Realistic Mayookha says would be happy with final round finish

Last Updated: Sunday, July 22, 2012, 14:08

Realistic about her chances in the Olympics, Indian triple-jumper Mayookha said she is targeting a top-six finish in London by improving her personal best effort.

Renjith Maheshwary: Profile 2012 London Olympics

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 17:17

Triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary managed a leap of 16.85m in his fifth attempt on the opening day of 16th Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships in Patiala to achieve the `B` standard for the London Olympics.

Sahana Kumari: Profile 2012 London Olympics

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 17:14

Sahana Kumari: Like most of the other athletes, this 31-year-old high jumper has also gone through several ups and downs in her career.

Mayookha Johny: Profile 2012 London Olympics

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 17:09

Mayookha Johny qualified for 2012 Olympics in triple jump, going past the London Games `B` qualifying standard of 14.10m.

Maheshwary aims personal best and final round finish in London

Last Updated: Monday, July 16, 2012, 15:55

His build-up to the Olympics was far from ideal but triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary says that he has left behind the frustrations.

Sahana Kumari qualifies for London Olympics

Last Updated: Saturday, June 23, 2012, 22:41

Karnataka high jumper Sahana Kumari became the 14 Indian athlete to qualify for the London Olympics.

High jumper Thomas steals show in Fed Cup Athletics

Last Updated: Sunday, April 22, 2012, 22:17

Kerala`s Jithin Thomas stole the limelight with a personal best effort of 2.20m en route to winning gold in men`s high jump on the second day of the Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships here on Sunday.

Skydiver aims to jump from 23 miles, go supersonic

Last Updated: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 09:13

He`s also leapt face-first into a pitch-dark, 620-foot-deep cave in Croatia — his most dangerous feat yet, he says, but soon to be outdone.

Skydiver aims to break sound barrier

Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2012, 19:39

Fearless Felix” Baumgartner hopes to hurtle toward Earth at supersonic speed from a record 37 kilometres up, breaking the sound barrier with only his body.

I didn’t want to be poster boy, says Johnny Depp

Last Updated: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 16:28

Johnny Depp, who went from relative obscurity in ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ to being the object of extreme hysteria among teenage girls, has said that he was “uncomfortable being a product, being somebody else’s product” in ‘21 Jump Street’.

Reformed Van Halen performs intimate NYC gig

Last Updated: Friday, January 6, 2012, 18:37

The show was at the famed Café Wha? in New York`s West Village.

Tamgho banned for clash but eligible for Olympics

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 08:56

World indoor triple jump champion Teddy Tamgho will be eligible to compete in next year`s Olympics after he was handed a 12-month ban, six of which have been suspended, for his involvement in an altercation with a female athlete.