News for 'Anju'

Anju can do it

Anju can do it

Rediff.com14 Aug 2004

Anju finishes diappointing fourth

Anju finishes diappointing fourth

Rediff.com8 May 2004

The 27-year-old star athlete managed a jump of only 6.46m at the Japan Grand Prix in Osaka.

Anju to lead in Asian Indoor athletics

Anju to lead in Asian Indoor athletics

Rediff.com13 Feb 2008

Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George will lead a 32-member team in the three-day championship, starting in Doha on Thursday.

Anju finishes fifth at Doha Super GP

Anju finishes fifth at Doha Super GP

Rediff.com10 May 2008

Anju Bobby George jumped her season's best mark of 6.55m but finished fifth at the Super Grand Prix event in Doha.

Milkha slams Anju's Beijing flop

Milkha slams Anju's Beijing flop

Rediff.com29 Aug 2008

Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh has demanded action against Anju Bobby George for her Olympics flop-show, saying the ace long jumper was underprepared going into the quadrennial extravaganza in Beijing.

Sonakshi-Zaheer's First Appearance Post Wedding

Sonakshi-Zaheer's First Appearance Post Wedding

Rediff.com28 Jun 2024

Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal attended their first party after marriage, and made beautiful pictures.

Anju confident ahead of World Indoor Championships

Anju confident ahead of World Indoor Championships

Rediff.com10 Mar 2006

The Indian ace listed world number one Tatyana Kotova and Americans Tianna Madison and Grace Upshaw as her main competitors in Moscow.

Anju George yet to hit the peak: Bobby

Anju George yet to hit the peak: Bobby

Rediff.com19 Sep 2003

Husband and coach Bobby George said Anju can smash the seven metre barrier as early as next month in the Afro-Asian Games.

India has no chance of Olympic athletics medal: Anju

India has no chance of Olympic athletics medal: Anju

Rediff.com23 Jul 2012

India's ace long jumper Anju Bobby George says none of the athletes have come close to an Olympic medal-winning performance this year.

Anju to carry Indian flag at Athens

Anju to carry Indian flag at Athens

Rediff.com6 Aug 2004

The ace long jumper will carry the Indian flag in the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics.

The Problem With Ullozhukku

The Problem With Ullozhukku

Rediff.com2 Jul 2024

People turn a corner and overhear secrets, men change stripes so as to acquire shades of villainy most convenient to advancing the plot, secondary characters confess to past sins just so that the leading women are absolved of all responsibility, notes Sreehari Nair.

Anju aims to hit form at Athens

Anju aims to hit form at Athens

Rediff.com25 Jul 2004

'Anju can jump more than 7 metres'

'Anju can jump more than 7 metres'

Rediff.com14 Feb 2004

World long jump record holder Mike Powell predicts a bright future for the Indian ace.

Binu, Anju emerge as hopes for future

Binu, Anju emerge as hopes for future

Rediff.com26 Dec 2004

Indian athletes put in a spirited performance on the international stage in 2004, which saw K M Binu joining Anju Bobby George as the country's future hope.

Anju George slips in rankings

Anju George slips in rankings

Rediff.com16 Aug 2006

The ace long jumper slipped one spot to joint eighth in the latest IAAF rankings.

Stockholm meet: Long jump silver for Anju

Stockholm meet: Long jump silver for Anju

Rediff.com6 Aug 2003

The 25-year-old star touched a distance of 6.49 metres to finish second in the Stockholm IAAF Super Grand Prix tournament.

Anju wins gold in Yokohama

Anju wins gold in Yokohama

Rediff.com23 Sep 2004

The Indian ace cleared 6.61 metres in the women's long jump at the Seiko Super track and field meet.

Indian woman who married Pak FB friend, to return to meet her kids

Indian woman who married Pak FB friend, to return to meet her kids

Rediff.com18 Sep 2023

She has expressed a keen desire to see the ancestral homes of legendary Indian film actors like the late Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan in Peshawar.

Anju George qualifies for final

Anju George qualifies for final

Rediff.com9 Aug 2005

Anju Bobby George came up with her best jump of the season to book a place in Tuesday's long jump final in Helsinki

Anju fourth at IAAF Final

Anju fourth at IAAF Final

Rediff.com18 Sep 2004

The Indian ace cleared 6.61 metres and placed behind the Russian trio of Irina Simagina, Tatyana Lebedeva and Tatyana Kotova in that order.

