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mohammed afsal made history at the UAE Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai, clocking 1:45.61s to break the men's 800m national record, previously held by Jinson Johnson. He secured second place, narrowly missing the top spot. Animesh Kujur also shone, winning the men's 200m in 20.45 seconds, showcasing strong performances from Indian athletes.

Indian athletes mohammed afsal, Vithya Ramraj, and Praveen Chitharavel had disappointing performances at the Hangzhou Games. Ramraj settled for bronze in the women's 400m hurdles after failing to match her previous record-breaking time. Chitharavel and Abdulla Aboobacker fell short in the men's triple jump, with Chitharavel only managing a high of 16.68m. Afsal provided a silver lining with a second-place finish in the men's middle distance race, narrowly missing out on gold to Saudi Arabia's Essa Kzwani.

Indian athlete Vithya Ramraj has equaled PT Usha's national record from 39 years ago in the women's 400m hurdles at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Several other Indian athletes, including Jesse Sandesh, mohammed afsal Pulikkalakath, and Krishnan Kumar, have also advanced to the medal round in their respective events.

At a hurriedly arranged press meet after special agencies detained their men, families of software engineer Moham med Afsal, 34, and Syed Mujahid Hus sain, 35, termed the duo's arrest illegal, as police did not follow any rules.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Boys have bagged the top five ranks in this year's Medical and Engineering entrance examinations in Kerala.

mohammed afsal and PU Chitra completed a golden double winning 1500m on the penultimate day of the inaugural Asian School Track and Field Championships at Kautun, Pahang in Malaysia.

Twelve Kerala athletes, including seven girls, have been selected to the Indian team for Asian School Track and Field Championships to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 17-24.

Young and promising middle distance runners from Palakkad P mohammed afsal and PU Chitra grabbed the spotlight on the opening day of the 58th Kerala State Senior Athletics Championship at the Maharaja's College synthetic track here on Saturday.

Twenty national campers have been named in the Kerala squad for 59th National Inter-State Athletics Championship from August 27 to 30 at Lucknow.

A class XII student died and another one sustained grave injuries when a car hit their bike at Pathadipalam near Edappally on Tuesday morning.

Punjab's Harmilan Kaur Bains completed a double in women's middle-distance, winning the 800m to add to her 1500m gold in the 60th National Open Athletics Championships on Saturday. Railways' B Aishwarya also claimed a horizontal jumps double by winning the triple jump less than 24 hours after claiming the long jump title.

A couple of hours after completing her second successive middle-distance double, Harmilan Kaur Bains credited the weather conditions in Warangal, the venue for the ongoing 60th National Open Athletics Championships for her golden feat.

Indian track and field athletes won six medals, including three gold, on the first day of the Qasanov Memorial Meet on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: A special court on Monday sentenced two Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists to seven years of imprisonment on charges of sedition.

Young Palakkad athletes mohammed afsal and mourning Varsha MV hogged limelight on the concluding day of the MK Joseph Memorial 12th Kerala State Inter-club Athletics Championship here.

Gurindervir Singh and Manikanta Hoblidhar were not picked for their individual events in India's Asian Athletics Championships squad due to new, unpublicized selection criteria, though they figure in the relay team. Despite meeting qualification standards, some athletes' performances at the Federation Cup were deemed insufficient.

The chorus within BJP for Lakshadweep administrator Praful Patel’s recall has grown louder, with eight members of the party’s Yuva Morcha resigning in the past two days and several more indicating they might do likewise in protest against “plain autocratic gover nance”.

Indian track and field athletes won four medals, including two gold, on the second and final day of the Qasanov Memorial Meet on Sunday.

Dutee Chand set a national junior record en route to winning gold in women's 100m dash on Day 1 of the Federation Cup National Junior Athletics C'ships.

PP Mohammed Hashim, former general secretary of the Yuva Morcha in Lakshadweep who resigned from the party recently, said that more members of the party in the islands were contacting him, expressing their wish to sever ties with the party.

Asian Games silver medallist Jyothi Yarraji won the women's 100m hurdles at the Motonet GP athletics meet, equaling her national record but missing the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifying mark by .01 seconds. Yarraji clocked 12.78s, just shy of the 12.77s standard. Tejas Shirse set a new national record in men's 110m hurdles with 13.41s.

At least 2,000 athletes will vie for glory in 167 events in the three-day MK Joseph Memorial 11th Kerala State Inter-club Athletics Championships that gets underway at the Maharaja's college synthetic track on Friday.

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Kerala athletes who have been picked to attend the selection trials for the Indian schools team that will participate in the Asian School Field & Track Championship have not given up hope.