<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[India Athletics Team News]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read the latest and breaking news about India Athletics Team. All the latest 2026 Sports articles on SportsCafe.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in</link><image><url>https://cdn-static.spcafe.in/logo/logo192x192v1.png</url><title>India Athletics Team News</title><link>https://sportscafe.in</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:01:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sportscafe.in/rss/sports/team/india_athletics_team" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 07:41:03 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[ All Rights Reserved]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en-in]]></language><managingEditor><![CDATA[editor@sportscafe.in (SportsCafe Editor)]]></managingEditor><webMaster><![CDATA[admin@sportscafe.in (SportsCafe Admin)]]></webMaster><ttl>2</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Neeraj Chopra, PR Sreejesh and Lovlina Borgohain among 12 athletes to receive Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award]]></title><description><![CDATA[2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, along with 11 others were honoured with the prestigious Khel Ratna award – the country’s highest sporting honour. On the other hand, five coaches, including the likes of Jai Prakash Nautiyal and Subramanian Raman received the Dronacharya Award.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/nov/03/neeraj-chopra-pr-sreejesh-and-lovlina-borgohain-among-12-athletes-to-receive-major-dhyan-chand-khel-ratna-award?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/nov/03/neeraj-chopra-pr-sreejesh-and-lovlina-borgohain-among-12-athletes-to-receive-major-dhyan-chand-khel-ratna-award?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 07:41:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-y30/articles/Other_sports/neeraj_chopra_to_2020.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2020 Tokyo Olympics | Hit, Miss or Meh - How the Indian contingent fared at the Games]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Tokyo Olympics was the most successful outing for India ever, with them claiming 1 gold, 2 silver, and 4 bronze medals. While the likes of Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Dahiya and Mirabai Chanu surpassed expectations, some have underachieved, let us have a look at the hit, miss, and meh from the Games.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/aug/09/2020-tokyo-olympics-hit-miss-or-meh-how-the-indian-contingent-fared-at-the-games?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/aug/09/2020-tokyo-olympics-hit-miss-or-meh-how-the-indian-contingent-fared-at-the-games?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sounak mullick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:05:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-y-1/articles/Other_sports/neeraj_chopra_to_2020.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2021 Tokyo Olympics | India's Greatest Olympians]]></title><description><![CDATA[India won its first Olympic medal at the 1900 Paris Olympics, while the nation earned its first gold medal at the 1928 Amsterdam edition in hockey. Till 2016, India have won a total of 28 medals, but only a few athletes have achieved the immortal status in our country - let's have a look.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/jul/15/2021-tokyo-olympics-indias-greatest-olympians?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/jul/15/2021-tokyo-olympics-indias-greatest-olympians?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sounak mullick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:45:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-y-1/articles/Other_sports/Sushil_Kumar_Olympics_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2021 Tokyo Olympics | Hima Das set to miss Games after sustaining hamstring injury]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indian sprinter Hima Das will not feature at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, with her sustaining a hamstring injury during the 100m heats during the recently concluded National Inter-State Athletics Championships. Even though she ran in the 200m final, Hima failed to breach the Olympic qualification mark.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/jun/30/2021-tokyo-olympics-hima-das-set-to-miss-games-after-sustaining-hamstring-injury?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/jun/30/2021-tokyo-olympics-hima-das-set-to-miss-games-after-sustaining-hamstring-injury?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:07:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other_sports/hima_das_twitter.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2021 Tokyo Olympics | Shotputter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor qualifies for the Games]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indian shot-putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor has qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics with an Asian and national record at the Indian Grand Prix 4 in Patiala. He thus became the first Indian male shot-putter to qualify for the Olympics after Om Prakash Karhana’s appearance at the 2012 London Games.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/jun/22/2021-tokyo-olympics-shotputter-tajinder-pal-singh-toor-qualifies-for-the-games?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/jun/22/2021-tokyo-olympics-shotputter-tajinder-pal-singh-toor-qualifies-for-the-games?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:45:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other_sports/tajinder_pal_singh_toor_twitter.