Athletes

French athletes are also seeking meets and camps outside their country to complete the one-off tests.

A peek into India’s corporate playbook for creating Olympic champions

India’s sporting future hinges on private investment, with CSR playing a crucial role. Programs like IIS are vital in nurturing talent, providing world-class resources, and supporting athletes to reach global success

Over 2,000 athletes take part Kashmir's first international marathon

The participants included top long-distance runners from India, Asian gold medallists and some of the best runners from Europe and Africa.

Weight management is athlete's responsibility: Mary Kom

No stranger to the physical toll of weight management during a competition, six-time world champion boxer M C Mary Kom Thursday waded into the debate surrounding wrestler Vinesh Phogat's Olympic heartbreak for being 100gm over, saying that to be within the prescribed limit is an individual responsibility.

Top corporates and PSUs invest in Indian athletes for Paris Olympics 2024: Report

As per industry experts quoted in the report, the Paris Olympics have seen a 30-40 percent increase in investment from some of the top Indian corporates, as compared to the previous years.

One lakh athletes to be identified within 100 days under KIRTI: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

He felt the nationwide talent hunt under Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) will prove to be a stepping stone to making India one of the top five nations in the Olympic Games by 2047.

Brazil Floods: Brazilian Athletes Sacrifice Olympic Dreams for Flood Relief Efforts

With less than three months until the Paris Olympics, Brazilian athletes like rower Piedro Tuchtenhagen are abandoning their Olympic aspirations to aid flood victims. Tuchtenhagen, set for Olympic qualifiers, alongside Evaldo Becker, chooses to prioritize support for their families and friends in Rio Grande do Sul.

Vidyut Jammwal: We need to encourage bodybuilders and athletes to achieve their dreams

The body building community Vidyut Jammwal applauds as he stands up for the athletes requesting organisers of contests to be generous with their prize amounts to genuinely recognise and support their efforts.

Ultra-running: Meet world record-breakers Sufiya ‘Sufi Runner’ & Ashish Kasodekar

The two are driven by an unconditional love for running, a dash of madness and the desire to inspire people to wake up in time to see glorious sunrises.

India ends World University Games campaign with record 26 medals, more than historical combined total of 21

India finished at seventh spot with 11 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze, the best ever standing in the medal tally.

UCI bars transgender women from competing in female category in competitive events on July 14

The new rules come into effect on July 17

Athletes don't belong in court corridors, shouldn't be subjected to mental agony: Delhi HC

Justice Gaurang Kanth, while dealing with petitions by three equestrians, observed he was "deeply saddened by the sorry state of affairs and the deplorable condition of professionalism amongst the representatives of the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI)" and the present case seemed to be a "David and Goliath contest, where an organization is using all its might to eliminate certain individual from the competition."

PM Modi hosts India's Commonwealth Games contingent

The Indian athletes produced a sensational show in Birmingham, claiming 61 medals, including 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Get-set to see more records broken in track and field events

Better training science, NASA space tech in shoes, and synthetic tracks among the reasons for record-breaking performances of late.

RIL partners with Athletics Federation to aid holistic development of Indian athletes

As AFI’s principal partner, the Reliance brand will appear across the national teams’ jerseys and training kits at key national and international competitions and training camps.

PM Modi hosts Deaflympics contingent, says 'you brought pride and glory for India'

For the very first time, the Indian Deaflympics team finished amongst the top 10 nations in the event with 16 medals, a huge jump from just five in 2017.

Top 10 highest-paid athletes of all time

Here’s the inflation adjusted career earnings of athletes. Find out who is the highest-paid athlete of all times.

Tokyo Olympics 2020 | Australia athletes isolating as US pole vaulter Sam Kendricks tested COVID positive

Athletics Australia said members of the team were isolating after US chiefs confirmed two-time world champion Sam Kendricks was out of the Tokyo Games after a positive COVID-19 test.

Tokyo Olympics: Here's how the preparations of athletes, officials are going amid COVID-19 pandemic

Tokyo Olymipcs: Here's how the preparations of athletes, officials are going amid COVID-19 pandemic

In Pics | The most followed athletes on Instagram; Virat Kohli at 4

Take a look at the top 10 most followed athletes on Instagram, as per data by Axios.

Tokyo Olympic organisers to secure 300 hotel rooms for athletes with COVID-19

The Tokyo organising committee plans to reserve an entire hotel located a few kilometres away from the athletes' village in the Harumi waterfront district, which will likely cost several million dollars, Kyodo said, citing several unnamed sources.

Indian Federation of Sports Gaming receives Rs 3cr aid to promote non-mainstream sport athletes

SOT will provide the much-needed focus and propulsion to athletes in the age group of 14 to 21 across non-mainstream sports that haven’t been avidly promoted in the past in India

Virat Kohli among world's highest-paid athletes; no women in top 100: Forbes

Kohli, the only sportsperson from India to be featured in the list, is ranked 83rd with earnings of USD 24 million.

India at Rio: Biggest contingent eyes richest medal haul

Dope scandals marred what was turning out to be a euphoric build-up but India's biggest ever contingent would nonetheless be eyeing a historic medal haul when the 31st Olympic Games -- the first ever in South America -- get underway with the opening ceremony here tomorrow.

Bad publicity leads Nestle to end IAAF partnership

"This decision was taken in light of negative publicity associated with allegations of corruption and doping in sport made against the IAAF," Nestle said in a statement.