Athletics

World Para Athletics 2025: Final medal tally; list of Indian medallists

Hosts India managed to enjoy a successful tournament as, with 22 medals (6 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze), they surpassed their overall best medal tally record of 17 set in 2024 in Kobe

Stray dog bites two coaches at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium during training

Ahead of the Para Athletics Championships, a formal request was made on August 21, 2025, to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to clear stray dogs from the stadium premises.

World Athletics 2025 javelin throw final: Neeraj finishes 8th, Arshad 10th; Walcott claims gold

Sachin Yadav finished 4th with 86.27m, Neeraj Chopra 8th with 84.03m, and Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem managed 82.75m.

IND vs PAK at World Athletics 2025: Neeraj vs Arshad live streaming, timing

Neeraj Chopra's men's javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championship 2025 will take place at 3:53 PM IST. JioHostar will live stream Neeraj vs Arshad javelin throw event today

Neeraj Chopra vs Arshad Nadeem head-to-head records in javelin throw events

Fans in India hail today's World Athletics javelin final as an India vs Pakistan clash, with Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem battling to emerge on top.

Highlights: World Athletics Championship 2025 javelin throw - Arshad joins Neeraj in final

27-year-old Neeraj Chopra, a two-time Olympic medalist, sent his spear to 84.85 m in his first attempt in Group A of the qualification round.

World Athletics: IND vs PAK in javelin throw final; Nadeem makes late entry

Neeraj Chopra clears 84.85m in first attempt, Arshad Nadeem recovers with 85.28m in third to set up a high-voltage India vs Pakistan javelin final in Tokyo.

World Athletics: Sreeshankar, Parul fail to secure finals qualification

Star Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar failed to qualify for the finals in the World Championships with a 14th place finish in his qualification group as the country's athletes continued their disappointing performance here on Monday. Competing in his third World Championships, Sreeshankar could only produce a best jump of 7.78m in his three attempts in Group A qualification round, in one of his worst performances in more than three years. He ended 25th overall out of 37 competitors. Those who touched automatic qualifying mark 8.15m or at least the best 12 places across the two groups made it to the finals. He has had just two jumps worse than Monday's 7.78m since March 2022. Ironically, one of the two was a 7.74m during the qualification round of the 2023 edition of the showpiece, and now he has failed to qualify for the finals of a World Championships for the second consecutive time. The 26-year-old had made it to the finals in the 2022 edition in Eugene, USA, finishing ...

Kushare creates history with high jump final berth at World Championships

Sarvesh Anil Kushare created history by qualifying for the men's high jump final at the World Athletics Championships 2025. The 30-year-old cleared 2.25m to finish ninth overall.

Diamond League Final live streaming: Neeraj Chopra's rivals, best throws

The live streaming of the event is available on Wanda Diamond League YouTube. You can catch the live coverage of Neeraj Chopra's javelin throw event at business-standard.com from 10 PM IST today

Rohit wins javelin gold, eyes Worlds spot; Sreeshankar falls short

Uttar Pradesh's international javelin thrower Rohit Yadav clinched the men's javelin throw gold medal at the National Inter-Sate Athletics Championships to keep himself in contention for a berth in next month's World Championships in Tokyo through world ranking quota, here on Sunday. Star long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, who needed to breach the qualifying mark of 8.27m for a direct entry to the World Championships, could not do so as he produced a best effort of 8.06m, which was, though, enough for him to win a gold. On the fifth and final day of the championships, the 24-year-old Rohit grabbed the men's javelin title with a best throw of 83.65m which he achieved in his third attempt. Sachin Yadav, also of Uttar Pradesh, was a close second with a distance of 83.20m, while Maharashtra's promising thrower Shivam Lohakare was third with 80.20m. Yashvir Singh of Rajasthan, who is also in the race to win a berth for Tokyo World Championships through world ranking quota, finished fourth

