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AFI Chief Adille Sumariwalla Elected World Athletics Vice President, Becomes First Indian EB Member | Athletics News
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AFI Chief Adille Sumariwalla Elected World Athletics Vice President, Becomes First Indian EB Member | Athletics News

[ad_1] AFI President Adille Sumariwalla© TwitterAdille Sumariwalla on Thursday became a member of the powerful World Athletics Executive Board after he was elected as one of the four vice presidents, the highest post occupied by an Indian in the global track and field governing body. The 65-year-old Sumariwalla, currently the president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) since 2012, received the third highest number of votes cast during the WA elections held two days ahead of World Championships in Budapest. He will serve a four year term.The four candidates who get the highest number of votes out of the eight in fray for vice presidents' post get a seat in the WA Executive Board, the highest decision making body of the world body.The Executive Board consists of the president, four vi...
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Indian Women’s Softball Team Set To Debut At Asian Games | Athletics News
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Indian Women’s Softball Team Set To Debut At Asian Games | Athletics News

[ad_1] Softball Association of India (SBAI) on Monday announced a 16-member Indian women's team, which is all set to make its debut at the upcoming Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China. With softball making its debut at the continental event, starting on September 23, SBAI announced the squad along with a standby and three reserves, which was selected after trials for the probable's list, followed by a two-week coaching camp-cum-trials held in Delhi in June-July. Considering the Indian women's softball team's regular participation in the Asian championships, Softball Asia granted a wild card entry to India.India's wild card admission was approved by Softball Asia's executive committee in February this year, SBAI said in a media release."The participation of the Indian women's softba...
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Neeraj Chopra To Start Season At Doha Diamond League On May 5 | Athletics News
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Neeraj Chopra To Start Season At Doha Diamond League On May 5 | Athletics News

[ad_1] Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will begin his season at the Diamond League meeting in Doha on May 5, as one of the top draws in a star-studded field. The 25-year-old Chopra, the reigning Diamond League champion after winning the grand finale in September last, will join world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada and Olympic silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic in the first meet of the 14-leg one-day series of the season.Chopra, who has a personal best of 89.94m which he achieved while finishing second at last year's Stockholm Diamond League meeting, is currently training in Turkiye. He will be there till May 31.Due to an injury, the Indian superstar missed the 2022 Doha Diamond League Meeting where Peters sent the spear to 93.07m, the fifth-longest ...
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Indian Sports In 2022: Hockey Good, Badminton Better, Neeraj Chopra Best | Other Sports News
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Indian Sports In 2022: Hockey Good, Badminton Better, Neeraj Chopra Best | Other Sports News

[ad_1] The Thomas Cup triumph made for an epic success story while Neeraj Chopra further enhanced his superstar status with a rare Diamond League title but the cricket team's struggles on the 22-yard strip left a lot to be desired in a bittersweet 2022 for Indian sports. In hockey, the women's team continued its inspiring run with a silver medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The much-coveted 90m mark eluded the Olympic champion but the legend of Neeraj Chopra kept growing with podium finishes at elite tournaments.However, wrestler Ravi Dahiya could not carry forward his Olympic success and made a shock first-round exit from the World Championship.The sincere, passionate and hard-working athlete that Dahiya is, the defeat would have rankled the grappler the most.He is not not some...
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2022: A Year Of Many Firsts For Indian Sports | Other Sports News
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2022: A Year Of Many Firsts For Indian Sports | Other Sports News

[ad_1] The year 2022 will be remembered by Indian sports fans. It was a year of many firsts and historic achievements by Indian athletes on the world stage - a good follow-up to an almost equally impressive 2021 which saw the country's stars shine bright at the Tokyo Olympics. Here's a relook at the peaks Indian athletes touched in 2022.Neeraj Chopra stamps his mark on the World Championships and Diamond LeagueMaintaining that ideal run in 2022 after winning the gold medal at the Olympics in Tokyo the previous year would have been a difficult task for Neeraj Chopra. But the Indian men's javelin throw champion rose to the occasion, and what a rise!Neeraj Chopra roared back into the international circuit to win a silver medal and set a national record at the Paavo Nurmi Games. Neeraj Chopr...
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David Rudisha, Kenyan Olympic Champion And World Record Holder, Survives Plane Crash | Athletics News
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David Rudisha, Kenyan Olympic Champion And World Record Holder, Survives Plane Crash | Athletics News

[ad_1] David Rudisha with the plane wreckage© TwitterTwo-time Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha said on Monday he was grateful to be alive after surviving a plane crash on the weekend in southern Kenya. The 800m world record holder had just taken off from a Kenyan reserve hosting the "Maasai Olympics" -- a series of sporting competitions involving Maasai youth -- when his aircraft encountered trouble and was forced to make an emergency landing on Saturday. "It was a scary episode where you hold your heart in your hand as you pray to God," the athlete, who belongs to the Maasai tribe himself, told The Nation newspaper."The pilot did an incredible job to keep the plane afloat and stable for long. We thank God we all came out alive."The 33-year-old is a sponsor of the "Maasai Olympics",...
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Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu, Shiva Keshavan Elected In IOA Athletes’ Commission | Athletics News
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Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu, Shiva Keshavan Elected In IOA Athletes’ Commission | Athletics News

[ad_1] Five-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and multiple-time winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan were among 10 eminent sportspersons elected unopposed as members of the IOA Athletes Commission in the polls held in New Delhi on Monday. The other seven members of the apex body are Tokyo Olympics silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, 2012 Olympics bronze winner shooter Gagan Narang, veteran table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal, ace hockey player Rani Rampal, cyclist Bhavani Devi, rower Bajrang Lal and former shot putter OP Karhana.All the 10 members, out of which five are female, are Olympians. Keshavan is the only Winter Olympian.Only 10 candidates filed nominations for the same number of seats in the Athletes Commission and Umesh Sinha, wh...
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