Appoint contract-based coaches who can give results: Milkha

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 17:30

The biopic on him may be running as fast at the box office as he would in his heydays but India`s legendary athlete Milkha Singh is far from being pleased with the lack of success at the Olympics and urged that coaches be appointed on contract basis with set targets.

Relay team decision should have made earlier: P T Usha

Last Updated: Sunday, July 7, 2013, 22:39

Legendary athlete P T Usha on Sunday said that ideally members of the gold-winning women`s 4x400m relay team should have known it beforehand who would be the running partners in the quartet.

Usha "frustrated" at not getting Luka`s sponsorship

Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 17:45

`Sprint Queen` P T Usha feels "frustrated sometimes" at the lack of corporate interest in athletics and said despite running from pillar to post, she has failed to find a sponsor for her protege Tintu Luka.

We need to improve competition at grassroot level: Usha

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 22:00

India`s `Sprint Queen` PT Usha on Wednesday said there is a need to have more participation in athletics to promote competition and improve the performance.

OLympics History: Heartbreaks for India

Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2012, 14:35

For Milkha Singh the agony of defeat at Rome Olympics in 1960 has been his worst memory next only to the death of his parents.

P.T. Usha hopes India wins more medals at London Olympics

Last Updated: Sunday, June 24, 2012, 15:33

Iconic athlete P.T. Usha is hoping that India will be able to secure more medals at the London Olympic Games.

Usha urges Prime Minister to pass "landmark" Sports Bill

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 10:32

Usha, one of India`s most celebrated sportspersons said that the revised Bill, if it becomes an Act, will herald "a new era" in sports.

Surprise raid at PT Usha School of Athletics

Last Updated: Friday, July 29, 2011, 18:48

National Anti Doping Agency officials conducted a surprise raid at the PT Usha School of Athletics.

Sportspersons welcome National Sports Bill

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 19:21

Former and current sportspersons welcomed the govt`s National Sports Bill which provides for a "fair and transparent" election process and limitation to age and tenure for their office bearers.

CWG is not Tintu`s main target: PT Usha

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 14:43

Tintu Luka has already broken the two-minute barrier in 800m and PT Usha feels the best is yet to come for the 21-year-old who can be a bet for an Olympic medal that eluded the former track-queen in the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

Luka looking for sub 2 min timing in Continental Cup: Usha

Last Updated: Sunday, August 22, 2010, 19:38

Middle distance runner and a prodigy of the legendary P T Usha, Tintu Luka has got just the kind of build-up she wanted for the CWG as she is taking part in the top flight VTB Continental Cup in Split, Croatia early next month.

PT Usha asks athletes to report sexual harassments immediately

Last Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 20:55

Legendary athlete PT Usha described the sex scandal that rocked hockey and weightlifting as "bad for Indian sports" but said victims should come out immediately instead of waiting for opportune moment like Karnam Malleswari.