News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | July 27, 2016 20:15 ISTImportant stories of the day
Important stories of the day
Brazilian swimmer Etiene Medeiros is free to compete at the Rio Olympic Games in August after being cleared of doping charges.
Moscow: Three Russian Olympic gold medalists in race walking were tested positive for abuse of using performance improving drugs, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) said Tuesday.Sergey Kirdyapkin and Olga Kaniskina were banned for three years
Mumbai: Indian tennis star Leander Paes underwent a routine dope test conducted by National Anti-doping Agency (NADA) officials Wednesday.“I had early morning visitors...Thanks WADA for keeping my sport clean!!!,” the 41-year-old, who won Olympic bronze
New Delhi: India's triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary suffered a massive set-back Thursday as the sports ministry decided not to give him the Arjuna Award after detailed investigations revealed that the athlete had indeed failed a
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary said Saturday that he will not go for the Arjuna Awards function to be held in later in the day in Rashtrapati Bhawan in the national capital."There has been
Colombo, Oct 3 : Pakistan spinner Abdul Rehman has failed a doping test during the English county championship while representing Somerset, an official of the Pakistan Cricket Board said Wednesday. Rehman has been withdrawn from the
Mumbai, Jun 23: Film actors, son of former cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi, a fashion designer and DJs were among the 44 people who tested positive for drugs consumed at a high-profile rave party at a
Indore, Jul 12: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza on Tuesday expressed disappointment over seven top women track and field athletes flunking dope tests but said that they should be handed stringent punishment if found guilty.Seven
Frankfurt, Germany, Jul 7: Two North Korea players failed drug tests at the women's World Cup and the entire team was then subjected to an unprecedented doping control, FIFA said Thursday.Defenders Song Jong Sun and
Dubai. Jun 25: The International Cricket Council on Friday banned Upul Tharanga for three months after the Sri Lanka opener failed a dope test.The 26-year-old pleaded guilty after taking a herbal remedy during the World
London, May 27: Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has been banned for six months, backdated to March when he was provisionally suspended for a positive doping test.The ban issued by the English Football Association on
Pallekele (Sri Lanka), Mar 9: Sri Lanka vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene today dismissed media reports that star batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan has failed a dope test conducted during the ongoing World Cup. Addressing a press conference one
New Delhi, Oct 15: Doping continued to dog the Commonwealth Games as Nigerian runner Folashade Abugan was today stripped off her women's 400m and 4x400m relay silver medals in the just-concluded event after testing positive
New Delhi, Oct 13: Women's 20km road race walker Rani Yadav became the first Indian to fail the dope test in the Commonwealth Games here to bring a pall of gloom into the home country's
New Delhi, Oct 11: The Commonwealth Games was today rocked by its first doping case when Nigerian women's 100m gold medallist Osayemi Oludamola tested positive for a banned stimulant. Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell
New Delhi: Embarrassment piled on India ahead of next month's Commonwealth Games with three swimmers, two of them part of the country's team for the mega-event, flunking dope tests here on Sunday . Richa Mishra,
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