After inaugurating the National Games 2023 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, Goa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Asian Games and Para Asian Games medal hauls are a big inspiration for budding sportspersons...
The 28-year-old Parul was behind Japan's Ririka Hironaka in the closing stage but stunned her rival with a stunning dash in the final 40 metres to claim the yellow metal with a timing of 15:14.75.
A movement that started with Roshan Mistry was taken forward by the likes of PT Usha
Indian track-and-field athletes brought home 29 medals, six of them gold, at the Hangzhou Asian Games, making it India’s best returns in athletics since the very first edition in 1951
With her personal best effort of 55.42s, Vithya Ramraj equalled PT Usha's legendary performance at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, where the current Indian Olympic Association president almost won a medal for India
The Indian contingent for the Hangzhou Asian Games has a number of memorable performances to seek inspiration from in the previous Asiad editions
India won an unprecedented 107 medals, including 28 gold, in the games that ended on Sunday. In the Chinese city, the country saw an increase of 47 medals from the previous best achieved in the 2018 edition.
Haryana's 3000m steeplechaser Priti, top sprinter Amlan Borgohain and quartermiler Prachi were included after the conclusion of the Indian Grand Prix 5 in Chandigarh on Monday.
Tamil Nadu's Asian Games-bound athlete came agonisingly close to breaking the legendary PT Usha's 39-year-old 400m hurdles record.
Usha was appointed as the IOA president last December unopposed, and she is also the committee head of the Indian Talent Olympiad.
Many junior wrestlers, their parents and coaches reached IOA headquarters, demanding withdrawal of exemption granted to Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia from...
For other participating countries, the deadline still remains as the initial July 15 to send the names for the event starting September 23 in Hangzhou, China.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed concern over the Indian Olympic Association's "unfortunate" delay in the appointment of...
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, one of the country's track and field legends, has resigned as the chairman of the Athletics Federation of India's selection committee...
Lakshita Shandilya, the 18-year-old middle distance talent from Gujarat, won the 1500m gold at the Asian U-20 Athletics Championship in South Korea on...
P T Usha on Tuesday justified the delay in holding the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections, saying selection trials for the junior grapplers was a...
A total of 700 athletes and unified partners across 190 countries will compete in 26 disciplines in Berlin.
The Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) Athletes Commission (AC), which was formed last year, had met virtually on Saturday to discuss the wrestlers' protest.
UWW President Nenad Lalovic shot a letter to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on April 28 and marked a copy to Indian Olympic Association (IOA)...
IOA chief PT Usha had earlier criticised top Indian wrestlers for holding protest against the federation chief Brij Bhushan Singh over alleged sexual...
IOA President PT Usha on Wednesday met the protesting wrestlers at the protest site and assured the grapplers of her support, saying she was first an athlete...
CPI MP Binoy Viswam blamed the sprinter's "newly found" political friends for PT Usha's stand on the issue.
Sexual harassment tarnishes country’s image, not protesting athletes, Usha is reminded.
Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on Friday extended his support to the protesting wrestlers and called for "quick action" from the authorities in order to...
Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik have been leading the renewed protests against WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual...