Around 15 Indians in fray for World Athletics Championship, AFI meet Aug 28

From a high of 28 Indians taking part in the 2023 World Championships in Hungary where star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won a gold, barely 15 athletes from the country are likely to feature in the showpiece in Tokyo next month. With the country not expected to qualify for the relay races, the number of Indians taking part in the World Championships has reduced in a big way. In 2023, India had named seven quarter-milers for the men's 4x400m relay and the quartet smashed the then existing Asian record and made it to its maiden final, finishing a creditable fifth in the end. Just like the last edition, at least three Indians are likely to compete in the men's javelin throw event in Tokyo also. The number may increase to four also, if Rohit Yadav, who won the gold in the National Inter-State Championships in Chennai on Sunday, move up the ladder in the world ranking quota. Besides Chopra, who has already received a wild card by virtue of being the defending champion, Sachin Yadav and

National Inter-State Athletics: Dhanalakshmi, Animesh, Annu shine together

Tamil Nadu's Dhanalakshmi Sekar grabbed her third gold of the meet with her 200m title while men's counterpart Animesh Kujur of Odisha and Uttar Pradesh javelin thrower Annu Rani won their respective events to share the spotlight at the National Inter-State Championships here Saturday. The 27-year-old Dhanalakshmi, who served a doping ban till early this year, ran 23.53 seconds to take the women's 200m gold on the fourth and penultimate day of the meet at the JLN Stadium here. Shivani Saini (24.04 seconds) of Uttar Pradesh and Sakshi Chavan (24.05 seconds) of Gujarat were second and third respectively. Dhanalakshmi has earlier won gold in the 100m dash and 4x100m relay. Meanwhile, Kujur and Annu brightened their chances of making it to next month's World Championships in Tokyo with their wins. Running in lane six, the 22-year-old Kujur rocketed off the blocks and smoothly negotiated the curve to cross the finish line in 20.63 seconds to better his own meet record of 20.65 seconds

How Indian athletes can seal Tokyo Worlds spots at 2025 Inter-State meet

With the qualification window closing on Aug 24, the Inter-State Athletics meet in Chennai is the last chance for Indian stars like Sreeshankar, Kujur, and Annu Rani to seal Tokyo Worlds spots

Diamond League: Neeraj Chopra opts out of Brussels ahead of Zurich showdown

Chopra's decision appears to be a strategic move to conserve energy and fine-tune preparations ahead of the high-stakes Zurich final, where the men's javelin competition is scheduled for August 28.

Neeraj Chopra books a place in Diamond League 2025 Final in Zurich

Two-time Olympic medallist Chopra has collected 15 points from two appearances in the league so far - a second-place finish in Doha and a first-place finish in Paris.

Mondo Duplantis sets new pole vault world record at 6.29 m in Budapest

Mondo Duplantis raised his pole vault world record to 6.29 metres at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial meet in Budapest on Tuesday. The Olympic and world champion added a centimeter at his second attempt to the previous record mark which he set in June at a Diamond League meet in front of home fans in Stockholm. It was the 13th pole vault world record for the 25-year-old Swede.

India gears up to host historic Para Athletics Worlds with record entries

Preparations for the World Para Athletics Championships are going as per schedule with laying of Mondo tracks in both competition venue and training area set to be completed by September 1, Paralympic Committee of India President Devendra Jhajharia said on Monday. India is hosting the global para athletics showpiece for the first time from September 27 to October 5 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here, and the tracks at the main arena and adjacent training venue were relaid in view of the championships. "We have completed 95% work of Mondo track laying inside main stadium as well as training area. Laying the base takes a lot of time, topping the base with Mondo does not take much time," Jhajharia told PTI in an interview. "Work on the base is completed, laying of Mondo on top has started. Everything will be completed by September 1," he added. "Preparations for other things like transportation and accommodation of athletes, their escorts and officials, and other logistics have been

Neeraj Chopra, Arshad Nadeem pull out of Silesia Diamond League; Here's why

Neeraj's sudden withdrawal has raised questions, with no official explanation yet provided. His absence, along with Nadeem's, leaves fans disappointed as the marquee matchup fizzled out before it bega

World Games 2025: India contingent, full schedule; all you need to know

India will start their campaign in the World Games 2025 with compound archery on Thursday, August 7