Poonia satisfied with seventh-place finish

Discus thrower Krishna Poonia is satisfied with her seventh place finish at the London Games and aims to do better in the next Olympics in Brazil. Poonia hurled the discus to a distance of 63.62m,......

Poonia 7th in discus throw, Perkovic wins gold

India's Krishna Poonia finished seventh in the women's discus throw at the London Olympics after a below-par performance on Saturday. The Commonwealth Games gold medallist's best effort was a......

Poonia qualifies for discus throw final

Krishna Poonia qualified for the women's discus throw final at the London Olympics with an impressive effort in the qualification round on Friday, Day 1 of the track and field events. -London......

Navpreet Singh strikes gold

Navpreet Singh came up with a season's best effort of 19.70 metres to win gold in the men's shot put on the fourth day of the Asian Athletics championship in Aaman. Singh, whose personal best......

Neelam, Shakti bag gold

Neelam J Singh and Shakti Singh bagged gold medals as India finished with five gold in the Afro-Asian Games athletics competition, which concluded in Hyderabad on Thursday.The day also saw the......