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World Championships PHOTOS: Carter earns shock 400m hurdles win from outside lane

World Championships PHOTOS: Carter earns shock 400m hurdles win from outside lane

Rediff.com11 Aug 2017

A round-up of all the results from the 16th World Athletic Championships in London

Independent commission to urgently probe doping allegations: WADA

Independent commission to urgently probe doping allegations: WADA

Rediff.com8 Aug 2015

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Friday its Independent Commission will urgently launch an investigation into widespread doping allegations against international athletics.

10 Track & Field events you must not miss at the Rio Olympics

10 Track & Field events you must not miss at the Rio Olympics

Rediff.com12 Aug 2016

Ten days of athletics competition at the Rio Olympics begin on Friday. Check out the 10 events not to miss at the Olympic Stadium.

FIVE women to watch out for at world athletics championships

FIVE women to watch out for at world athletics championships

Rediff.com20 Aug 2015

Check out five female athletes to watch out for at the August 22-30 world athletics championships in Beijing.

Steeplechaser Sudha betters personal mark at National Open Athletics

Steeplechaser Sudha betters personal mark at National Open Athletics

Rediff.com9 Sep 2013

National record holder Sudha Singh of Railways bettered her own meet mark while winning gold in the women's 3000m steeplechase on the third and penultimate day of the 53rd National Open Athletics Championships in Ranchi on Monday.

Asian Games: 12-toed heptathlete Swapna dreams big despite shoe struggle

Asian Games: 12-toed heptathlete Swapna dreams big despite shoe struggle

Rediff.com9 Sep 2014

Pursuing a largely unrewarding Olympic sport in a cricket-obsessed country requires adjustments but heptathlete Swapna Barman has taken it to a new level -- squeezing six toes in each shoe designed for five.

Bolt races to year's fastest 200 metres time

Bolt races to year's fastest 200 metres time

Rediff.com7 Jul 2013

Olympic champion Usain Bolt sent out a warning to his rivals ahead of the world championships by running the fastest time of the year to win the 200 metres at the Paris Diamond League on Saturday.

Is Rio on your mind? Plan ahead is the mantra!

Is Rio on your mind? Plan ahead is the mantra!

Rediff.com28 Jun 2016

Come August and the world's finest athletes from 206 countries will be out to prove their best at the Olympics.

'I'm grateful that I started with failure'

'I'm grateful that I started with failure'

Rediff.com9 May 2017

'I would love to do comedy. Someone should make a film called Crime Master Gogo Aur Uski Beti Gogi with my father and me. Imagine my dad and me in that cape!' Yes, Shraddha Kapoor has a fine sense of humour!

Sumariwalla promises best-ever conducted Asian Athletics

Sumariwalla promises best-ever conducted Asian Athletics

Rediff.com28 Jun 2013

Despite the short notice to prepare for a major meet, the 20th Asian Athletics Championships, scheduled at Pune from July 3-7, will be among the best-organised, declared Athletics Federation of India president Adille Sumariwalla in Mumbai on Friday.

Mixed day for Indians at Asian Athletics Championships

Mixed day for Indians at Asian Athletics Championships

Rediff.com3 Jul 2013

Shot putter Om Prakash Karhana and long jumper Mayookha JohnnyMayookha Johnny won a bronze each as India began their campaign at the 20th Asian Athletics Championships on a mixed note on a rain-marred opening day in Pune on Wednesday.

PHOTOS: India's gold-glut continues at South Asian Games

PHOTOS: India's gold-glut continues at South Asian Games

Rediff.com10 Feb 2016

India's dominance went uncontested for the fifth successive day at the 12th South Asian Games, as its shooters, wushu players and track-and-field athletes annihilated competition to sweep most of the gold medals up for grabs, in Guwahati, on Wednesday.

16 best military PHOTOS that capture America's bravehearts

16 best military PHOTOS that capture America's bravehearts

Rediff.com1 Apr 2015

The winners of the annual US Military Photographer of the Year competition showcase the compelling body of work military photographers compiled in 2014.

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