Bahadur Singh Sagoo, second from right being felicitated after his appointment as AFI president (Photo: @afiindia on X) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) appointed its new president on Tuesday at its Annual General Meeting in Chandigarh, as the baton changed hands between the outgoing chief, Adille Sumariwalla, and Sagoo — the 2002 Asian Games…
It took just one attempt for the defending champion Neeraj Chopra to enter the final of the men’s javelin throw competition at the Paris Olympics, and he did it with a monstrous season-best throw. Listed first among the line-up of 16 throwers in Group B of the qualification round at Stade de France on Tuesday,…
NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra will make his much anticipated appearance at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday when he begins the defence of his historic Tokyo Games gold medal with the qualification round in the French Capital. Also competing alongside Neeraj will be Kishore Jena, who qualified for the Paris Games with his silver medal at…
“Why not you!” That’s what Noah Lyles tweeted after being crowned the new men’s 100m Olympic champion in Paris in the most dramatic sprint in the history of athletics. A five thousandths of a second separated USA’s Lyles and Kishane Thompson of Jamaica as both clocked 9.79 seconds in the first such wind-legal 100m race…
