Kerala reigns supreme at school meet again
Kerala underlined its athletic prowess as it retained the overall championship title for a record 17th year in a row at the 59 National Schools Meet, which concluded at the Birsa Munda stadium in...
View ArticleNavtejdeep, Dutee bag best athlete awards
Punjab’s Navtejdeep Singh and Dutee Chand (Odisha) bagged the ‘best athlete award’ in the boys’ and girls’ sections as the Junior Federation Cup athletics meet came to a close at the Nehru Stadium here...
View ArticleKerala, Haryana athletes likely to take centre stage
BANGALORE: The GenNext of Indian athletics will battle it out for top honours in the 29th Junior National Athletics Championship beginning at the Sree Kanteerava stadium on Tuesday with champions...
View ArticleVaishnavi stars for hosts
Toommy Vaishnavi opened Karnataka’s gold medal tally at the 29th Junior National Athletics Championships even...
View ArticleRecord jump by Athira in Jr. Athletics
Tweet Bangalore, Dec 6 (IANS) Kerala's Athira Surendran unleashed an effort of 12.86 metres in her very first attempt in the girls under-18 triple jump that not only broke the National and Meet record...
View ArticleRecord jump by Athira Surendran in Jr. Athletics
BANGALORE: Kerala's Athira Surendran unleashed an effort of 12.86 metres in her very first attempt in the girls under-18 triple jump that not only broke the National and Meet record of 12.78 (G...
View ArticleChitra, Gayathry set meet marks on opening day, National Junior Athletics...
Bangalore: Defending champions Kerala dominated the opening day's proceedings in the 29th National Junior Athletics championships which got underway at Sree Kanteerava Stadium...
View ArticleChitra, Gayathry set meet marks on opening day
BANGALORE: Defending champions Kerala dominated the opening day's proceedings in the 29th National Junior Athletics championships which got underway at Sree Kanteerava Stadium here...
View ArticleChitra obliterates Sunita's 17-yr mark
BANGALORE: Chitra PU and Gayathry Shivakumar set new meet records as Kerala began their title defense in emphatic fashion on the opening day of the 29th National Junior Athletics Championships at the...
View ArticleVaishnavi lifts Karnataka spirits
Bangalore: Toommy Vaishnavi fetched the lone gold for Karnataka on the opening day of the National Junior Athletics Championship, which got under way at Sree Kanteerava stadium on Tuesday . The...
View ArticleChitra, Gayathry set meet records
Tweet Bangalore, Dec 3 (IANS) Kerala athletes Chitra PU and Gayathri Sivakumar rewrote Meet records on the opening day of the 29th Junior National Athletics championships here Tuesday. Chitra, gold...
View ArticleChitra PU, Gayathri Sivakumar set meet records
Bangalore, Dec 3: Kerala athletes Chitra PU and Gayathri Sivakumar rewrote Meet records on the opening day of the 29th Junior National Athletics championships here Tuesday. Chitra, gold medallist in...
View ArticleNational Athletics Championship: Gayathri, Chitra set records
Gayathri Sivakumar, the 12-year-old from Kochi, soared to a new meet record in the girls’ under-14 high jump event, providing the perfect take-off to the 29th junior National athletics championship,...
View ArticlePoovamma lights up track
She has been the dominant force in the 400 metres for the last four years but M R Poovamma’s exploits had all come away from home. On Monday, the final day of the Federation Cup athletics championship,...
View ArticleTwo meet records fall
Two meet records were set on the opening day of the 12th National Youth Athletics Championship here on Thursday with Kisan Naresh Tadwi and PR Aleesha racing away with those honours. Both the records...
View ArticleKerala emerge overall champs; Asish, Rashmi best athletes
PANAJI: Kerala athletes had plenty to rejoice at the end of the 12th Youth National Athletic Championship as they defended their title successfully at the Bambolim Athletic Stadium on Saturday. With...
View ArticleKerala emerge champs
Powerhouse Kerala bagged the overall championship as the 12th National Youth Athletics Championship came to a conclusion with three meet records broken on the final day. Trailing leaders Haryana...
View ArticleJunior athletics: Gayathry and Beant Singh hog the limelight
Kerala’s Gayathry Siva Kumar and Haryana’s Beant Singh hogged the limelight by creating both national and meet records at the Jio 30th National junior athletics championship at IGMC stadium here on...
View ArticleSree Chitra inmates felicitated
Social welfare minister M.K. Muneer and health minister V.S. Sivakumar visited the Sree Chitra Poor Home here on Friday to felicitate the students who passed their...
View ArticleAthletics : Harpreet grabs two gold
HARPREET grabbed two golds and one silver nedal on the first day of the 42nd Annual Athletic Meet of Khalsa College for Women. Harpreet won gold medals in 200 meter race and 110 meter hurdles and...
View ArticleSiddhanth smashes hurdles record
Patiala, Aug 7: Maharashtras Siddhanth Thingalaya came up with a stunning performance to smash the 110M hurdles national record on the third day of the 50th Inter-State athletics championships here on...
