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My records not under threat for now, says Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt’s superhuman effort of 9.58 seconds (100m) and 19.19 seconds (200m) at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin have not been threatened ever since.




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Asian Relays: Indian mixed 4x400m team sets National record

The timing puts India in the 21st place in the Road to Paris list of World Athletics while the aim was to be either in the 15th or 16th spot




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World Para Athletic Championships: Ekta wins gold with season's best effort in club throw

Reigning Paralympics champion Sumit Antil defended his F64 javelin throw world title while Thangavelu Mariyappan also grabbed gold medal.




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Asian Relay Championships: Indian men's and women's 4x400m teams win silver medals

Indian mixed 4x400 relay team set a national record while winning the gold medal but missed the target of entering the Paris Olympics qualification bracket.




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Athletics: Chebet breaks 10,000m record, Kerr beats Ingebrigtsen

Chebet clocked 28 minutes 54.14 seconds, taking nearly seven seconds off the previous world record set by Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey three years ago to qualify for the event at the Paris Olympics.




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Indian GP: Yugendran leaps to a new meet record in men’s pole vault

Baranica secures the gold in women’s event; Vithya Ramraj claims the women’s 400m hurdles title; Abha bags the shot put top spot




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Dutee Chand’s four-year ban stays

ADAP rejects star sprinter’s appeal, upholds ADDP’s decision




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Get ready for the Deepanshi surprise

The 21-year-old from Rohtak ran the country’s fastest 400m at the recent Haryana Championships




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Gulveer breaks Sable’s 5000m National record




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Sprint hurdler Kiran breaks Maymon’s under-18 National record




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National inter-State athletics | Eyeing a Paris ticket, India’s top athletes gear up one last time




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Neeraj Chopra opts out of Paris Diamond League: Report

Speaking to 'ESPN', Chopra said he is focussing on training and strengthening his blocking leg




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Former high jump world champion Freitag found dead in South Africa

Freitag won world championships at youth, junior, and senior levels. He took gold in the high jump at the 2003 World Championships in Paris




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Jeswin Aldrin, Ankita Dhyani make Olympics cut, Indian athletics team strength rises to 30

The Indian athletics team will now have 30 members; the track and field competitions will begin on August 1




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Ukraine's Mahuchikh breaks 1987 women's high jump world record

The Ukrainian outperformed the world indoor champion, Australia's Nicola Olyslagers, with both competitors clearing the 2.01 metre height on their second attempts




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Paris Olympics 2024: Team USA sending more women than men for the fourth consecutive Summer Olympics

The lineup features 314 women and 278 men, spanning ages from 16 to 59 and with 46 states represented.




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How do you make India’s fastest faster? Tear down invisible barriers

The country’s young sprinters are beginning to break records and shift perceptions. One of the facilitators of this change is Reliance Foundation athletics director James Hillier, who has helped create a structured environment that guides athletes to figure things out and take ownership of their progress




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So near yet so far: India’s tryst with fourth-place Olympic heartbreaks

Arjun Babuta missed a medal by finishing fourth in the men’s 10m air rifle event at the Paris Olympics. Here is a look at the instances when Indian athletes came close but ended at just that.




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Paris Olympics: Men’s 4x400m relay team narrowly misses berth in final

The Indian campaign in athletics ended with the exit of the relay teams.




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Back to training, Neeraj Chopra eyes Diamond League to end season

Olympic medalist says will seek medical assistance for persistent groin injury next month




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After silver at Olympics, Chopra takes field in Lausanne in bid for Diamond League title

Neeraj Chopra will be up against a top-class field in Lausanne, with five of the top-six finishers in the Paris Olympics final competing




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Neeraj Chopra finishes second in Lausanne Diamond League with season's best 89.49m

Neeraj Chopra saved the best for the last as his sixth and final attempt measured 89.49m.




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Paralympic Games 2024: I’m winning silver everywhere, now want to break jinx by clinching gold, says Kathuniya

Yogesh Kathuniya wasn't satisfied with his performance and he vowed to better the colour of his medal in the next major tournament.




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Neeraj Chopra qualifies for Diamond League season finale in Brussels

The season finale will be a two-day affair on September 14 and 15 in Brussels. Chopra accumulated 14 points from his two second-place finishes in the one-day meets held in Doha and Lausanne.




