Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa won the men's 400 metres gold in a world record time of 43.03 seconds at the Rio Olympic Games on Sunday.
Salman Khan, whose appointment as IOA's goodwill ambassador in April was slammed by Olympic medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt and legendary sprinter Milkha Singh, seemed to have no clue about who Dipa Karmakar was and how she fared so far at the Rio Games.
Katie Ledecky claimed a stunning gold in the women's 200 metres and also won the 1,500m freestyle gold with a world record.
The Indian ace was four off the lead, shared by Retief Goosen of South Africa and Australian Richard Green, at the halfway stage of the Qatar Masters.
The 31-year-old American is not in training, even though most of the world's elite sprinters have already begun preparations for the 2007 season.
The Athletics Federation of India announced a 43-member contingent, comprising 21 men and 22 women athletes, for the Games.
The defending champion came seventh, one second behind stage winner Michael Matthews of Australia as Aru, who started the day with the yellow jersey on his shoulders, lost 25 seconds to the Briton in the final effort, a 600-metre climb at an average gradient of 9.6 per cent.
The head of police who took charge of the crime scene after Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius shot dead his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, has resigned.
Legendary track and field sprinter Milkha Singh says hockey legend Dhyan Chand deserved the Bharat Ratna honour 'before anyone else', even as he proposed that cricket great Sachin Tendulkar be made the country's sports minister.
World champion Asbel Kiprop's relentless pace proved too much for his rivals, including Mo Farah, as the Kenyan clocked the fastest 1,500 metres time since 2004 at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.
Justin Gatlin's coach accused that the masseur applied a mysterious cream to the sprinter on the day he failed a doping test.
The two-times Olympic 100m gold medallist and three-times world 100m champion said she will return to competition in 2018.
Hima Das's journey from the rice fields of Assam is to a world champion today is inspirational.
Controversial sprinter Justin Gatlin does not understand why people insist on calling him a two-time drug cheat.
A judge will pass sentence on athlete Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday for killing his girlfriend after one of the most sensational murder trials in South Africa's history - and the decision could fuel controversy over the state of the country's justice system.
IOC set up a disciplinary commission to investigate allegations made against US sprinter Marion Jones by BALCO chief Victor Conte.
'I've just done everything I wanted to do in the sport'
The Indian ace cleared 6.61 metres in the women's long jump at the Seiko Super track and field meet.
The IOC, on it's part, would not be surprised if more violations of doping rules were found.
The American sprinter was officially stripped of her World Championship gold medals from the 100 and 200 metres.
The decision over Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou is expected on Tuesday.
Dwain Chambers is to attend a UK Athletics independent drugs disciplinary hearing on Thursday, British newspapers reported.
Five Jamaican athletes, including two Olympic medallists, tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs at last month's national championships, sources close to Jamaican athletics said.
Shot putter Manpreet Kaur smashed an 18-year-old national record to win gold and qualify for next year's Olympics as Railways dominated the show on the opening day of the 55th National Open Athletics Championships in Kolkata.
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