India's disappointing show continues at Athletics Worlds
Moscow: India's disappointing show in the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships continued with two more athletes brining up the rear in the 50km Race Walk event here today.National record holder Ba
Kerala’s six, the best bet?
Starting July 27, more than 10,500 athletes will compete for glory in events spread over 16 days in London and in the multitude, six Malayalis, the biggest number ever from the state at an Olympics, w
Sixth title in a row
“Kerala did it again!” was the reaction from the Kerala State Athletic Association (KSAA) soon after the Senior inter-state Championship in Hyderabad on June 26 was clinched. This is the defending cha
Ready to defend title
Amid heavy rain and hostile weather, a group of Kerala athletes is training diligently at the Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education at Kariavattom in the capital. Their aim is to defend th
International workshop on conditioning
An international workshop on strength and conditioning of athletes will be held at Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education in Thiruvananthapuram from May 24 to 26.
It is the first of its ki
Athletes to watch at London
The world’s greatest athletes descend on London in July for the 2012 Olympics. Reuters’ Martyn Herman highlights the ones to watch out for when the Games get underway:
Usain Bolt (athletics): The fac
Akkunji, five others, banned for one year for doping
India's six top women athletes, including Asian Games double gold-medallist Ashwini Akkunji, were on Friday handed one-year bans for flunking dope tests earlier this year, virtually ending their ch
Rural advantage
Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken had told media persons in Kozhikode last month, that the emphasis of his ministry was on identifying talent from villages and promoting them to the national level.
London ahead, funds to continue for India athletes
New Delhi: Following the overwhelming success of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games, the sports ministry wants to continue pumping in more money and strategising for their sustained progress ti
Taj Mahal, jewellery top Games athletes' India plans
When not practising, almost every foreign athlete staying at the Commonwealth Games Village here is like any other tourist visiting India they have heard about and are itching to see the Taj Mahal, ba