Neeraj Chopra at Ostrava Golden Spike LIVE: ‘I don’t want to put any pressure on myself for 90m’ As he builds towards his ultimate goal — a top finish at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo — Olympic and World Champion Neeraj Chopra says he isn’t placing himself under the pressure of chasing 90-metre…
Neeraj Chopra (Video grab) NEW DELHI: India’s Olympic and World Champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra delivered a gritty performance in tough weather conditions to secure second place at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet in Poland on Friday. Battling cold and damp surroundings at the Silesian Stadium, Chopra saved his best for last — an 84.14m…
India’s golden boy of athletics, Neeraj Chopra, scripted history on Friday evening at the Doha Diamond League 2025 by breaching the elusive 90-metre barrier in men’s javelin throw for the first time in his career. The reigning world champion recorded a best throw of 90.23 metres, becoming only the 25th athlete in history to cross…
India’s top 3000m steeplechaser, Avinash Sable, finished eighth with a modest timing in the Diamond League Meeting on Saturday. The 30-year-old Sable clocked 8 minutes and 23.85 seconds in his second race of the season. His timing was more than a second worse than what he had clocked in the Xiamen Diamond League on April…
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It had been a wasteful night for Leeds United before Brenden Aaronson scored a goal-of-the-season contender. Derby County did their best to frustrate and deny the Championship leaders. They did it well until the 79th minute. But, as they have done all season, Leeds will pass and pass and pass again until they find a…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray‘s son Amit, only the second Thackeray to contest an election after MLA cousin Aaditya, lost from Mahim by over 17,000 votes in poll debut.Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Mahesh Sawant won the Mahim seat with 50,213 votes. Incumbent Sena MLA Sada Sarvankar received 48,897 votes, while Amit got 33,062…