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A protege of legendary long jumper Anju Bobby George, Shaili was leading at the end of the third round Highly talented long jumper Shaili Singh on Sunday missed out on scripting history…

Olympic 100m champion’s decision comes in the backdrop of ‘doping insinuations’ Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who claimed a shock Olympic triumph in the 100m, said on Friday he had…

Gymnastics legend, Nadia Comaneci, was one of the former international stars who congratulated Mr. Chopra on Twitter. Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold-winning feat in…

Neeraj Chopra topped the qualification round and sailed into the javelin throw final at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.The 23-year-old's first throw of 86.65m was enough as it went past…

He had broken Kevin Young’s 29-year-old world record last month and everybody expected Karsten Warholm to repeat it at the Tokyo Olympics.But none was ready for such an awesome performance.…

Bakkali ends Kenya’s winning streak in steeplechase; Tentoglou delivers; Sifan starts her quest for a treble As a little girl, American Valarie Allman was a very good dancer and excelled…

It was a magical Sunday night in Tokyo as Lamont Marcell Jacobs virtually came from nowhere and raced away as the fastest man of the Olympics. With American world leader Trayvon Bromell…

Many of world’s leading athletes are on their best legs; Neeraj Chopra carries India’s hopes The planet may have struggled with COVID-19 for the last couple of years but surprisingly,…

Feels young Sreeshankar can spring a big surprise; holds out hope for Kamalpreet and Annu Rani Whenever P.T. Usha saw javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra at the 2016 under-20 Worlds in Poland,…

This will be India’s largest ever contingent of athletes at the Olympics. India will be sending a 228-strong contingent to the Tokyo Olympics, including 119 athletes, IOA President…