Bolt opens 2012 with world leading 9.82
Double world record-holder Usain Bolt shook off two false starts to open his 2012 season with a world-leading 9.82 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday.
She walks on hopes
It would be a long, pretty haul for Kozhikode girl A.M. Bincy to the National Junior Athletic Championship, to be held in Pune from May 8 to 10.
She’s full of confidence as she’s preparing for the 1
It’s athletics this time
Summer sports camps are aplenty during the vacation period. But apart from the usual team sports, two athletes and a coach in Kozhikode have joined hands to churn out something different to the kids –
Olympic dreams for Sujith Kuttan
Sprint prodigy Sujith Kuttan has outrun many champion athletes in his athletic career. And the impressive teenager is off to spring more surprises as he stands a chance of making it to London for the
Athletics: Bolt, Campbell-Brown honored for 2011 exploits
Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown, winners of the 200m world titles last year in Daegu, South Korea, were named Jamaica's top sportsman and sportswoman of 2011.
Sprint superstar Bolt had been ov
Nayana James makes big strides
Lack of rest and crampy conditions could not tame down Nayana James as she cleared 5.86 m on the long jump pit, for gold, in the recently concluded National Junior Athletic meet in Ranchi .
“I had se
Kenya's Mutai, Ethiopian Dado win NY Marathon titles
Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai smashed the New York Marathon men's record on Sunday while Ethiopian Firehiwot Dado surprised herself with a late charge to capture the women's title in her New York debut.
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Fall from grace for junior athletes
What went wrong with the Kerala Junior Athletic Team, which lost the championship title after possessing it for more than a decade?
“There are two major reasons for the defeat of the Kerala team. One
Usain Bolt smashes Gay's track record at Zagreb IAAF athletics meet
Jamaican athletics superstar Usain Bolt ran a track record 9.85sec in the 100m at Zagreb's IAAF athletics meeting on Tuesday, smashing longstanding American rival Tyson Gay's mark of 9.92 set last yea
Preeja Sreedharan says Snesarev's exit affected performance
Asian Games gold medallist long distance runner Preeja Sreedharan, who is yet to secure a berth for next year's Olympics, on Saturday said that the exit of Belarusian coach Nikolai Snesarev affected h