Will India's track and field athletes live up to expectations?

34 member athletics contingent is in Rio to put up some promising show IMAGE:  Indian discus thrower Vikas Gowda. Photograph: Getty Images . For a discipline that has given Indian athletes......

Renjith, women's 4x400m relay team flop as India draw a blank

Triple jumper Renjith Maheswary flopped yet again in a big event, failing to qualify for the final at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow on Friday. It marked a disappointing end to India's......

At 35, Heffernan finally wins 50km walk; Indians flop

Ireland's Robert Heffernan won the World championship 50km walk on Wednesday, the 35-year-old finally tasting glory after 13 years of heartbreak and near-misses. Heffernan, fourth in the 2012......

Rana finishes 36th in 50km race

India's Basanta Bahadur Rana finished 36th in the men's 50 km race walk of the Olympic Games with a national record timing of 3 hrs 56 minutes and 48 seconds. The 28-year-old Indian walker was no......