17 Jan, 2025 11:33 PM
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Defending Indian elite men’s champion Srinu Bugatha and his Army mate Man Singh are hoping their high-altitude training in Ooty will give them an edge in the landmark 20th edition of the Mumbai Marathon to be held on Sunday.
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17 Jan, 2025 9:01 PM
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) “Just break it down each mile” -- that's the advice Sir Mo Farah, one of the greatest track athletes ever, handed to the participants of the landmark 20th edition of the Mumbai Marathon, which will be held on Sunday.
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16 Jan, 2025 8:23 PM
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Reflecting on his decision to move the court over his exclusion from the list of Khel Ratna Awardees for 2024, two-time Paralympic silver medallist Yogesh Kathuniya has claimed that the National Sports Awards list was released on January 2, deliberately coinciding with the week when the courts were closed, alleging that this timing was planned to prevent him from taking any action.
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15 Jan, 2025 11:47 PM
Gaborone (Botswana), Jan 15 (IANS) Botswana's 200m Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo is set to begin his season with a 400m race at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne, Australia on March 25. Tebogo is hoping to win the gold medal in the World Championships later this year and will be starting his season in Australia.
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15 Jan, 2025 12:00 AM
Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) With over 60,000 fans expected to participate in the historic 20th edition of the Mumbai Marathon, which will be run on January 19, the organisers of the race in an attempt to drum up support have invited fans to join in celebrating the indomitable spirit of Mumbaikars by Striking the Gong.
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14 Jan, 2025 9:20 AM
Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) India is currently placed second in the list of countries with the most athletes currently ineligible to participate in international events. But the outgoing president of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Adille Sumariwala and World Championship bronze medallist Anju Bobby George feel this is actually a good thing that more people are getting caught, which indicates that more testing is being done to catch all the "crooks and culprits".
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11 Jan, 2025 11:24 PM
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) In what promises to be a landmark moment in Indian sport, two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will be bringing a Continental Tour javelin-only competition to India. While the venue is yet to be finalised, the event is slated to take place in May this year.
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09 Jan, 2025 9:03 PM
Mumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) The organisers of the 20th edition of the Mumbai Marathon have announced British long-distance runner Sir Mo Farah as the International Event Ambassador for the event to be run on January 19. Asia’s most prestigious marathon, the Mumbai Marathon will witness a record-breaking 60,000 runners take to the start line on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus on January 19.
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02 Jan, 2025 5:35 PM
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Para-athlete Praveen Kumar, who won the gold medal in the men's high jump T64 at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, expressed his delight on being honoured with the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award and said under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guidance, para-sports is getting much-needed recognition.
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