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Three-time Commonwealth Games hammer medallist Julia Ratcliffe has announced her retirement from the sport. The 29-year-old, who memorably claimed a gold medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and finished ninth in the Tokyo…

Express News Service CHENNAI:  Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh, who tested positive for steroids Methandienone in 2021 and was banned for four years by National Anti Doping Agency’s disciplinary panel, is free to compete…

By PTI NEW DELHI: Top Indian javelin thrower Shivpal Singh's ban period was on Tuesday reduced from four years to one as the Appeal Panel of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) accepted his contention that…

By PTI NEW DELHI: Top Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur, who achieved stardom for her exploits at the Tokyo Games, was on Wednesday banned for three years for using the prohibited substance Stanozolol, the…

By PTI BIRMINGHAM: Annu Rani scripted history as she became the first Indian female javelin thrower to win a medal, a bronze, in the Commonwealth Games on the penultimate day here on Sunday. Rani sent the spear to a…

Express News Service CHENNAI: In a big setback for India, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to injury. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics champion was forced to give the quadrennial Games…

By PTI EUGENE: India's Annu Rani finished seventh in the women's javelin throw final with a below-par effort of 61.12m at the World Championships here. Competing in her second consecutive final in the showpiece,…

Annu Rani (Reuters Photo)EUGENE: India's Annu Rani finished seventh in the women's javelin throwfinal with a below-par effort of 61.12m at the World Championships here. Competing in her second consecutive final in the showpiece, Rani…

By Express News Service CHENNAI:  Annu Rani, India’s top woman javelin thrower, managed to secure a place in the final of the World Athletics Championships on Friday (early Saturday India time). The national record…

By PTI EUGENE: The last attempt throw of 59.60m, though well below her season's best, ensured javelin thrower Annu Rani qualify for her second consecutive finals in the World Championships here. Annu was on the…