View ArticleAnju to lead India's challenge in Asian Grand Prix series
New Delhi, Jun 4 (PTI) Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George would lead India's challenge in the Asian Grand Prix series to be held in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand later this month, the Athletics...
View Article23 Indian athletes for Asian Grand Prix
A 23-member Indian team has been picked for the Asian athletics Grand Prix series at Surabaya, Indonesia, from June 18, the Athletics...
View ArticleAthletics probables named
The Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) today released the shortlist of 74 athletes for the preparatory camps of the world championship, Afro-Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and Asiad. There 34...
View ArticleHarshith rewrites national record
Ranchi, Nov 1, DHNS: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 --> Karnataka's S Harshith gave himself an early birthday present, rewriting the national record in the boys under-18 high jump with a spectacular...
View ArticlePrem Kumar, Jonimol set long jump records
Sports Reporter NEW MARK:Tamil Nadu's K. Prem Kumar, who set a record in the boys' under-18 long jump....
View ArticleChitra's smart run shatters record
P.U. Chitra. KOCHI: Mundur High School's P.U. Chitra and her school-mate K.K. Vidhya comfortably broke the under-16 girls' 3,000m meet record at the M.K. Joseph Kerala State inter-club athletics...
View ArticleMeet record set up in U-22 National Athletic Championships
TIMES NEWS NETWORK CHANDIGARH: One meet record was created and another equalled on the opening day of the 10th U-22 National Athletic Championships at the Panjab University Campus here on Tuesday....
View Article2 national marks set
By Pravin Kumar The Times of India News Service LUCKNOW: It was a magnificent dash, no doubt. After finishing much ahead of the pack, chest No 919 asked for the timing. The answer evoked a sigh from...
View ArticleMeghana dazzles in hurdles
Bangalore, Aug 20, DHNS: Friday, August 20, 2010 --> Karnataka's Meghana Shetty smashed the girls under-16 100M hurdles meet record en route to the gold medal on the second day of the South Zone...
View ArticleNaveen sets National record
A day after emerging as the fastest under-14 boy, with a meet mark, Tamil Nadu’s R. Naveen stunningly proved that he could be good in the distances too. The youngster, from the Madurai SDAT centre and...
View ArticleHaryana wins overall title
HYDERABAD: Haryana won the overall team championship while Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh were placed second and third respectively in the 32nd National inter-zonal athletics meet in Guntur on Sunday,...
View ArticleIndia announce athletics team for Asian jr meet
TIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: A 39-member team will take part in the Asian junior athletic championships to be held in Bangkok from October 28 to 31, according to Lalit Bhanot, secretary of Amateur...
View ArticleAthletics camps for Afro-Asian games
NEW DELHI: The Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) has planned an extensive schedule of coaching camps to prepare the Indian team for the International events in the coming season. The camp...
View ArticleAthletics federation announces 92-member squad for CWG
New Delhi, Aug 31, (IANS): Tuesday, August 31, 2010 --> The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Tuesday announced a 92-member squad for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. The Indian athletes will...
View ArticleNisha, Arun among record setters
Hammer thrower Nisha Yadav of UP, in the girls’ under-18 section, M.S. Arun of Tamil Nadu and Dutee Chand of Jharkhand in the boys’ under-16 and girls’ under-18 200m, and steeplechaser Ashwathi...
View ArticleJijin, Thara better National marks
Kerala's under-18 stars, Jijin Vijayan in the boys' 200m, and M.D. Thara in girls' 3000m, broke National records in the 27th National junior athletics championship at Ranchi on Friday but Kerala lost...
View ArticleVarsha completes double on final day
Ranchi, Nov 4, DHNS Friday, November 04, 2011 --> Varsha R completed a fine double as Karnataka picked up three gold medals at the 27th Junior National Athletics Championships on Fridays final day...
View ArticleMeghana sets new mark
Bangalore, Dec 3, DHNS: Friday, December 03, 2010 --> Karnataka's Meghana Shetty shattered the girls' under-16 100M hurdles National record on the penultimate day of the Junior National athletics...
View ArticleAnmol sets new record in girls' 3000m run
KOZHIKODE: Kerala's distance runner Anmol Thampi bettered the national and meet records in the 3000 metre as the hosts began their campaign in style at the 13th National Youth (Under-18) Athletics...
View ArticleKerala makes it five in a row
They were trailing on the first two days, but the young boys and girls from Kerala proved once again that they are far ahead of their rivals in Indian athletics. They ran away with the overall title at...
View ArticleGirls power Kerala to title
Kerala, powered by its girls, retained the overall team title in the 31st National junior athletics championship which concluded at Ranchi on Wednesday. Three national records were set on the final day...
View ArticleMaymon wins, Malik sparkles
Athletics Junior Federation Cup A stumble at the final hurdle cost Maymon Paulose a place in the record books while Chandigarh lad Pankaj Malik surged to a qualification time in the 400 metres on the...
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