2016 Diamond League Season Assumes More Importance in the Olympic Year
April 27, 2016 R K Gupta
Athletics, Diamond League, IAAFThe inaugural event of the annual IAAF Diamond League at Doha is less than 10 days away. Top global athletes are expected to come together and show their skills in a run up to 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Before a month-long Olympic break after the London Meet on July 23, ten DL meetings would have […]
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Dipa Karmakar Makes India Proud Takes the Road to Rio as Qualified Artistic Gymnast
April 19, 2016 R K Gupta
Athletics, Dipa Karmakar, Indian Sport News, Rio OlympicsAn article appeared on these pages in August 2015 about Indian woman gymnast Dipa Karmakar, when she won a bronze medal at Hiroshima’s 2015 Artistic Asian Gymnastic Championship. Dipa had finished third in women’s vault and brought glory to India. Now she has done even better. On April 18, 2016, the 22-year old Tripura girl […]
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Portland’s World Indoor Championships End with Bromell Emerging an Unlikely 60m Hero
March 22, 2016 R K Gupta
Athletics, IAAF, IAAF World Indoor TourThe 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships at Portland ended on Sunday with USA taking the last gold in men’s 4×400 relay. With 13 golds in their kitty, USA won half the titles that were on offer including the prestigious women and men’s 60m sprints. In women’s 60m, Barbara Pierre edged out Dutch favorite Dafne Schippers […]
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Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix: Top stories
February 22, 2016 R K Gupta
Athletics, IAAF, IAAF World Indoor Tour, Mo FarahDutchwoman Dafne Schippers announced her rising status in short-sprint by winning 60m in the fourth leg of Glasgow’s IAAF World Indoor Tour on Saturday. By extending her winning streak in the indoor meets, Schippers is a commanding favorite in 60m for next month’s World Indoor Championships at Portland. Schippers’ exploits in last November’s World Championships […]
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IAAF World Indoor Tour third stop three records break at the Globen Galan Stockholm
February 19, 2016 R K Gupta
Abdalelah Haroun, Athletics, Ayanleh Souleiman, Genzebe Dibaba, IAAFAfter Kurt Roberts and Meseret Defar excelled in Boston’s second stop of IAAF World Indoor Tour, it was time for Globen Galan at Stockholm on February 17. Three days earlier at Boston, Roberts produced a world-leading 21.57m shot put mark and Meseret Defar came close to breaking her own 11-year-old meeting record in women’s 3000m. However, […]
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Gets Ready to Make Olympic History at Rio
February 13, 2016 R K Gupta
Athletics, Jamaica, Rio Olympics, Shelly-Ann FraserNo woman athlete has ever won three 100m gold medals in Olympic history. With Beijing 2008 and London 2012 titles already in her bag, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is on the verge of scripting her name in athletic history with the third 100m gold at 2016 Rio Olympics. Fraser-Pryce was not quite 1½ years old, when […]
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India continues to dominate South Asian Games
February 11, 2016 Abhishek Das
Athletics, Indian Sport News, South Asian GamesIndia continued to dominate the 12th South Asian Games held at Guwahati-Shillong ending the 6th day with 194 medals in total which includes 117 Gold, 61 Silver, and 16 Bronze. Sri Lanka and Pakistan remain a distant second and third respectively. India’s rich gold haul continues as it already has 117 of the yellow metal […]
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Shocking Revelation of Chinese Athletes’ Scandalous State-Sponsored Doping
February 11, 2016 R K Gupta
Athletics, IAAF, Ma JunrenLast week, Chinese journalist Zhao Yu spilled the beans after long holding scandalous information on systematic doping of Chinese athletes in the nineties. In 1995, the journalist had received a letter signed by top Chinese athletes, who admitted that banned substances were deliberately administered to them for performance enhancement. The journalist claimed that 10 of […]
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Top Athletes Compete in Indoor Meets at Dusseldorf Lodz and Karlsruhe Ahead of Portland’s World Indoor Championships
February 10, 2016 R K Gupta
Athletics, IAAFThree important indoor athletic events took place last week in the European venues of Dusseldorf, Lodz and Karlsruhe, where international stars showcased their talents. At Dusseldorf, veteran Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Ewa Swoboda of Poland won the signature 60m sprints for men and women. At Lodz, Polish stars dominated with 23-year […]
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India hosts the 12th edition of the South Asian Games
February 6, 2016 Abhishek Das
Athletics, Indian Sport News, Olympics, South Asian Games, sportIn what is being dubbed as the first gender equal games, The 12th South Asian Games was inaugurated today by the Hon. Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi followed by a spectacular opening ceremony. The event was originally planned to be held in Delhi, but due to the elections and other uncertainties, it was postponed. […]
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| 5 | Anthony Sinisuka GINTING | 62,100 |