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AFI announces squad for 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
The team will comprise 13 male and as many female athletes, including Tokyo 2020 Olympian Tajinderpal Singh Toor and women's national record holder in 100m hurdles, Jyothi Yarraji
Aishwarya Mishra, Jeswin Aldrin second trial performances dip further
Aishwarya, who had evaded dope testing authorities in May before resurfacing out of nowhere, 400m timing (53.80 seconds) deteriorated yet again since she clocked 51.18s during the Federation Cup in April.
AFI calls long jumper Jeswin Aldrin for trial on 4 July after being left out of World Championships
AFI in its letter to Aldrin asked the long jumper to go above 8.10m during the trials in Patiala on 4 July in order to have a shot at World Championships selection.
Neeraj Chopra on the right track ahead of World Championships and CWG
Neeraj Chopra will next compete in the World Athletics Championships in Oregon in July followed by CWG in August.
Delhi HC hopeful of IOA increasing CWG quota to accommodate Tejaswin Shankar and other athletes
Delhi High Court urged IOA to accommodate Tejaswin Shankar and four other athletes in the 2022 Commonwealth Games squad
Delhi High Court urges AFI to reconsider Tejaswin Shankar inclusion in India's CWG squad
In the court proceeding, the bench, headed by Justice Jaspreet Singh, stated that the AFI selection committee should reconsider the high jumper for the CWF squad as India have no representation from the discipline while Tejaswin is one of the best contenders for that spot
Explained: Why national record holder Tejaswin Shankar was ignored for CWG selection despite posting qualification mark
It is 2019 all over again for India's No.1 high jumper Tejaswin Shankar as the 23-year-old was snubbed for the 2022 Commonwealth Games by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
AFI's Indian Grand Prix 3 and 4 shifted from Madurai to Bhubaneswar
The athletics federation took the call to change the venue of the Grand Prix meets was to provide better facilities for the athletes.
Federation Cup: M Sreeshankar, Hima Das among leading athletes in action; Kamalpreet misses out due to knee problem
More than 500 athletes, including 158 women, will vie for top honours in the five-day event, the season's first major domestic championships
AFI redesigns junior programme to include more more events, build on recent success in athletics
At its two-day executive council meeting Jaipur, the Athletics Federation of India resolved to support juniors in events like 400m, javelin throw, long jump, triple jump and race walking.
AFI sacks long jumper M Sreeshankar's coach S Murali after disappointing Tokyo Games
At the end of its two-day executive council meeting here, the AFI also said a tournament similar to a national championship or a final tr ial will be held before the Olympics and the World Championships to select the teams for these events.
'Unhappy' AFI ends association with national chief javelin coach Uwe Hohn
The contract of the 59-year-old German, a former world record holder, was valid until the end of the Tokyo Olympics.
World Athletics U20 Championships: Bronze at last after years of expectations from 4x400m relay teams at marquee events
Two runners running their third race of the day. One runner carrying an ankle injury that necessitated doctors asking him to pull out of the Worlds. One runner running for vindication. Stories behind India's mixed 4x400m relay bronze at the U20 Worlds.
Neeraj Chopra’s gold at Tokyo 2020 removed huge mental block from Indian athletes’ psyche: AFI chief Adille Sumariwalla
Chopra's gold is also the second individual gold medal won by an Indian at the Olympics after Abhinav Bindra at Beijing in 2008.
Former Ivory Coast star striker Didier Drogba steps down as AFI vice-president, accuses body of 'inaction'
"I hereby announce I have decided to resign from my post as vice-president of the AFI and from its executive committee," the former Chelsea attacker said in an open letter to the media.
National Javelin Day to be celebrated by AFI every year to mark Neeraj Chopra's gold medal win
The 23-year-old Chopra became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold in Tokyo on Saturday when he clinched the yellow metal in javelin throw with a best effort of 87.58m.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Athletics coach Radhakrishnan Nair recalls backing Neeraj Chopra despite fifth-place finish in 2015 Nationals
Recommending a fifth-place finisher for the national camp was unusual but Nair, an experienced World Athletics Level-5 coach, did that and it turned out to be a momentous call as Chopra scripted history.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: AFI chief Adille Sumariwalla lauds organisers for 'excellent and outstanding job' with athletics events
Sumariwalla said though these Games were "different" due to the strict restrictions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers have done everything under their command to stage a "fantastic" Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Dutee Chand included in AFI's 26-member Indian athletics team for Games
Dutee (women's 100m and 200m), MP Jabir (men's 400m hurdles), Gurpreet Singh (men's 50km race walk) and Annu Rani (women's javelin throw) have been assured of entries on the strength of their rankings.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: AFI conducts trials of quarter-milers at NIS Patiala to pick mixed, men's 4x400 relay teams
Along with 15 athletes in individual events, the two relay teams had also qualified for Olympics, but the AFI faced a tricky situation as the camper quarter-milers had a poor show during the recent National Inter-State Championships.