While BJD leaders held a marathon meeting at Naveen Niwas, the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday, the BJP leaders had a similar meeting in the national capital, discussing election matters, including a potential alliance.
England's football star David Beckham and his family stepped out in full force to cheer his son Romeo, who took part in the London Marathon.
Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar lists out things amateur marathoners should remember before the big day
Kenyan athletes Douglas Mwangi Gwandaru and Jane Mula won the full marathon and half marathon events respectively at the 19th international marathon.
Interestingly, eager to play under domestic coach Chandrakant Pandit to revive his international career, Vihari was mulling a move to Madhya Pradesh before the start of the season.
A list of facts about the Boston Marathon
The Sports Ministry constituted a two-member committee to probe the allegations of official apathy leveled by marathon runner O P Jaisha, who claims to have been denied water refreshment during her event at the Rio Olympic Games. Jaisha, who finished 89th in the marathon event, has alleged that no water or energy drinks were made available by the Indian officials during her event, leaving her completely exhausted at the end of the race. She had fainted after crossing the finishing line.
Security for Sunday's London Marathon is being reviewed after Monday's explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed at least two people and injured 23.
In the video footage from surveillance cameras along the route of the marathon, the two men are seen walking together on the sidewalks in the direction of the finish line.
The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon will take place on January 21, 2007.
TCS will provide a mobile application and technology support for the event on December 7.
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.
As many as 86 per cent of senior business executives have deployed artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance revenue streams or create new ones, said a report by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday. As many as 69 per cent of businesses are more focused on using AI for innovation and increasing revenue than on improving productivity and optimising cost, said the 'TCS AI for Business Study'.
Priyanka Gandhi in large part was at the centre of the Congress's action, giving a number of enduring images from this election campaign.
The 25-year-old Indian was one of the five athletes shortlisted for the prestigious honour.
India's Ram Baboo on Saturday achieved the Paris Olympics men's 20km race qualification standard, clocking a personal best time of 1:20:00 at the Dudinska 50 Meet in Slovakia.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty cruised into the quarter-finals of the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Paris.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Services' runner K C Ramu upstaged the fancied Ethiopians in the inaugural Bangalore International Marathon on Sunday
Morocco's Jaouad Gharib became only the second athlete to retain the marathon title at the world championships.
About 200 young, enthusiastic nature and wildlife lovers on Tuesday ran 22 kilometers along the National Highway 37 that strikes along the Southern boundary of famous Kaziranga National Park taking part in the first Kaziranga Green marathon organised on the occasion of World Environment Day.
Other prominent candidates among the 904 in the fray are Union minister Anurag Thakur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti.
World No. 15 Sindhu, who will be eyeing her third Olympic medal at the Paris Games in two months time, will face second seed and world no. 7 Wang Zhi Yi of China in the summit clash.
Ankita Konwar's REAL reason to wear a mekhela sador to a marathon.
Leena Mogre shares tips on how to strengthen your body ahead of the Mumbai Marathon on January 17.
A record 39,510 runners have registered for the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on January 19, 2014.
Swiatek downs Gauff to meet Sabalenka in Italian Open final
Paula Radcliffe made a triumphant return to marathon racing and Martin Lel reprised his thrilling London victory to win at Sunday's New York City Marathon.
'I have no doubt that when she was prevented from meeting Kejriwal, she felt humiliated.'
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.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
Kenya's Denis Ndiso and Ethiopia's Bizunesh Mohammed won the men's and women's titles respectively in the $310,000 seventh Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
Around 30,000 runners are expected to participate in the third edition of the Standard Chartered event.
The dealers operating in the space have jumped nearly three times over the past two years.
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud considered the pleas in chambers and dismissed applications for listing of the review petition in open Court.
Former Boston Marathon winner Lidiya Grigoryeva has been banned for 2 1/2 years for doping.
Besides the passion, your disciple and endurance is what will take you to the end.
Contradicting marathon runner OP Jaisha's claim of official apathy in the Rio Olympics, co-runner Kavita Raut on Tuesday said that the Athletics Federation of Indian (AFI) had provided her with an option of having energy drinks during the race and, therefore, she has no complaints against the apex body.
Kenyan Wilson Kipsang, the second-fastest man ever, won the men's London marathon on Sunday in an unofficial of two hours four minutes 44 seconds.
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