Jaisha, Kavita finish way behind in women's marathon

O P Jaisha and Kavita Raut, India’s best distance runners and medallists at the Asian Games in the past, found themselves out of depth in the women's marathon at the Rio Olympics and finished......

Sports shorts: Boston Marathon to feature second-largest field in race history

Some 36,000 athletes, including Kenyan and Ethiopian runners who are consistently ranked among the world's fastest, will run in the 118th Boston Marathon on Monday, putting the world-renown race......

Sports Shorts: Four Indian shuttlers in top 20 of BWF Rankings

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday IMAGE: HS Prannoy has jumped 6 places to 17 in the recently released BWF Rankings. Photograph: Twitter Indian shuttler HS......

World Athletics: Ayana denies Dibaba with stunning 5,000m gold

Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia celebrates after winning gold and setting new championship record in the Women's 5000 metres final. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana put on a......

PHOTOS: The gold medallists on Day 9 at the Rio Olympics

Check out the gold medallists on Day 9 of the Rio Olympics on Sunday: IMAGE: Simone Biles of the United States celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's Vault final on Day 9 of the Rio......