Interview with Lalita Babar: “Need to clock 9.10 to hope for Olympic medal”

Lalita Babar in action at the World Championships in Beijing in tAugus earlier this year She may not boast of massive international experience when it comes to participating in the 3,000-metre steeplechase event but ask anyone concerning Indian athletics, they will tell you that Lalita Babar is India’s big medal hope in athletics at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The 26-year-old girl from...

Athletics: Rahul Kumar Pal shatters 5,000m record

Four meet records were set on the second day of the 11th Federation Cup National Junior Athletic Championship at the Shiv Chhatrapati sports complex in Balewadi here on Wednesday. Rahul Kumar Pal rewrote the 11-year-old mark in boys 5,000m, the day’s first event. The lanky athlete from the Army Sports Institute (ASI) here in the city timed 14:16.67s, bettering 14:55.93s...

Pankaj Dimri provides the stunner in the 800m

Patiala, IndiaThe National Senior InterState championships, billed as Final Selection Trials for Indian aspirants for the Commonwealth Games, witnessed some memorable moments at the four-day competition which concluded on Sunday (8). Although he made a couple of appearances in some low-key continental meets since last year, no one predicted Uttarakhand’s Pankaj Dimri (20) to pull out a surprise here, particularly...

PandurangMhaskar: The untold story of Maharashtra’s Athletics pioneer

When you look through pages of history there will be many men and women in Sports that have carved an immaculate journey. Some of them have achieved feats one could only dream of. And then some that have inspired another generation to follow.  And there are some who have did both and achieved legendary status. There is a myriad list...

Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games.

The ceremony displayed various shades of Brazil's rich and diverse culture. 207 teams paraded at the Maracana Stadium with a refugee team as they were given a roaring welcome by the spectators present at the ground. The Olympic cauldron was lighted by former marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima. The opening ceremony had a major highlight point as it sent out a message...