Star Pakistan javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem insists he has no rivalry with Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, and said there is always scope for learning from top athletes like the Indian
First time three Indians qualified for the final of any event at the World Athletics Championships. It was in Javelin throw. Everybody knows Neeraj Chopra, but who are DP Many and Kishore Jena?
The 25-year-old Chopra's qualifying round lasted just a few minutes as he sent the spear to his season's and fourth career-best distance. The 2024 Paris Olympics qualifying mark is 85.50m
Placed in the Group A Qualifier, Olympic gold medalist Neeraj recorded a massive throw of 88.77m in his first attempt, breaching the qualifying mark of 83.00m.
A World Championships gold is the only medal missing in Neeraj Chopra's decorated cabinet and the superstar Indian javelin thrower will fancy his chances as no clear-cut favourite has emerged so far
Last year, the Tokyo Olympics gold medallist had fallen agonisingly short of the 90m mark, throwing the spear to a distance of 89.94m at the Diamond League meet in Stockholm.
Asian record holder shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor has pulled out of the August 19-27 showpiece as he is recovering from the groin injury sustained during the Asian Championships in July
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has already qualified for the August 19-27 showpiece as wild card by virtue of being the Diamond League champion
Muhammad Yasir, the young Pakistani javelin thrower, is ecstatic after receiving a phone call from Neeraj Chopra, India's Olympic gold winner
Chopra is known to be a bike enthusiast and maintains bikes like Harley Davidson 1200 Roadster
The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Sports Ministry on Thursday approved Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra's proposal to train in Kuortane, Finland
In September last year, Neeraj Chopra won the Diamond League 2022 finals in Zurich, becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious trophy
Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra began his Diamond League title defence with a comfortable win in the season-opening leg on Friday, with a world leading and fourth career-best effort
While many have come forward and voiced their concerns, Ganguly said, he would not like to talk on the matter without having complete knowledge
Kapil Dev, Neeraj Chopra, and Sania Mirza, along with other high-profile names have spoken in support of the wrestlers
No consolidation has been made to create an industry of sports, she says
Javelin thrower and the reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will begin his Diamond League title defence in the Doha meeting on May 5
'In this new year, I hope I will put an end to this question," Chopra told reporters in a video interaction from England where he's doing off-season training'
At least six top Indian athletes were caught for using banned drugs and the run-up to the Commonwealth Games was marred by a series of positive dope cases
2022 was about one sporting great finally realising his dream and another bowing out after having done it all