The Punjab athlete clocked 14.05 seconds to erase Guruprith Singh's record of 14.07s, at the Open National Athletics Championships.
Botswana's Nijel Amos laid down a marker ahead of next month's world championships by winning a highly-anticipated 800 metres showdown with Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha at the Anniversary Games on Saturday.
Fast cars, marathons, golfing and shooting - nothing stops these high-power tycoons from pursuing their passion.
The 28-year old Armyman from Kerala won in 10.30 seconds, at the National Athletics Circuit Meet.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.'
China's central banker on Monday acknowledged the presence of some speculative funds in the nation's record foreign exchange reserves of nearly $610 billion but asserted that the volume was 'not big.'
Tyagi, said he was in no mood to give up his new found hobby.
The Olympic silver medallist helped India claim the double trap team title for the third time in the Asian Clay Shooting Championships.
World record holder David Rudisha of Kenya and Ethiopia's defending champion Mohammed Aman cruised through the heats for the 800 metres on a hot and humid opening morning at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Saturday.
Russian athletics was back on top of the medal table at the European Indoor Championships.
Gareth Bale scored his 25th goal for Wales but Georgia fought back strongly to earn a deserved 1-1 draw in a World Cup Group D qualifier in Cardiff on Sunday. It left Wales, surprise semi-finalists at Euro 2016, with five points from three games and at risk of losing the group leadership after the day's later matches. Georgia took their first point, following narrow defeats by Austria and Ireland.
The 22-year-old managed a best of 62.04, but failed to qualify for the discus throw final at the 10th world championships.
The Tamil Nadu girl won the 3000metres steeplechase to steal the limelight on the second day of the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship.
Viraj Patil won the one-metre springboard diving for his third gold in the 58th Senior National Aquatic Championships.
Captain Rani Rampal's clinical strike helped India beat South Africa 1-0 to seal their place in the semi-finals of the women's hockey event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Tuesday.
The discus thrower made the grade after finishing third with a throw of 63.29 meters in an IAAF meeting, in Szombathely, Hungary, recently.
Triple jumper Renjith Maheswary on Wednesday said that he took part in the National Open Athletics Championships in Ranchi under "mental stress" due to the uncertainty over his Arjuna Award issue but is satisfied with his silver-winning effort.
P V Sindhu became the country's first-ever woman silver medal winner in the Olympic Games after coming second best against world champion Carolina Marin of Spain in a pulsating clash for the gold in the badminton singles on Day 14 of competition.
Claiming it to be a national record, public prosecutor Jyothimani told news persons that few months ago a case in Scotland had been decided in 60 days.
The team for the ninth SAF Games in Islamabad has been selected on the basis of the performance in the recently concluded Federation Cup.
Shooter Ronjan Sodhi picked for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the selection committee.
Fleming, playing a record 87th Test for his country, struck 137 not out in NZ's 338 for three in the first Test against Bangaldesh.
The Karnataka girl, participating in the Nationals after a five-year haitus, won the women's 400m freestyle with a national record.
India dominated the range and the ring as Shreyasi Singh's double trap gold shored up the medal tally while the entire men's Indian boxing contingent made the semi-finals to be assured of podium finishes in an unprecedented performance on Day 7 of the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast on Wednesday.
The 4 x 400m quartet of Manjit Kaur, K M Beenamol, Rajwinder Kaur and Chitra K Soman clocked three minutes, 27.35 seconds in the second leg of the 2004 Asian Grand Prix Athletics Series in Colombo.
The CISF shooter erased her own record by logging 676.3 points to win gold in the 25 metres pistol event in the 47th Nat Shooting championships.
The Karnataka swimmer bettered his own national record in the 200m butterfly stroke at the Jr Nat aquatics championships.
Indian athletes will begin their campaign in the World Championships in Beijing, on Sunday.
The Karnataka swimmer picked his second gold at the Nat. Junior aquatic championships.
The Andhra lass scored 6211 points to clinch the gold at the Federation Cup athletics and qualify for the Athens Olympics.
The 21-year-old Punjab Police Assistant Sub-Inspector broke T C Yohannan's long junp mark at the Federation Cup Athletics championships.
New Zealand legend and player of the 1992 cricket World Cup, Martin Crowe, was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame for his service to the game.
The 16-year-old Karnataka swimmer, who returned from Perth last week, set a new 200 metres individual medley mark in the National aquatic championships.
The Police swimmer erased Bula Chowdhury's mark in the 100m butterfly at the National Aquatics championships.
The Police swimmer added the 400m medley to the 50m butterfly mark she set on Wednesday, at the national Aquatics meet.
A round-up of all the results from the 16th World Athletic Championships in London
However, his effort at the World swimming championships was not enough to earn him a berth in the Athens Olympics.
India were left to rue a missed opportunity in tennis with Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna's losing in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles after Lalita Babar became the first woman in three decades to enter the final of a track event, on Day 8 of the 2016 Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday.
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