London: Indian track and field athletes begin their campaign in the London Olympics on Friday, seeking to redeem their reputation, which lay in tatters due to the doping scandal that marred their splendid show in the 2010 Asian Games. Indian athletics was hit by the steroid doping scandal that involved six top quartermilers, including Asian Games double gold-medallist Ashwini Akkunji and her three 4X400m relay quartet members which won gold...
01:14 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has ordered a number of works across the State to create or improve sports infrastructure. These schemes would focus on creating world-class sports facilities at all district headquarters, apart from upgradation of existing facilities and the conduct of state-wide sports competitions. Jayalalithaas announcement to this effect, which came a day after the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London, also said two...
12:51 PM, Jul 30, 2012
London: St. Kitts & Nevis sprinter Tameka Williams has been sent home from the London Olympics by her team for a potential drug violation. Williams had been using a substance which was "clearly outside the medical code," St. Kitts Olympic committee vice president Dennis Knight told The Associated Press on Sunday. Knight said Williams had not tested positive, but the team acted after consulting with the World Anti-Doping Agency "to...
10:42 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Athens: Greece's world indoor high jump champion Dimitris Chondrokoukis has pulled out of the London Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance, the athlete's father said. "Dimitris will not take part in the Olympic Games, leaving unfulfilled a dream of a lifetime," his father and coach Kyriakos Chondrokoukis said in a statement. The high jumper, who was one of Greece's best hopes for a medal in track and field,...
06:31 PM, Jul 26, 2012
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, the nine-time Olympics gold medalist says the world will see a new sprint champion at the London Games. ...
04:06 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Athletics Federation of India chief Adille Sumariwala expressed shock at Santhi's condition. ...
12:42 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: Santhi Soundarajan, an Indian athlete whose career in sports ended after a failed gender test, is working as a daily wager at a brick kiln in Tamil Nadu, the Times of India reported on Tuesday. The Asian Games medallist was stripped of her women's 800 metres silver medal in the 2006 Asian Games after failing a gender test and was admitted to hospital two years later following a...
12:14 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: A dark side of Indian athletics has come to the fore yet again as 2006 Doha Asiad silver medallist Santhi Soundarajan works as a daily wage labourer in a brick factory, as reported by the national daily Times of India. This came after she was stripped off her medal for failing a gender test. It was only downhill from there, Santhi's name and achievements were erased from the...
11:23 AM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: India's lone medallist at World Athletics Championships Anju Bobby George on Monday said that the country has no chance of winning a medal at the London Olympics track and field events. Anju, who won a bronze in the women's long jump in the 2003 World Championships in Paris, tipped discus throwers Vikas Gowda and Krishna Poonia as outside contenders for a podium finish. "I don't want to discourage...
05:06 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: Marathon runner Ram Singh Yadav on Sunday became the third Indian athlete to clear the AFI fitness test for competing in the upcoming London Olympics. "He is fit for the Olympics and we have cleared him. He bid 32min 30 seconds in a 10km race in Coimbatore Synthetic Trek. We are satisfied with his fitness," Athletics Federation of India Secretary General, C K Valson, told PTI. Earlier, triple...
07:37 PM, Jul 22, 2012
In the countdown to the 2012 London Olympics, we retrace some memorable achievements in the history of the Games. In part seven of our Olympic moments recall, a look at the 1992 Barcelona Games where Carl Lewis and the men's basketball team bring glory to USA and Chris Boardman saves face for Great Britain. 1992: Carl Lewis anchors the US relay team to victory By the end of 1991, Carl...
08:18 AM, Jul 22, 2012
In the countdown to the 2012 London Olympics, we retrace some memorable achievements in the history of the Games. Today, a look at Allan Wells' gold in 1980, Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett's historic rivalry, Carl Lewis' awesome but arrogant 1984 Olympics and Zola Budd's controversial race in part five of our Olympic moments recall. 1980: Allan Wells wins 100m gold in Moscow At 28, Allan Wells was considered old...
01:45 PM, Jul 20, 2012
In the countdown to the 2012 London Olympics, we retrace some memorable achievements in the history of the Games. Today, a look at Mark Spitz's record haul in the pool in 1972, Mary Peters' age-defying glory in the same edition and Nadia Comaneci's immaculate performances four years later in part four of our Olympic moments recall. 1972: Mark Spitz rules the pool In an era before today's waxed, hairless procession...
01:24 PM, Jul 19, 2012
In the countdown to the 2012 London Olympics, we retrace some memorable Indian moments at the quadrennial games. Today, a look at Milkha Singhs photo-finish in the 400m final at the 1960 Rome Olympics. After clocking a world record 45.8 seconds in the 400-meter race preliminaries in France, and finishing second in all of his 400m races prior to the races, Milkha Singh " dubbed 'The Flying Sikh' " was...
09:02 AM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: The hearing on the appeal by IAAF in the case involving six Indian women quartermilers, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, was held at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) at the headquarters at Lausanne, Switzerland today. "Some athletes attended the hearing by a teleconference instead of travelling to switzerland," sources in the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said. "The decision on the case is...
11:47 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: Triple jumper Mayookha Johny has been cleared to take part in the London Olympics after she came up with a fine effort in a competition at her training base in Germany, Athletics Federation of India said on Monday. AFI Secretary General CK Valson told PTI that Mayookha's coach has sent a report that she cleared 14.10m in a meet in Germany three days back and it will be...
07:14 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Discus-thrower Krishna Poonia made a name for herself by winning a gold in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. She followed it up with a bronze at the Asian Games in Guangzhou later that year. The entire country went into frenzy when she became the first Indian woman to win a CWC gold. To boot, she also became the second Indian athlete to win gold in track and field...
01:42 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: His build-up to the Olympics was far from ideal but triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary says that he has left behind the frustrations and is now focussing on at least qualifying for the final round in the London Games if not a podium finish. Maheshwary was among the three athletes who were asked to prove fitness for representing the country in the Olympics by the Athletics Federation of India...
12:24 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Chandigarh: Legendary athlete Milkha Singh still feels the pain of missing out on an Olympic medal five decades ago and says his one last wish is to see an Indian win an Olympic gold in athletics. "My last desire before I leave this world is that I want an Indian boy or a girl to win an Olympic gold medal for the country and for my sake. I failed to...
05:31 PM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: Triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary has been cleared for Olympics after he passed a fitness trial at his training base in Italy, Athletics Federation of India said on Thursday. Woman triple jumper Mayookha Johny and marathoner Ram Singh Yadav are yet to undergo similar trials after the AFI asked them to prove their fitness on the ground that they have not taken part in a competition for some time...
09:14 AM, Jul 12, 2012
