GUANGZHOU: Delhi will host an All Starmeet in August next year that would also double up as a test event for the 2010Commonwealth Games, newly re-elected Asian Athletics Association presidentSuresh Kalmadi said here.Kalmadi said he would do everything topromote athletics in his country. "My re-election will definitely help promotionof athletics in India," he added.On the future athletics events inIndia,...
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the economic climate continues to cause universities to reassess their operating budgets, the current costs of maintaining a college athletics program—especially at the highest levels of competition—is beginning to look unsustainable, according to a report released Monday.found that rising salaries for coaches, increasing costs for maintaining a competitive athletics program, and the growing cultural...
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Malayalam actor Mohanlal might soon follow the footsteps Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty by bidding for an Indian Premier League team."Yes, it will be through bidding. You will come to know some good or bad news in the coming days," Mohanlal said.There were media reports saying Mohanlal, along with renowned film director Priyadarshan, was trying to have a team in the...
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Actor Mohanlal, who was named Goodwill Ambassador of Kerala athletics on Friday, at a media conference in Kochi.KOCHI: Apart from the many roles he has brilliantly portrayed on the big screen, actor Mohanlal has also taken on some serious roles in real life. He was made an honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Territorial Army a few months ago to inspire the young men who are fighting for the country.And...
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Mukesh created a new meet record in the women’s shot put event on the concluding day of the Delhi University inter-college athletics meet at the Sports Complex (East Vinod Nagar)...
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Actor Mohanlal who was named the ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ of Kerala athletics in Kochi on Friday joins hands with Olympians Suresh Babu, Shiny Wilson and T.C. Yohannan to boost the sport.©...
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Suresh Kalmadi was on Tuesday elected unopposed as the President of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) for a third term. Maurice Nicholas of Singapore was also re-elected Secretary-Treasurer.The ‘Asian Coach of the year’ awards were presented during the second Congress of the Association of Asian Athletics Coaches on Tuesday.Shunji Karube and Shigenobu Murofushi of Japan and Songli Liang and Kuigang...
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Athletics Kenya (AK) moved to extinguish simmering tension between Kenya's Sports Minister Helen Sambili and AK chairman Isaiah Kiplagat over the closure of Kiptenden Athletics Club. In a statement re......
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Legendary Sunil Gavaskar has been named chairman of the jury for the Sahara Indian Sports Award. The Sports Journalist Federation of India (SJFI) will nominate the sportspersons for the awards in different categories.The other jury members include Michael Ferreira (billiards), Pullela Gopichand (badminton), Ashwini Nachappa (athletics), Nandan Bal (tennis), Mehrwan Daruwalla (squash), Praveen Thipsay...
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Olympic governing body has suspended Athletics South Africa's president, while the ASA has apologised to Caster Semenya over her gender row.Semenya, 18, was embroiled in controversy after her 800m victory at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.ASA chief Leonard Chuene admitted in September he lied about whether Semenya had been gender tested before Berlin.The ASA board and its members have also...
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