Category: Athletics
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WATCH: Rumesh Tharanga Smash Sachin Yadav’s Best Javelin Throw Record In 2025
Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga smashed Indian javelin ace’s record for the best throw in 2025 at the Perth Track Classic held in Australia. He grabbed the headlines with a throw of 85.41m in the men’s javelin event. Earlier in February, Sachin Yadav threw the spear to 84.39m to set a meet record at the National…
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Tokyo Marathon 2025 Results And Timings
Ethopian Tadese Takele and Sutume Asefa Kebede won the men’s and women’s Tokyo Marathon 2025 on Sunday. The official results from the Tokyo Marathon 2025 are here. Tokyo Marathon 2025: Men’s results Tokyo Marathon 2025: Women’s Results Tokyo Marathon 2025: Men’s wheelchair results
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Madhvendra Shekhawat Matches Tejas Shirse’s Record At 2025 Big Sky Indoor Track & Field Championships
India’s Madhavendra Shekhawat equalled Tejas Shirse’s National Record in the men’s 60m hurdles event at the Big Sky Indoor Track & Field Championships 2025 athletics meet in Arizona, USA, on Saturday. The 21-year-old Indian athlete clocked 7.64 seconds at the Northern Arizona University track. In the process, he got the better of Jamaican’s Meet Record…
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WATCH: Botswana Flash Floods Witness Heroic Effort From Olympian Letsile Tebogo
Paris 2024 gold medalist Letsile Tebogo turned out to be a hero for Botswana both on and off the field, helping stranded motorists caught in floods at Gaborone. In a video going viral on social media, the first-ever gold medalist for the nation was documented using his Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) to rescue submerged cars…
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WATCH: Donald Trump Clashes With Maine Governor Janet Mills Over Transgender Athletes
United States President Donald Trump clashed with Maine Governor Janet Mills at the White House on Friday as his recent passing of the executive order, ruling transgender athletes out of the women’s sport was not followed by the state. In a bipartisan governors’ group meeting, Trump brought Maine’s opposition to his order, questioning whether the state…
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23rd National Para Athletics Championship Medal Stadings: Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh Clinch Podium Finish
Haryana won the overall 23rd National Para Athletics Championship with 49 gold, 29 silver, and 25 bronze medals at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai while Tamil Nadu (17, 18, 12) and Uttar Pradesh (14, 17, 11) took the second and third spots respectively. In the discus throw event, Services’ Pradeep Kumar clinched the gold in…
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23rd National Para Athletics Championship: Devendra Jhajharia Says TOPS Scheme Helping Para-Athletes Gain ‘Financial Security’
Devendra Jhajharia, president of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), is optimistic about the financial growth of para-athletes in India. The Paralympics medalist was on the sidelines during the ongoing 23rd National Para Athletics Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai when Paris Paralympics medalists like Navdeep Singh and Hokato Sema stood on the…
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23rd National Para Athletics Championship Day 2 Results: Soman Rana Beats Hokato Sema; Paris Paralympian Deepthi Jeevanji Shines
Bihar’s Soman Rana and Telangana’s Deepthi Jeevanji clinched the top podium finish in the Men’s F57 shot put and Women’s 400m T20 event respectively at the 23rd National Para Athletics Championship in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai on Wednesday. The National Record holder from Bihar threw the iron ball to 14.42m to beat Paris Paralympics…
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TCS London Marathon 2025 Elite Runners List: Peres Jepchirchir, Alexander Mutiso Munyao To Defend Title
Peres Jepchirchir and Alexander Mutiso Munyao will defend their TCS London Marathon titles on Sunday, April 27, organisers of the World Athletics Platinum Label road race have confirmed. The elite field also includes world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich, two-time Berlin Marathon champion Tigist Assefa, four-time London Marathon winner Eliud Kipchoge and two-time world cross country champion…
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WATCH: German World Champion David Storl Using AI To Teach Shot-Put Techniques In Hindi
David Storl, the Olympic silver medalist and World Champion, has joined the Artificial Intelligence (AI) race. In one-and-a-half-minute long video, the German, was captured lips-syncing in ‘Hindi’ language with an ‘Indian flag’ on the reel. He also captioned the video in Hindi, saying, “दोस्तों, भारत से। आपमें से कई मुझसे तकनीक सीखने में मदद मांग…