by Khushwant Singh
Imagine the amount of positive energy that must have generated when the two Sikh supermen, Fauja Singh and Milkha Singh, met. This rare occurrence — of the two legends sharing the same sofa and exchanging with each other their highs and lows — can be best described as...
World's oldest marathon man, 102, can't imagine life without running shoes
By Gary Morley
with great video and picture slide show at this linke:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/09/sport/fauja-singh-marathon-oldest/index.html
At an age when most pensioners are winding down their lives...
Fauja to inaugurate Australian Sikh Games
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/PunjabAbroadAustralia/Fauja-to-inaugurate-Australian-Sikh-Games/SP-Article1-1030883.aspx
Fauja Singh, the world's oldest marathon runner, is set to inaugurate the 26th Australian Sikh Games to be held here on...
Baba Fauja Singh finishes Hong Kong marathon; retires at 101
By PARMJIT SINGH
http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/02/24/6204baba-fauja-singh-finishes-hong-kong-marathon-retires-at-101/
Hong Kong (February 24, 2012): As per information Baba Fauja Singh, the world’s oldest marathon runner has...
Fauja Singh, World's Oldest Runner At 101, Races For Women's Rights
by Eleanor Goldberg
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/08/fauja-singh-worlds-oldest_n_2647436.html
Before retiring from racing, the world’s oldest runner has made sure to take a big stride for women’s issues...
101 years old Sikh marathon runner to retire in Feb. 2013 after Hong Kong race
by Gurtej Singh
http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/01/24/5931-101-years-old-sikh-marathon-runner-to-retire-in-feb-2013-after-hong-kong-race/
Baba Fauja Singh, a 101-year-old Sikh, who is regarded as the world’s...
101 years old Sikh marathon runner led anti-drugs awareness rally at Amloh (Punjab)
By HAINDER SINGH
http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/01/23/101-years-old-sikh-marathon-runner-led-anti-drugs-awareness-rally-at-amloh-punjab/
Amloh, Punjab (January 22, 2013): As per information 101 years...
London, Jul 22: Punjab-born Fauja Singh, who defies age to run marathons, drew the loudest cheers as the Olympic Torch was carried by him, Olympic medal winners and leading individuals through London amidst a welcome clear sky and sunshine.
Clad in all-white apparel and a matching white turban...
by Rotatrim Cutter
NEW DELHI: Former sports minister Manohar Singh Gill has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, making a recommendation for conferring the Padma Award on 100-year-old Sardar Fauja Singh who stunned the world by completing the Tokyo marathon a fortnight ago.
In fact...
Guinness World Records refuses to recognise Fauja Singh’s 'marathon' feat
Ashis Ray, TNN | Oct 25, 2011, 05.22AM IST
LONDON: Guinness World Records has refused to recognise Fauja Singh, the London-based 100-year-old Sikh, as the world's oldest man to have completed a 42km marathon. Singh...
Fauja Singh, 100, receives a finishing medal after crossing the line in the Toronto …
TORONTO (AP) — A 100-year-old runner became the oldest person to complete a full-distance marathon when he finished the race in Toronto on Sunday.
Fauja Singh earned a spot in the Guinness World...
A 100-year-old man began Thursday with a sprint and ended with eight world records.
Fauja Singh ran through eight track events in succession at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough as part of a charity event, Sikhs in the City.
Singh, who lives in England but hails from India, is in town to...
At 100, Sikh marathoner lives to see his biography
by Jaydeep Singh
Chandigarh, June 12 (IANS) He is perhaps the oldest man to have lived to see his biography published. Hundred-plus Sikh marathoner Fauja Singh's biography 'Turbaned Tornado' is slated for London release next month.
Fauja, who...
London-based marathon running wonder becomes 100-years-old today
India's master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar missed out on his hundredth ton in the India vs Pak semi-final on Wednesday, out on 85 after a couple of 'lives'. On another continent, a world famous Sikh marathoner smashed a century of...
Fauja Singh - 99 Years Young This Year
by NISTHA CHUGH
Running on The Footsteps of Fauja Singh, Who Turns 99 This Year
Forrest Gump ran and ran. At first, he ran up to the end of the road, then across town, eventually criss-crossing the country for the next three years until one day...
Fauja Singh: 98 years Young, And Still Going and Going ... by JAMES RANGER
An inspirational runner has completed a race around his training route in the borough as he gears up to compete in his latest marathon - at the age of 98.
Fauja Singh, from Ilford (United Kingdom), will run a leg of...
Glad to be Grey
The four members of Sikhs in the City photographed in Glasgow before competing
in last month's Edinburgh marathon. Photograph: Murdo Macleod
Fauja...
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