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How India’s second Covid-19 wave is playing spoilsport ahead of 2021 Tokyo Olympics]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 90 athletes across 11 disciplines have made the cut to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, but many are still waiting in the fringes. However, with the cancellation of events and travel restrictions still in place owing to the pandemic, the athletes are experiencing mayhem ahead of the mega-event.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/may/03/how-indias-second-covid-19-wave-is-playing-spoilsport-ahead-of-2021-tokyo-olympics?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/may/03/how-indias-second-covid-19-wave-is-playing-spoilsport-ahead-of-2021-tokyo-olympics?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sounak mullick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2021 15:24:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other_sports/India_flag_Olympics.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2021 Tokyo Olympics | TOPS and SAI have helped Indian athletes immensely, claims Neeraj Chopra]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tokyo-bound javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra feels that TOPS (Top Olympic Podium Scheme) and has helped Indian athletes to flourish at the International level. Having claimed top finished at both the 2018 CWG and the 2018 Asian Games, the 23-year is a major medal prospect going into the Tokyo Games.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/apr/11/2021-tokyo-olympics-tops-and-sai-have-helped-indian-athletes-immensely-claims-neeraj-chopra?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/apr/11/2021-tokyo-olympics-tops-and-sai-have-helped-indian-athletes-immensely-claims-neeraj-chopra?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2021 11:56:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/neeraj-chopra.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2021 Tokyo Olympics | Expecting an outstanding performance and Tokyo-berth, reveals Annu Rani]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indian javelin thrower Annu Rani is determined to get past the Olympic qualification mark in the second leg of the one-day Indian Gran Prix and book a ticket to Tokyo. She has a personal best of 62.43m during the 2019 Doha Championships, which is about 1.57m shy of the desired mark for the Games.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/feb/25/2021-tokyo-olympics-expecting-an-outstanding-performance-and-tokyo-berth-reveals-annu-rani?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2021/feb/25/2021-tokyo-olympics-expecting-an-outstanding-performance-and-tokyo-berth-reveals-annu-rani?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:45:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-y-1/articles/Other%20sports/annu_rani_javelin_throw_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kidambi Srikanth and Neeraj Chopra deserve the Khel Ratna award more than me, claims Sharath Kamal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Table Tennis star Achanta Sharath Kamal feels that Badminton star Kidambi Srikanth and Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra deserve the Khel Ratna more than him, even though the former did not contest for the award this year. The paddler is the current world no. 31, the highest-ranked Indian player.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2020/sep/01/kidambi-srikanth-and-neeraj-chopra-deserve-the-khel-ratna-award-more-than-me-claims-sharath-kamal?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2020/sep/01/kidambi-srikanth-and-neeraj-chopra-deserve-the-khel-ratna-award-more-than-me-claims-sharath-kamal?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 08:09:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other%20sports/sharath_kamal_utt.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[AFI to appoint first High Performance Director for athletes since 2015]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the last High-Performance Director left his post back in October 2015, the Athletic Federation of India is en route to appoint another one in Germany’s Volker Herrmann ahead of Tokyo Olympics. Herrmann’s job would be to look after coaches, pick training places and decide meets.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2019/may/17/afi-to-appoint-first-high-performance-director-for-athletes-since-2015?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2019/may/17/afi-to-appoint-first-high-performance-director-for-athletes-since-2015?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2019 05:58:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Tokyo_Olympics_2020_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top Indian athletes Mirabai Chanu, Hima Das attend SAI-organised ‘Athlete Education Workshop ‘]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mirabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnunga, Swapna Barman along with sprinter Hima Das took part in the Sports Authority of India’s ‘Athlete Education Workshop’ held at the National Institute of Sports in Patiala. The workshop aimed to give athletes practical training in off-field activities.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2019/mar/28/top-indian-athletes-mirabai-chanu-hima-das-attend-sai-organised-athlete-education-workshop?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2019/mar/28/top-indian-athletes-mirabai-chanu-hima-das-attend-sai-organised-athlete-education-workshop?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:36:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/mirabai_chanu_ind_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Games to be held in Goa postponed citing elections]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Indian Olympic Association has postponed the National Games once again as the State Government of Goa cited its inability to host the event stating elections are scheduled during the same time. The National Games to be held last year had already been postponed from 2018 to 2019 once.