Language - | Commonwealth Games 2022 Seema Punia’s last, but no plans of retirement as yet Veteran discus thrower Seema Punia confirmed on Wednesday that the Birmingham Games will be her final Commonwealth Games but argued that her career is still young despite having a medal-less run for the first time in five straight appearances at the Games since 2006 Melbourne edition. SportsCafe Desk |
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 | Racewalker Bhawna Jat backs out of the World Athletic Championships Bhawana Jat, a race walker, has backed out from the World Athletics Championships in the United States next month. Experienced discus thrower Seema Punia may possibly not compete in the championship, since certain Indian athletes would be selected based on the world ranking quota. SportsCafe Desk |
 | 2021 Tokyo Olympics | Seema Punia qualifies for her third Olympic Games Veteran Indian discus thrower Seema Punia secured a berth for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics by breaching the qualification mark in the ongoing National Senior Inter-State Athletic Championships. Having already made her Olympics debut in 2004, Seema will be making her third appearance at the mega event. SportsCafe Desk |
 | Jauna Murmu, A Dharun make the cut for Asian Games among seven other Indians Jauna Murmu created Meet record in women’s 400m hurdle, while A Dharun and Santosh Kumar T came under the games qualification mark of 50.80 in the men’s category to make it to the Asian Games. Sandeep Kumari, Sanjeevani Jadhav, Sarita Singh and Dutee Chand were among others to make the cut. SportsCafe Desk |
 | Asian Games 2018 | Our athletes will do better and win more medals this time, says AFI president AFI President Adille Sumariwalla seemed confident as he stated that the Indian will secure more medals in track and field events in the upcoming Asian Games than the last edition in 2014. Sumariwalla also added that he urged athletes to say no to any form of drugs ahead of selections. SportsCafe Desk |
 | AFI clueless about discus thrower Seema Punia’s whereabouts ahead of CWG Barely two weeks to go before the Commonwealth Games start and the Athletics Federation of India is still clueless about the whereabouts of discus thrower Seema Punia. The federation has also revealed that they hadn’t given the three-time CWG medalist permission to train on her own. SportsCafe Desk |
| NADA to dope test discus thrower Seema Punia Discus thrower Seema Punia will undergo a dope test as she could not be tested during the 22nd Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships held between March 5-8 in Patiala. The dope test was postponed as the NADA officials didn’t turn up on the day of the competition. SportsCafe Desk |
| Olympian Seema Punia draws flak for training in doping-tainted Russia India's ace discus thrower Seema Punia has attracted the wrath of the Athletics Federation of India after she began her training for the Rio Olympics in Russia. Although Seema said she had informed the federation about her decision, officials pointed that she had not requested their permission. Prabu Thiruppathy |
 | Discus thrower Seema Punia qualifies for Olympics 2014 Asian Games gold medallist Seema Punia qualified for the upcoming Rio Olympics after winning gold at the Pat Young Thrower's Classic in Salinas, California on Sunday. The 32-year-old threw a distance of 62.62 meters in the discus throw event to confirm her place in the quadrennial event. Arun S Kaimal |