AFI president Sumariwalla writes to the governing body about the issue

The national record holder Avinash Sable, who has already attained the Paris Olympic qualifying standard, clocked 8:31.75 to overwrite his own previous meet record of 8:33.19, set five years ago in Lucknow.

The upcoming Games will be held from July 26 to August 11 and India would be hoping to better its best ever tally of seven medals, including Chopra's historic javelin throw gold, achieved in the Tokyo Games.

The country’s young sprinters are beginning to break records and shift perceptions. One of the facilitators of this change is Reliance Foundation athletics director James Hillier, who has helped create a structured environment that guides athletes to figure things out and take ownership of their progress

Lyles was quick out of his blocks and tore down the track at London Stadium to win in 9.81 seconds

The other Indian Kishore Jena could not qualify for finals while the only medal hope for Pakistan Arshad Nadeem qualified for finals.

How the 23-year-old sprinter — once too poor to buy shoes — went from running barefoot on the streets of St. Lucia to winning the coveted 100m gold at the Paris Games, the Caribbean island nation’s first ever Olympic medal, and following it up with the 200m silver

Noah Lyles, the sport's biggest showman, was unable to double up, taking bronze in the 200 and then revealing he was running with COVID.

Olympic medalist says will seek medical assistance for persistent groin injury next month

Neeraj Chopra saved the best for the last as his sixth and final attempt measured 89.49m.

The season finale will be a two-day affair on September 14 and 15 in Brussels. Chopra accumulated 14 points from his two second-place finishes in the one-day meets held in Doha and Lausanne.

The country has so far won six gold, nine silver and 11 bronze medals to achieve its best-ever haul at a single edition of the Paralympic Games

Assistive technologies like specialised wheelchairs, running blades, release braces have revolutionised para sports, giving athletes better inclusivity and performance.

The showpiece is spread over two days for the first time and the field features top athletes from all continents, including an unprecedented number of Olympic medal winners, who will be vying for the top honours in 32 disciplines.

The IOC, with 111 members currently, is in charge of the Olympic Games and the multi-billion dollar industry linked to the world's biggest multi-sports event.

The 22-year-old has advanced swiftly in a short period, registering an overall increase of 1244 points since last May. This has both underlined his potential in athletics’ toughest discipline and propelled his ambition to excel at the prestigious continental event in two years’ time

Afghanistan's star all-rounder, Rashid Khan, celebrated his grand wedding in Kabul on October 3, 2024. The event, held in Afghanistan's capital, quickly became a viral sensation as videos from the ceremony circulated on social media.

Riding on their excellent show with the ball, West Indies got the better of Scotland by six wickets in their Women's T20 World Cup match in Dubai on Sunday.

Captain Shan Masood smashed 153 and forged a 253-run partnership with fellow centurion Abdullah Shafique as Pakistan dominated Day 1 of the first Test against England on Monday.

Joe Root and Harry Brook's centuries powered England's strong reply on Day 3 of the first Test in Multan.

India registered a thumping 86-run victory in the second T20I against Bangladesh to seal the three-match series 2-0.

Sanju Samson's ebullient maiden T20 International hundred dotted India's resounding 133-run victory and 3-0 series sweep over a listless Bangladesh.

IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2nd Test played between Pakistan and England in Multan, on Thursday.

Opting to bat first, UAE were bowled out for 107 in 16.5 overs.

As many as four world-class match-winners are expected to bid adieu to the game one by one in the next couple of years and Gautam Gambhir is in an unenviable position as head coach.

A turner in Pune exposed the soft underbelly of Indian batters' technique against slow bowling but as per the current team's philosophy, it has decided to take the bull by its horns by asking for a turner where the ball might turn at right angles from first hour.

Captaon Suryakumar Yadav, all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel, the only member from the Test side, will be hoping for a strong outing so that India can apply some balm over the wounds from their recent home series defeat against New Zealand.

Sanju Samson became the first Indian to hit two consecutive hundreds in T20 Internationals to power the visitors to a thumping 60-run victory against South Africa.

England skipper Jos Buttler hammered a superb 83 off 45 balls to steer his side to a seven-wicket victory in the second Twenty20 international against West Indies.

While the injectable forms of semaglutide have taken the world by storm, the oral form, available in India, is helping doctors see results in diabetes control, with the added benefit of weight loss, even though the cost remains a deterrent

As a precautionary measure, health authorities visited the area where the person lives and carried out surveillance and tracking exercises; however no person in the area showed any symptoms of Zika infection, a statement from the government said

Architects design a building around a century-old banyan tree at Lady Andal IB School in Chetpet, Chennai

Snakebite envenomation, a life-threatening medical condition caused by venomous snake bites, is a major health concern in rural and snake-endemic regions

The directive was issued keeping in mind food safety, as peak tourist season in the country is underway

How much money richer countries agree to send to developing countries to help them cope is expected to be central to the COP29 talks

India accounted for 26% of global TB cases and 26% of global TB deaths in 2023

Such attacks on hospitals “can be issues of life and death” World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who addressed the U.N. Security Council, said

India is expected to stick to its stance of getting developed countries to increase climate finance, with a highly placed official saying, “We are flexible and open to different kinds of finance.” The official told The Hindu, “A key concern is that developed countries are trying to include developing countries (China and India) using new terms such as ‘major economies’ in a bid to get them to be part of NCQG.”

NBS is a public health programme that helps in identifying serious developmental and genetic disorders in newborns through biochemical tests conducted after birth.

Toxic smog has shrouded Pakistan's cultural capital of Lahore and 17 other districts in Punjab since October 2024.

A research paper documents the fact that older people tend to underestimate their cognitive decline and this could affect their finances; experts say senior citizens could be more vulnerable to cyber scamsters and to financial abuse from their own families