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2019/jan/29/national-games-to-be-held-in-goa-postponed-citing-elections?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2019/jan/29/national-games-to-be-held-in-goa-postponed-citing-elections?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:00:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other%20sports/NationalOpenAthletics_Bhubaneswar" length="0" type="image/undefined"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rs 100 crore for funding of athletes under TOPS, informs SAI]]></title><description><![CDATA[The director general of SAI Neelam Kapur has revealed that the Sports Ministry has kept aside Rs 100 crore to be used in the funding of athletes under TOPS ahead of the 2020 Olympics preparations. A TOPS secretariat has also been established to get the preparations on the right track.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2018/dec/30/rs-100-crore-for-funding-of-athletes-under-tops-informs-sai?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2018/dec/30/rs-100-crore-for-funding-of-athletes-under-tops-informs-sai?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 09:15:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Tokyo_Olympics_2020_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reports | Derecognised NSAs cannot represent India, says sports ministry]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sports ministry has announced that the Indian athletes whose National Sports Associations (NSA) are derecognised by the ministry for any reasons would not be able to represent the country at the international competitions. They will not be able to use the title ‘Indian’ in their names as well.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2018/oct/30/reports-derecognised-ns-as-cannot-represent-india-says-sports-ministry?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2018/oct/30/reports-derecognised-ns-as-cannot-represent-india-says-sports-ministry?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 06:02:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/India_mixed_team_archery_Twitter.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, Bajrang Punia in race for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award]]></title><description><![CDATA[Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and wrestler Bajrang Punia are in the line of getting the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award this year for their outstanding contribution to Indian sports. This year the award ceremony will be held on September 25 instead of August 29.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2018/sep/12/neeraj-chopra-mirabai-chanu-bajrang-punia-in-race-for-rajiv-gandhi-khel-ratna?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2018/sep/12/neeraj-chopra-mirabai-chanu-bajrang-punia-in-race-for-rajiv-gandhi-khel-ratna?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 06:06:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other%20sports/neeraj_chopra_ind_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Athletics ahead of other Indian sports in WADA’s 2017 doping blacklist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Athletics has topped the latest World Anti-Doping-Agency (WADA) list as compared to other Indian sports. Among 3,147 urine and blood samples tested by National Anti-Doping-Agency (NADA) during the last year (2017), 21 out of the 71 positive offenders (across all sports) were from athletics.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2018/jul/25/athletics-ahead-of-other-indian-sports-in-wad-as-2017-doping-blacklist?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2018/jul/25/athletics-ahead-of-other-indian-sports-in-wad-as-2017-doping-blacklist?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 09:51:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/doping_getty" length="0" type="image/undefined"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Good, Bad & the Ugly ft. Hima Das, MS Dhoni and Russia]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have come with yet another week of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and like every week, the sporting world threw up all three aspects of the game for us to reflect upon. From Hima Das’ historic achievement to Russia’s World Cup doping to MS Dhoni being booed in Lord’s, it was an eventful week.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2018/jul/15/the-good-bad-the-ugly-ft-hima-das-ms-dhoni-and-russia?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2018/jul/15/the-good-bad-the-ugly-ft-hima-das-ms-dhoni-and-russia?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2018 13:47:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Good_Bad_Ugly_Sportscafe.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Narendra Modi bats for indigenous sports in India]]></title><description><![CDATA[Narendra Modi said that sports play an 'important role' in uniting India and also revealed that his government is trying their best to bring local indigenous sports to the national level. Modi was speaking at the inauguration of the synthetic track at PT Usha's 'USHA School of Athletics' in Kerala.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2017/jun/18/narendra-modi-bats-for-indigenous-sports-in-india?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2017/jun/18/narendra-modi-bats-for-indigenous-sports-in-india?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 04:38:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Modi_Getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item></channel></rss>