Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said India's Olympic-bound athletes and the support staff will be given priority when the COVID-19 vaccine becomes available in the country.
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa got off to a flier and defeated Firouzja Alireza of France in the Armageddon game in the first round of Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger on Tuesday.
The Indian duo of Thanackal Gopi and Kheta Ram put up an inspired show and clock their personal best timings to finish 25th and 26th respectively in the men's marathon at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.
He reached the halfway mark in 59.35 seconds, 11 seconds inside the target, and ran remarkably consistently with his one-kilometre times fluctuating between 2.48 and 2.52 seconds.
Britain's double Olympic champion Mo Farah will run the first half of this year's London marathon prior to making his debut over the full distance in the 2014 race.
Five tribal youngsters from Maharashtra's Dhule district will run the Singapore Marathon this Sunday.
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A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie beat Britain's Paula Radcliffe in their half marathon head-to-head in Vienna on Sunday.
'We are talking about the good health of our nation and clearly in sometime, we are going to have healthier people'
Britain's Paula Radcliffe will be given a head start of seven minutes and 52 seconds when she takes on Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie in a unique half marathon chase race in Vienna.
Barbara Humbert dreams of taking part in next year's Paris Olympic Games 'Marathon For All', a race opening the Olympic route to non-elite competitors for the first time.
Wilson Kipsang won a lucrative duel to the finish to join compatriot Mary Keitany in a Kenyan sweep of exciting men's and women's races at a cold, windy New York City Marathon on Sunday.
Gajendra Muddeli from Gurugram tells us how he made the most of the lockdown.
The Miss World walked around Delhi to raise awareness about the cause.
Before the start of each of the four races at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Tendulkar did 10 push-ups as part of the #KeepMoving Push-up Challenge and urged the runners to join him in the exercise.
World silver medallist Emmanuel Mutai set a men's course record in the men's London marathon on Sunday to complete a Kenyan double on a fine spring morning.
Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya set a course record of two hours five minutes 10 seconds in the men's London marathon on Sunday after breaking away from the lead group 29 km into the 42.195-km race. German Irina Mikitenko retained the women's title after taking the lead at 32 km and striding to victory in two hours 22 minutes 11 seconds.
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.
Kenya's Martin Lel will defend the men's title at the world half-marathon championships in New Delhi on October 3.
Fifty three-year-old veteran Rajam Gopi, who's won 40 gold medals at national and international athletic events, talks about her inspirations and offers tips to those running the Mumbai Marathon on January 17.
Henry Wanyoike is a strong favourite for the 21 kms half marathon.
Tendulkar will join thousands of runners during the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon, on Sunday, to raise funds for the families of the martyrs of the Pulwama terror attack.
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O P Jaisha and Kavita Raut, India's best distance runners and medallists at the Asian Games in the past, found themselves out of depth in the women's marathon at the Rio Olympics and finished way behind in the 150-plus field on Sunday.
He finished more than three and a half hours behind the champion, yet Chilean miner Edison Pena won the hearts of spectators with an inspiring effort at the New York City Marathon on Sunday.
Life insurance companies are balancing the increasing use of celebrity endorsers by limiting the association to short, event-led campaigns.
Not everyone completes the Badwater Marathon. Breeze Sharma did so, as the fastest Indian ever.
Kiran Kanojia lost her limb when two miscreants made away with her bag. But she hasn't let that stop her.
A three-way voting process will determine the finalists.
Images from Day 8 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros on Sunday.
Praggnanandhaa, who has reached the summit clash featuring legendary five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, had none other than the iconic Gary Kasparov, acknowledging the Indian GM's mother's role
Test cricket can be pleasing to the eye if it is played on good pitches, says batting great Sachin Tendulkar, terming the 22-yard strip the longest format's "heart" and key to its revival.
Images from Day 2 of the fourth Test between India and England in Rajkot on Saturday, February 24.
'Thanks to them, I have enough money to run my house for three months at least.'
Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, American Ryan Crouser (shot put), German Johannes Vetter (javelin) and Norwegian Karsten Warholm (400m hurdles) were the other male finalists at the virtual ceremony.
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