Under the eight-year association, TCS will take on the role of Title Sponsor of the New York City Marathon in 2014, the software major said in a statement.
The world marathon record holder said she has put her failure at the Athens Olympics behind her.
Clashes erupted in Srinagar on Sunday between the youth and security forces near the venue of the first-ever international half marathon in Kashmir valley.
Simona Halep is prepared for her second marathon of the tournament when she faces former champion Angelique Kerber
Kenya's Edwin Kipyego survived stiff competition from fellow athletes before claiming the men's title, while Ethiopia's Yimer Wude emerged victorious in the women's elite category as around 32,000 Delhiites braved hot and humid conditions to run at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, in New Delhi on Sunday.
Haile Gebrselassie scored a hat-trick of Dubai Marathon victories on Friday but the Ethiopian's hopes of setting a new world record were dashed by a bad back. The world champion crossed the finish line in a time of 2:06:09, 14 seconds ahead of Kenya's Chala Dechase Beyene but more than two minutes slower than his record time.
Boston police on Wednesday denied media reports that claimed a suspect in Marathon twin blasts has been arrested.
Silver went to world champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya with bronze for Deena Kastor of the United States.
It will be my top pick when I graduate to a half-marathon, says Veer Arjun Singh.
H S Prannoy has revealed that he has been battling a chronic gastrointestinal disorder for the past four months
Saturday's voting will mark the end to the marathon polling process that began on April 19 month and has already covered 486 Lok Sabha seats in 28 states and Union territories.
A former Irish priest, Cornelius Horan had also interrupted the British Formula One Grand Prix last year by running on to the Silverstone track.
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Rakshita Verma participated in the Half Marathon on Sunday Here's a first person account.
Uganda's Jackson Kiprop won the 10th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday, setting a new course record of 2 hours, 09 minutes, 54 seconds. Running his first marathon, the 26-year-old eclipsed the course record of 2:09:54 seconds, set by Girma Assefa of Ethiopia two years ago.
K C Ramu and Sarabjit Kaur emerged best respectively among Indian men and women runners.
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Fauja Singh has completed eight marathons since he took up the sport at the age of 89.
The marathon polling process to elect the 18th Lok Sabha ended on Saturday with the seventh phase of elections witnessing an approximate voter turnout of 62.36 per cent, amid clashes between Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party supporters in Sandeshkhali and some other parts of West Bengal.
For the first time since its inception eight years ago, the US $325,000 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon will be run on January 16 without the blessings of the Athletics Federation of India. 'They have been invited but there's what I will call a lack of response. But the marathon has the gold label status from the IAAF (international athletics body),' said race director Hugh Jones at a media conference in Mumbai on Tuesday.
With the Mumbai Marathon coming up this Sunday, here are a few tips to follow as the week winds down.
Completing a marathon below two hours and 10 minutes is considered an arduous task, but Kenyan athlete William Kipsang is determined to do just that at the ninth Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
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Paula Radcliffe won the New York City marathon for a third time in emphatic fashion on Sunday, while Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil posted a dramatic come-from-behind win in the men's race.
Kenya's Laban Moiben and Ethiopian Netsanet Abeyo bagged the top honours in contrasting fashion in the men's and women's categories at the 9th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday even as India's Ram Singh Yadav qualified for the London Olympics.
Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie shattered his own world marathon record in Berlin on Sunday when he became the first man to run under two hours four minutes.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL 2024 campaign is just one-match old, but it has already exposed their biggest chink. It's fragility in bowling, and they need better returns from bowlers against a confident Punjab Kings at an unforgiving M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Monday.
Three women over 45, who will run the Mumbai Marathon this Sunday, talk about what keeps them going.
Kenya's Sammy Wanjiru led an African sweep of medals on the final day of the Olympics on Sunday to give his country its first Olympic marathon title.
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Kenyan Patrick Makau shattered the world men's marathon record by 21 seconds on Sunday, when he clocked two hours three minutes 38 seconds over the fast, flat Berlin course on a warm, sunny morning.
An elite athlete field of 40 of the world's top 100 long distance runners for the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.
Some photos from the spot where the twin blasts went off
Ollie Pope frequently played the sweep shots -- both traditional and reverse -- to negate spin and mess with India's fielding strategy.
Ethiopia's Gashaw Melese was second and countryman Tariku Jufar third.
Defending champion John Kelai of Kenya and twice winner Mulu Seboka won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Mumbai Marathon, while Ramsingh Yadav emerged the fastest Indian runner.
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge got the better of compatriot and defending champion Wilson Kipsang in a fierce battle over the closing miles to win the London Marathon by five seconds on Sunday.
Two-time champion and Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medallist John Kelai of Kenya will be the cynosure of all eyes in the upcoming Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, to be held on January 16. Kelai, who triumphed in the men's event in 2007 and 2008, is expected to face stiff competition from 2000 Sydney Olympics bronze winner Tesfaye Tola of Ethiopia, Oleg Kulkov of Russia besides compatriots Kiprono Just Kipchirchir and Evans Rutto.
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