On his first official visit to a member country after assuming office in August, world athletics chief Sebastian Coe urged India to promote track and field at the school level if it wants to excel on the international stage.
A summary of sports events and persons in the news on Saturday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
>There's still hope and plenty to play for, says Rediff.com's Aruneel Sadadekar.
Vijender Singh gives up amateur boxing to turn full-time professional, perhaps the words ring truer than ever.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
These athletes made India proud four years ago.
An Olympic campaign saved by the fortitude of three women, a cricket team that rediscovered itself under a bold and zealous Virat Kohli -- Indian sports in 2016 was a dramatic mix of highs and lows wherein athletes mostly raised the bar but administrators found new ways to embarrass the country.
The charges follow the arrests of 10 people across Melbourne on Sunday as part of an investigation into the 12-team Victoria Premier League soccer which has been dubbed the nation's biggest matchfixing scandal by local media.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Lopetegui blends youth and experience in Spain World Cup squad
Images from Saturday's proceedings at the World Athletics Championships in Doha.
The Russians had appealed their exclusion from the Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the doping scandal from the 2014 Sochi Games.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Two unassuming young women saved India the humiliation of returning empty-handed from the Olympics for the first time since Barcelona in 1992 with awe-inspiring performances at Rio.
'We keep climbing one step and slipping three. In 2004, our relay team was 7th in the world. Then we slipped from there. Otherwise, today our 4x400 metres relay team would have been gearing for a medal at the Rio Games.' 'If we need to compete at the world level, our thinking needs to be at world level. You can't have akhada thinking.'
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
