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Prime Minister Narendra Modi while Inaugurating world class synthetic track at the Usha (PT Usha) School of Athletics via video conference said a strong sporting culture can help the growth of a sporting economy The post PM Modi says passion for Champions ...

The Indian Institute of Technology,(IIT), Kanpur, will confer athlete PT Usha with an honorary doctorate degree. In a press release, the IIT said that Usha was considered for the doctorate due to her contributions to Indian sports and women empowerment.

Olympian PT Usha's new academy at Kozhikode opens on June 15.  Called the "Usha School of Athletics' it will train budding athletes. The academy is spread across 30 acres and is built at a cost of Rs 8.5 crore sanctioned by the Centre. It will have a 8-lane synthetic track, a mud track, a 40-bed hostel, and a gymnasium. The Academy will have a team of trained coaches, physios and other key officials to assist the athletes. Image: PT Usha called on Minister of Youth Affairs & ...

to shift the Federation Cup National Athletics Championships from Delhi to Patiala would prove to be detrimental for those participating in the event, former sprint queen P. T. Usha said on Tuesday.

PT Usha would not like to take any blame for Tintu Luka's unending struggles to make it big at the world stage but says the Kerala middle-distance runner has managed decent results despite her limitations. The 28-year-old Tintu, mentored by Usha, has enjoyed ...

Former Olympians P.T. Usha and Anju Bobby George on Wednesday said Indian athletes will get valuable exposure when they compete against some of the top contenders from across the continent at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship.The tournament, to be held in ...

Usha Sharma, a 1985-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed as director general of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), an order issued today by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.

Records are meant to be broken and Sriram Singh is not exactly proud of the fact that his national record in 800m, set during the 1976 Montreal Olympics, is intact even after four decades. The last Indian man to run in the final of an Olympic track event, ...

The suspense over Pakistans participation in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships drew considerable attention on Wednesday even as the Odisha government made an impressive presentation about the hosting of the meet at Bhubaneswar from July 6-9. With their ...