India's Vikas Gowda became only the seventh Indian to qualify for the finals of the track and field event at the Olympic Games when he hurled the disc to 65.20 metres for an automatic selection.

India's Krishna Poonia finished seventh in the women's discus throw event in the London Olympics with a below-par performance here on Saturday.

Poonia hurled the discus to a distance of 63.62m, well

The American accent, the lack of interest in Indian movies and music and a fumble when asked to speak in Kannada, may suggest discus thrower Vikas Gowda’s lack of Indianess.

Although the 29-year-old

Kerala has for generations ruled the tracks, but its contributions in the throw events has remained relatively obscure owing to dearth of quality athletes as for those who came by it was tough to mat

Often, people do not realise what they are good at, until destiny brings them face to face with it.

The journey of self-discovery for Rahul Ratheesh, a prodigious talent in shot put and discus throw