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.
Defending men's and women's champions Philip Rugut of Kenya (1:03:33 seconds) and Irina Timofeyeva of Russia could only finish fourth.
India is set to host a high-profile global javelin competition in September, featuring double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra and the world's top 10 javelin throwers.
Ethiopian Guye Adola demolished the course record to win the men's race while Kenyan Florence Kiplagat became the first runner to defend the women's crown in the Delhi Half Marathon, on Sunday.
IT professional Praveen Sharma from Noida shares his incredible fitness journey during the lockdown.
Out of the 10 gold on offer on the opening day of athletics competitions, Maharashtra and Services picked up two each, while Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Tamil Nadu claimed one each.
Javelin thrower Sachin Yadav of Uttar Pradesh, 18-year-old high jumper Pooja Singh of Haryana and long distance runner Sawan Barwal of Himachal Pradesh rewrote National Games records and won gold medals on the concluding day of athletics competition. Yadav sent his spear to a Games-record distance of 84.39m in his fifth attempt, while Pooja cleared 1.84m to defend the women's high jump gold. Barwal won the men's 5000m in a time of 13 minutes and 45.93 seconds, bettering the earlier Games record.
Around 2000 runners, including 59 internationals athletes, took part in the inaugural Kashmir Marathon in Srinagar.
Ethiopian Atsedu Tsegay demolished the course record to emerge triumphant in the elite men's category, while Florence Kiplagat led a Kenyan clean sweep in the women's event of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in New Delhi.
The Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar is one of the best facilities in the country and it has hosted several national championships and the Asian Championships in 2017 during which it had earned praise from the current World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
'My two life mantras are prioritisation and compartmentalisation.' 'Prioritisation allows you to put one thing over the other and compartmentalisation to focus on one priority at a time.'
Para-athlete Yogesh Kathuniya expressed his disappointment towards the lack of enthusiasm in the reception of para-athletes on their return following India's record-breaking campaign in Paris.
'Your relationship with your child is changing every single day, ditto your relationship with your parents.'
Dipa Karmakar believes most of the current generation of gymnasts lack passion and urged them to embrace the sport with fervour to excel on the global stage.
People dressed as Santa Claus run through the streets of Michendorf, Germany, as they take part in the annual Nikolaus Lauf (Saint Nicholas run).
Britain's Mo Farah capped his illustrious competitive racing career with a fourth-place finish at the Great North Run half-marathon in Newcastle on Sunday.
The Union Territory of Ladakh created history by successfully conducting its maiden 21-km trail running event in sub-zero temperature at 13,862 feet high Pangong Tso.
Asia's most prestigious marathon was held after three years and Mumbaikars made most of a rare opportunity to run around iconic city landmarks like the Queen's Necklace at Marine Drive and the Rajiv Gandhi Bandra-Worli Sea Link on a chilly Sunday morning.
'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.'
According to the Nation newspaper, Kiptum was driving his Rwandan coach and a woman in a car near the Rift Valley village where he was born when the accident occurred.
The BJP lost 15 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in 2019. Union ministers have been deployed in all 15, tasked with turning the result around.
'I run four times a week -- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.'
'It has been three years since the last Marathon so there is a tendency to go all out, but you got to ease back into it more gently.'
Records tumbled in Asia's most prestigious race as the Ethiopian duo of Hayle Lemi and Anchalem Haymanot blazed to victories at the Mumbai Marathon.
The Boston Marathon regularly features star-studded slates of Olympic medallists from around the world, leading a pack of 30,000 runners from the city's western suburbs to a finish line in its historic Back Bay neighbourhood.
She can't quite recollect the names of either the films or the actors but Ethiopia's World and Olympic 10,000m champion runner Almaz Ayana says Bollywood movies are her favourite indulgence whenever she gets some time to herself.
The Sapporo Challenge Half Marathon 2021 was held on Wednesday as a dress rehearsal for the marquee Olympic event
Scientific studies as well as anecdotal evidence suggest that Nike's Vaporfly running shoes, equipped with super-springy foam soles encasing a carbon-fibre plate, can increase running efficiency by between 4% and 6%. The shoe has also raised question at World Athletics, the sport's governing body, which looks set to review its rules for elite racing in light of technological advances while allowing recreational runners to wear what they want.
Army runners Neeraj Pal and G Lakshmanan, along with Kavita Raut of ONGC, broke course records while winning men's full marathon, half marathon and women's half marathon, respectively in the 4th Vasai Virar Mayor's Marathon in Mumbai.
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.
The forced lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak has brought out the innovative side of Indian sports fans.
Actress Katrina Kaif wanted to participate in her first-ever Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, on Sunday, but things don't go as planned.
There are many Heroes amongst us - just ordinary people with extraordinary courage, says Dr P Jagannath.
The 23-year-old world champion crossed the line in the Ras al-Khaimah half marathon three seconds quicker than the mark set by fellow Kenyan Florence Kiplagat in Barcelona two years ago, although the new record remains subject to ratification.
Over time, not switching up activity can lead to burnout or injury.
Leonard Barsoton of Kenya and Ethiopia-based Bahraini athlete Desi Jisa set new course records in the men's and women's elite international section en route to winning titles at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K marathon.
Police on Sunday arrested 12 persons allegedly involved in incidents of molestation and eve-teasing during the first-ever International half-marathon in Kashmir Valley, which witnessed disturbances due to stone-pelting.
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