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South Asian Junior meet | Siddharth, Pooja and Abinaya break meet records




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Diamond League season finale: Neeraj Chopra, Avinash Sable spearhead Indian challenge

The showpiece is spread over two days for the first time and the field features top athletes from all continents, including an unprecedented number of Olympic medal winners, who will be vying for the top honours in 32 disciplines.




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Neeraj Chopra finishes second in Diamond League final, misses crown by 1 cm

Grenada’s Peters, a two-time world champion, produced his best of the day in his opening attempt




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Neeraj Chopra reveals he took part in Diamond League final with fracture in hand

Neeraj Chopra, who added a silver to his Olympic medal tally in Paris following a historic gold at the Tokyo Games, thus ended his season on a high.




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India Open under-23 athletics: Talented athletes eager to prove their worth

The athletes will look to perform well ahead of the Asian and World championships next year.




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Poorva wins triple jump gold with meet record; men’s pole vault final postponed as pit reaches late




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Arjun on a record-breaking spree, sprint double for Ashlin




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2nd T20 PIX: Nitish, Rinku sizzle as India seal series

India registered a thumping 86-run victory in the second T20I against Bangladesh to seal the three-match series 2-0.




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'Right now, only New Zealand is on our mind'

The tourists will be without batsman Kane Williamson in Bengaluru after the former skipper opted out of the opener due to a groin injury, while paceman Ben Sears was ruled out of the series with a knee injury and replaced by Jacob Duffy.




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PIX: Ghulam rescues Pakistan after early collapse

IMAGES from Day 1 of the 2nd Test played between Pakistan and England in Multan on Tuesday.




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PICS: Pak in driver's seat as England batters falter

IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2nd Test played between Pakistan and England in Multan, on Thursday.




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PIX: Noman's heroics lead Pak to series-leveling win

Pakistan beat England by 152 runs in the second Test in Multan on Friday to level the three-match series at 1-1.




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New Zealand edge WI to enter Women's T20 WC final

The White Ferns, runners-up in 2009 and 2010 editions, will meet South Africa in the final on Sunday




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Can India avoid defeat in Bengaluru Test?

India were in danger of suffering their first home test loss to New Zealand since 1988, despite Sarfaraz Khan's 150 and Rishabh Pant's 99, when the tourists bowled them out for 462 on the fourth day of their rain-interrupted series opener on Saturday.




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PIX: New Zealand script historic win in Bengaluru

IMAGES from Day 5 of the first Test played between India and New Zealand, in Bengaluru, on Sunday.




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PHOTOS: New Zealand stun India to end 36-year wait

Rachin Ravindra and Will Young remained calm under pressure after the loss of two early wickets to get the job done, earning New Zealand only their third win on Indian soil in 38 attempts going back to 1955.




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PIX: New Zealand crowned champions of Women's T20 WC

Photos from the final of the ICC Women's T20 Cricket World Cup




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Rabada breaks Waqar's Test record in Dhaka Test

Rabada reaches new milestone as Proteas take control over Bangladesh, on the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh.




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Emerging Teams Asia Cup: India beat UAE, make semis

Opting to bat first, UAE were bowled out for 107 in 16.5 overs.




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PIX: Smith, bowlers rally England after early wobble

Jamie Smith smashed a counter-attacking 89 before England's bowlers made early inroads into the Pakistan line-up to drag the touring side back into the deciding third and final Test.




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Massive concerns for transitioning Team India

As many as four world-class match-winners are expected to bid adieu to the game one by one in the next couple of years and Gautam Gambhir is in an unenviable position as head coach.




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IPL: Punjab Kings expected to break the bank for Pant

RCB might show interest in KL Rahul.




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PIX: New Zealand crumble but match evenly poised

Images from Day 2 of the 3rd Test played between India and New Zealand, in Mumbai, on Saturday.




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PIX: New Zealand humble India for historic sweep!

New Zealand beat India by 25 runs in Mumbai to complete an unprecedented 3-0 series sweep in India.




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Has semaglutide transformed treatment of diabetes and obesity in India?

While the injectable forms of semaglutide have taken the world by storm, the oral form, available in India, is helping doctors see results in diabetes control, with the added benefit of weight loss, even though the cost remains a deterrent




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Zika virus case detected in Gujarat, patient discharged after treatment

As a precautionary measure, health authorities visited the area where the person lives and carried out surveillance and tracking exercises; however no person in the area showed any symptoms of Zika infection, a statement from the government said