AFI calls long jumper Jeswin Aldrin for trial on 4 July after being left out of World Championships
• 3 years agoAFI 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
Aditya Halder • 3 years agoNeeraj 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
Aditya Halder • 3 years agoDelhi 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
Aditya Halder • 3 years agoIn 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
Aditya Halder • 3 years agoIt 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
• 3 years agoThe 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
• 3 years agoMore 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
• 3 years agoAt 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
• 3 years agoAt 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
• 3 years agoThe contract of the 59-year-old German, a former world record holder, was valid until the end of the Tokyo Olympics.