Several Bollywood celebrities took part in the 12th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on January 18.
A three-way voting process will determine the finalists.
Soccer's top flight Premier League and the English Football League (EFL) had already announced they were postponing their next round of fixtures.
At Birmingham, Avinash Sable became the first non-Kenyan to win a medal since 1994 at the Commonwealth Games.
Gajendra Muddeli from Gurugram tells us how he made the most of the lockdown.
Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir won the Olympics women's marathon in Sapporo on Saturday, out-duelling compatriot Brigid Kosgei in the final minutes and claiming her country's second consecutive gold medal in the event. Kosgei took silver and Molly Seidel of the United States, competing in just her third marathon after moving up from shorter distances, claimed bronze.
London Marathon race director Hugh Brasher said on Friday that organisers are working to ensure the rescheduled race is held on Oct. 4 despite the cancellation of September's Great North Run due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The cancellation of the annual half marathon had raised doubts about the London Marathon going ahead due to the challenges faced by organisers in implementing social distancing protocols.
The world's most prestigious marathon, which is now due to take place on September 14, generally draws more than 30,000 runners from all over the world ranging from decorated professionals and Olympians to amateur runners.
Several stars participated as well as cheered in the Mumbai Marathon.
'We are talking about the good health of our nation and clearly in sometime, we are going to have healthier people'
Partially paralysed but with unbreakable will power and determination, Nihad Panju has beaten the odds to become a fitness freak and is all set to run his 4th Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
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.
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.
Five tribal youngsters from Maharashtra's Dhule district will run the Singapore Marathon this Sunday.
The elite women runners of the Tata Mumbai Marathon slammed the event organisers, saying there were too many casual runners on the course and that the Metro construction work was also a hindrance.
Pankaj Sonkusre from Mumbai tells us how he changed his lifestyle and lost 20 kg.
Tanzania's Alphonce Simbu won the men's elite full marathon event while Kenya's Bornes Kitur bagged the women's title at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon in Mumbai, on Sunday.
The inspiring story of India's Blade Runner, Major D P Singh
The Miss World walked around Delhi to raise awareness about the cause.
Kenyan Dickson Chumba pulled away from compatriot Sammy Kitwara and comfortably won a slow Chicago Marathon in a sweep for the African nation on Sunday.
A failed marriage and the challenge of raising an autistic son cannot curb Sayuri Dalvi's passion for running, discovers Laxmi Negi.
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.
Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie beat Britain's Paula Radcliffe in their half marathon head-to-head in Vienna on Sunday.
Cosmas Lagat of Kenya and Worknesh Alemu of Ethiopia surprised pre-race favourites to win the men's and women's crowns respectively in the US $405,000 Tata Mumbai Marathon, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
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.
With the marathon season around the corner, even couch potatoes can train for shorter runs at the Delhi Half Marathon in November
A paralytic father and a mother who has been rendered jobless due to the coronavirus lockdown has forced promising Nagpur-based athlete Prajakta Godbole to fight extreme hunger with fear of unknown -- from where will the next meal be arranged. The 24-year-old Prajakta, who resides with her parents in a Siraspeth slum in Nagpur, represented Indian Universities in the 5000m race at the World University Games in Italy in 2019. She clocked 18:23.92 and could not qualify for the final round.
Kiran Kanojia lost her limb when two miscreants made away with her bag. But she hasn't let that stop her.
Srinu Bugatha, Sudha Singh win Indian Elite category.
100-year-old Fauja Singh maintained his awe-inspiring record at the marathons after he became the first centenarian to complete the Toronto marathon on Sunday.
A triathlete swims in a tiny above-ground pool on her rooftop, her waist attached to the wall with resistance bands, while a baseball player bats into a car tire and a boxer throws his punches into a bag of rice hanging from a mango tree. In cash-strapped Cuba, famed for its resourcefulness as well as its sporting prowess, professional athletes are inventing ways to work out and practice despite the closure of common training grounds due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pankaj Vasani tells us how he moved from an unhealthy life to walking and running 20 kilometres a day.
This is all the inspiration you need to get back to you fitness routine post Diwali!
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.
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.
Rushil Zambare, 29 from Thane shares his fitness journey.
Life insurance companies are balancing the increasing use of celebrity endorsers by limiting the association to short, event-led campaigns.
'Thanks to them, I have enough money to run my house for three months at least.'
35-year-old marathon winner Henry Wanyoike shares with us his experiences of taking on the world with no eyesight and the importance of teamwork.
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.
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