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NRI SUV driver arrested for hit-and-run that killed 114-year-old marathon legend Fauja Singh

Eyewitnesses say Singh was struck at high speed by the SUV while crossing the national highway. Police register an FIR for rash driving and culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

‘Turbaned Tornado’ Fauja Singh took to running to cope with grief, and never looked back

At the prime of his running career, Fauja Singh finished the 2003 Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 5 hours and 40 minutes in the over-90 category—his personal best.

A new wave of Marathon runners is reshaping the culture of fitness in India

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Mumbai Marathon: Two participants, including 74-year-old, collapse and die, 22 hospitalised

The deceased have been identified as Suvradeep Banerjee (40) from Kolkata and Rajendra Bora (74) from Mumbai.

It’s ‘because of Sardar Patel that we have today’s India’, says Amit Shah, flags off ‘Run for Unity’

The ‘Run for Unity’, to commemorate Sardar Patel’s 148th birth anniversary, was flagged off from Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi.

Gangster on the Run — new book tells story of a reformed criminal who now runs marathons

Puja Changoiwala’s Gangster on the Run, by HarperCollins, will be released on 30 August on SoftCover, ThePrint’s e-venue to launch select non-fiction books.

People who want to stop sports in Delhi’s polluted winter air need to speak up in March

Cancelling sporting events is not the solution. I have never seen anyone standing with placards in local parks saying ‘don’t walk today, you’ll die’.

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Bads of Bollywood can’t get more brazenly nepo. The joke’s on us

After watching the most discussed series on Netflix, I was planning to write an asterisk-heavy column. As a tribute to the asterisks in its...

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.