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India set to bid for 2027 World Athletics Championships: Neeraj Chopra

NEW DELHI: Olympic and World Championship gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra claimed in Zurich on Wednesday that India is set to place a bid for hosting the 2027 World Athletics Championships.

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Richard Lewis ‘disliked Larry David intensely’ when they first met: ‘He was cocky, he was arrogant’

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Need just one perfect day with favourable weather to touch 90 m mark: Neeraj Chopra

Indian Olympic gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra said he is close to touching the 90-metre mark and needs just “one perfect day” with favourable weather conditions to attain that mark

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Kishore Jena doubtful for World Athletics Championships after Hungarian embassy cancels his visa

NEW DELHI: Indian javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena's participation in the World Championships in Budapest was on Wednesday rendered doubtful after his one-month visa was cancelled by the Hungarian embassy here.

The Times of India

Neeraj Chopra to lead 28-member Indian team in World Athletics Championships

India's 28-member team for World Athletics Championships led by Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, with athletes competing in javelin, triple jump, 20km race walk, long jump, 3000m steeplechase, 400m hurdles, 800m, 1500m, high jump, 35km race walk and 4x400m relay. Surprisingly Sports Ministry announced the team instead of Athletics Federation of…

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Operation Carousel: Is the AFI taking any new step to deter drug cheats?

AFI has strict no-needle policy, only national campers in relay teams, surprise out-of-competition tests, updated campers list, performance charts, athletes deny taking illegal substances; AFI limited resources.

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Asian Athletics: Tajinderpal Toor, Jyothi Yarraji to spearhead India's challenge

16 names missing but AFI says only four have withdrawn

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Build-up hit by pull-outs and dope flunks, India still hopeful of good show in Asian Athletics Championships

BANGKOK: The build-up was far from ideal with pull-outs and dope flunks but the Indian team, led by shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor and long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, would still look for an impactful show in the Asian Athletics Championships starting here Wednesday.

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Selva P Thirumaran wins best U-20 athlete award of region at AAA gala; AFI voted best member

BANGKOK: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) bagged the best member award and World Junior silver medal winner Selva P Thirumaran was adjudged the best male athlete in the U-20 category as the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) celebrated its golden jubilee in a gala evening that saw a galaxy of…

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The strange story of how Anas lost his Asian Championships berth

The national record-holder was not a national camper when he ran the Federation Cup and the Inter-State Nationals

The Hindu

AFI awarded best member federation by Asian Athletics Association

NEW DELHI: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) was honoured with the prestigious best member federation award by the Asian Athletics Association in Bangkok on Monday.

The Times of India

Athletics | We have to create a pipeline from junior to senior, says AFI president Adille Sumariwalla

The athletics junior development programme, which was initiated in 1990 and later became the National inter-district junior athletics meet (NIDJAM) in the early 2000s, has undergone a significant change with the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) making it robust with an aim to make it a supply line and produce…

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Discus thrower Seema Punia wins silver at Qosanov Memorial meet in Kazakhstan

NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian discus thrower Seema Punia clinched a silver medal at the Qosanov Memorial athletics meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Saturday.

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Asian Athletics Championships: Murali Sreeshankar, Tajinder Pal Toor, Tejaswin Shankar headline 54-member Indian team

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday announced a 54-member team for the upcoming Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to take place in Bangkok from July 12 to 16.

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Inter-state Athletics Championships: AFI president Sumariwalla defends hosting event amid heat wave

Citing several venues worldwide which have hosted elite athletics meets in high temperatures and National camps held at Patiala and Thiruvananthapuram, Sumariwalla played down concerns relating to the hot and humid conditions here and highlighted the fine showing of some athletes, particularly the 1500m women runners.

The Times of India

Juniors are burned out due to overtraining, so not enough back-up for women's 4x400m relay: Radhakrishnan Nair

BHUBANESWAR: Winner of five successive gold from 2002 to 2018 in women's 4x400m relay, India is struggling to string together a six-member team for the upcoming Asian Games, and chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair attributed it to the lack of back-up from junior athletes.

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Hima Das will miss Asian Games due to hamstring injury, says chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair

NEW DELHI: Indian athletics chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair has confirmed that star sprinter Hima Das will not be able to participate in the upcoming Asian Games in China due to a hamstring injury she sustained in April.

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India's top athletes to strive for Asian Games selection at Nationals

BHUBANESWAR: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra is expectedly not competing but all the other top athletes of the country, led by long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, will look to seal Asian Games berths when the National Inter-State Championship begins here Thursday.

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G.S Randhawa steps down as AFI selection panel chairman

Track legend Gurbachan Singh Randhawa on Tuesday resigned as the chairman of the Athletics Federation of India selection committee after 18 years of having held the post.

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Lorna Shore's Will Ramos: "I'd love to collaborate with Sleep Token"

Lorna Shore vocalist Will Ramos answers fan questions on influences, collabs and how long he will be able to scream

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Except for Neeraj Chopra and Avinash Sable, all top athletes to take part in Inter-State Championships: AFI

NEW DELHI: All the country's top track and field athletes except for Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and Commonwealth Games silver medallist 3000 steeplechaser Avinash Sable will take part in the National Inter-State Championships in Bhubaneswar from June 15 to 19.

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The radical rise of No Fixed Address, ‘the most controversial band in Australia’

The Indigenous rock-reggae band soundtracked protests, went behind the iron curtain and opened doors. Four decades later, frontman Bart Willoughby calls it a dream come true

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Jyothi Yarraji wins women's 200m title at Federation Cup Athletics

NEW DELHI: Jyothi Yarraji, a prominent hurdler, shone brightly on the final day of the Federation Cup Athletics Championship in Ranchi, claiming her second gold medal.

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Gulveer, Nur Hasan and Priti make cut for Asian Championships

National Games champion Gulveer Singh helped a bunch of 11 runners achieve the Asian Championship qualification time as he comfortably won the men’s 10,000m title in the 26th National Federation Cup athletics championships at the Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi on Monday.

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