Anju drops down to No. 8 in world rankings

Anju drops down to No. 8 in world rankings

Rediff.com17 Aug 2005

The Indian long jumper dropped down three places in the latest world rankings.

Anju George sets ambitious target

Anju George sets ambitious target

Rediff.com14 May 2004

Anju, Antil to lead India in Asian GP

Anju, Antil to lead India in Asian GP

Rediff.com5 May 2006

Anju Bobby George and Seema Antil, will represent India at the three Asian Grand Prix events slated later this month.

Anju finishes fifth at Stockholm

Anju finishes fifth at Stockholm

Rediff.com28 Jul 2004

The gold went to Kluft Carolina of Sweden with a jump of 6.85 metres at the D N Galan Super Grand Prix.

Visa formalities check Anju's plans

Visa formalities check Anju's plans

Rediff.com28 May 2004

The delay in procuring a visa for different countries maty force India's long jump ace to miss a couple of Grand Prix meets.

Anju fifth in World Final

Anju fifth in World Final

Rediff.com14 Sep 2003

Anju climbs to seventh spot in IAAF rankings

Anju climbs to seventh spot in IAAF rankings

Rediff.com5 Sep 2005

She has also booked a spot at the World Athletics Finals in Monaco scheduled for September 9-10.

Kuku meets Anju George at Doha

Kuku meets Anju George at Doha

Rediff.com20 Dec 2006

Reader Kuku Dubey sent us a picture of Anju George from Doha.

She's mentally disturbed, says father of Indian woman who's in Pak

She's mentally disturbed, says father of Indian woman who's in Pak

Rediff.com25 Jul 2023

He also said it was wrong on her part to go to Pakistan without informing anyone. The woman, Anju (34), was born in Kailor village in Uttar Pradesh and lived in Alwar district of Rajasthan. She and Pakistani national Nasrulla (29) became friends on Facebook in 2019.

'Worth the wait,' says Anju, after World athletics silver upgraded to gold

'Worth the wait,' says Anju, after World athletics silver upgraded to gold

Rediff.com14 Jan 2014

Long jumper Anju Booby George expressed happiness on Tuesday after her second place finish at the 2005 Monaco World Athletics Final was upgraded to a gold medal, saying the frustrating time she endured for last nine years was worth the wait.

Anju clears 6.47m in Federation Cup

Anju clears 6.47m in Federation Cup

Rediff.com4 Mar 2006

She won the long jump gold medal at the 12th Federation Cup Athletics Championship on Friday.

UP man enters Pak to marry FB friend, lands in jail

UP man enters Pak to marry FB friend, lands in jail

Rediff.com2 Jan 2025

A young Indian man was arrested in Pakistan after illegally crossing the border to meet a Facebook friend he wanted to marry. However, the woman told police she was not interested in marrying him. The man, Badal Babu, was arrested in the Mandi Bahauddin district of Pakistan's Punjab province on December 28. He had crossed the border to meet his Facebook friend, Sana Rani. Rani, in her statement to police, said she had been friends with Babu for the past two-and-a-half years but was not interested in marrying him. Babu's family has appealed to the Indian government to intervene for his release.

Anju disappoints with three foul jumps

Anju disappoints with three foul jumps

Rediff.com19 Aug 2008

Anju Bobby George broke a billion hearts on Tuesday when she failed to qualify for the final of the women's long jump at the Beijing Olympics after three consecutive foul jumps.

PT Usha and Anju in a war of words

PT Usha and Anju in a war of words

Rediff.com17 Mar 2008

Indian long-jumpre Anju Bobby George had said in a television interview that PT Usha was only an 'Asian level' athlete.

Anju bags bronze in IAAF Grand Prix meet

Anju bags bronze in IAAF Grand Prix meet

Rediff.com20 Jun 2004

The world number four long jumper leapt a career best, but wind aided, leap of 6.83m.

Anju's ranking drops to 6th

Anju's ranking drops to 6th

Rediff.com24 May 2006

A string of lacklustre performances saw the Indian ace slip to No. 6 in the latest IAAF women's long jump rankings.

MP to examine 'intl conspiracy' in Indian woman's Pak visit

MP to examine 'intl conspiracy' in Indian woman's Pak visit

Rediff.com31 Jul 2023

'The fact that Anju is being welcomed in Pakistan and getting gifts is raising several doubts. That's why I have directed the special branch of police to examine the case minutely, whether it is an international conspiracy or not?'