Thursday announced the qualification standards for the Indian Open 2025, a World Athletics Continental Tour meet, as per Olympics.com. This will be the first-ever Indian Open and is set to take place at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from August 10. Also Read | Hugo Ekitike Transfer News: Here's All You Need to Know On Liverpool's Opening Bid For French Striker Ahead of 2025-26 Season. Athletes aiming to particip ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 17 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh's capital city has secured the third position in the category of urban spaces with population exceeding 10 lakh, while Prayagraj was adjudged the Cleanest Ganga City in the ninth edition of the Swachh Survekshan. Lucknow also became the first city in the state to achieve a 7-star Garbage Free City rating in the 2024-25 survey. Gorakhpur achieved double success, ranking third in the Safai Mitra Surakshit Sheher category and fourth among cities with a population ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Thursday announced the qualification standards for the Indian Open 2025, a World Athletics Continental Tour meet, as per Olympics.com. This will be the first-ever Indian Open and is set to take place at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from August 10. Athletes aiming to participate in the meet will have to meet the qualifying marks set by the AFI within a specified time period. These entry standards are the minimum ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): A fire broke out at Dwarka Radisson Blu Hotel in the national capital in the early hours of Sunday. The fire was observed in the sauna room on the second floor of the hotel, said officials, adding that no casualties have been reported. We received a call around 12:17 am that a fire broke out in the Hotel Radisson Blu. When we came here, a fire was observed in the sauna room on the second floor. The fire has been extinguished now. No casualties have been report ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will face off against Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem for the first time since the Paris Olympics 2024 in the Silesia Diamond League 2025, which will take place in Poland on August 16. At the Olympics last year, Nadeem won the gold medal with an Olympic record-shattering throw of 92.97m, whereas Chopra clinched a silver medal. Also Read | Wimbledon 2025: Iga Swiatek Runs Riot To Lift Her Maiden Wimbledon Title With Double Bage ...Read More >
Chandigarh: It has been three months since the beginning of the new school session and summer break is also over. However, Class V and Class VIII students in government schools across Chandigarh are still waiting for several updated NCERT textbooks. Despite repeated assurances and advance payments by the education department, the books are yet to arrive in many schools, forcing teachers and students to rely on stopgap arrangements.This delay is not new to the city's school system. In March-April ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will face off against Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem for the first time since the Paris Olympics 2024 in the Silesia Diamond League 2025, which will take place in Poland on August 16. At the Olympics last year, Nadeem won the gold medal with an Olympic record-shattering throw of 92.97m, whereas Chopra clinched a silver medal. The official list for the Silesia Diamond League 2025 is yet to be announced, but the organisers have ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will face off against Pakistan Arshad Nadeem for the first time since the Paris Olympics 2024 in the Silesia Diamond League 2025, which will take place in Poland on August 16. At the Olympics last year, Nadeem won the gold medal with an Olympic record-shattering throw of 92.97m, whereas Chopra clinched a silver medal. The official list for the Silesia Diamond League 2025 is yet to be announced, but the organisers have c ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The stage is set for another chapter in one of modern athletics' most compelling rivalries. India's double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will go head-to-head with Pakistan's reigning Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem in the Diamond League meet at Silesia, Poland, on August 16 -- their first face-off since the high-voltage showdown at the 2024 Paris Games. At the Games last year, Nadeem stunned the world with a monstrous 92.97m throw, clinching gold and edging ...Read More >
Pune, Jul 12 (PTI) Star long jumper Murali Sreeshankar made a stupendous return to competition after recovering from a knee surgery in April last year as he leaped 8.05m to win the title at the Indian Open Athletics Meet here on Saturday. Sreeshankar had injured his left knee while training in Palakkad in April last year and underwent a surgery in Doha the same month. It ruled him out of the Paris Olympics in July-August despite qualifying for the Games. At the Savitribai Phule Pune University ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 11 (ANI): Shree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru roared with pride and purpose as Day 1 of the 7th Indian Open Para Athletics Championship concluded on a high note, showcasing talent and determination by over 262 para-athletes representing states across the country. This edition of the championship holds critical importance as it serves as the final selection trial for the Indian contingent heading to the prestigious New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Champio ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 11 (ANI): India's world champion and Tokyo 2020 gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra heaped praise on young athletes Tejaswin Shankar, Jay Shah and fencers Rishika Khajuria, Jyotika Dutta and lauded them for their 'dedication and talent'. Tejaswin is the international decathlete who holds the National Record and specialises in the high jump. He is India's first-ever high jump medallist at the Commonwealth Games, securing a bronze medal at Hangzhou back in ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 11 (ANI): India's world champion and Tokyo 2020 gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra heaped praise on young athletes Tejaswin Shankar, Jay Shah and fencers Rishika Khajuria, Jyotika Dutta and lauded them for their "dedication and talent". Tejaswin is the international decathlete who holds the National Record and specialises in the high jump. He is India's first-ever high jump medallist at the Commonwealth Games, securing a bronze medal at Hangzhou back in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The vibrant city of Bengaluru is set to welcome over 262 of the nation's most determined and dynamic para athletes for the 7th Indian Open Para Athletics Championship, scheduled to take place on 11th and 12th July at the iconic Kantaveera Stadium, according to a release from SAI Media. The event marks a crucial moment in Indian para sports, serving as the final selection platform for the Indian contingent heading to the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Champ ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 10 (PTI) Two-time Paralympic gold-medallist javelin thrower Sumit Antil will headline the Indian Open Para Athletics Championships, the final qualifying event for the September's World Para Athletics Championships, beginning at the iconic Kanteerava Stadium here on Friday. Over 262 Indian para athletes will vie for the top honours at the two-day championship which will serve as the final selection platform for the Indian contingent heading to the World Para Athletics Championship ...Read More >
IMAGE: A view of athletics track for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, hosted in New Delhi from October 3-14. Photograph: B Mathur/Reuters India will mount a "strategic" bid for the 2029 and 2031 World Athletics Championships when the process begins later this year, hoping to get the hosting rights of one of the two editions of the showpiece, national federation spokesperson Adille Sumariwalla said on Sunday. World Athletics, the sport's governing body, will announce the hosts for the 2029 and 2031 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra thrilled a packed crowd of over 14,500 spectators as he claimed gold at the Neeraj Chopra Classic with a throw of 86.18 meters. The event, held on Saturday, was India's first major international field competition, featuring 12 top javelin throwers from around the world. Chopra finished ahead of former world champion Julius Yego, who secured silver, and Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage, who took bronze. The competition marked a significant step in Chopra's l ...Read More >
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