According to a reliable source in the Pakistan Amateur Athletics Federation, Mohammed Naeem (110m hurdles) and Mehboob Ali (400m) who had won gold medals and Sami Ullah (100m) the bronze medal winner, have failed the dope test.
India collected 174 gold, 93 silver and 45 bronze after ten days of competitions in the 13th edition to surpass the 309 (189 gold, 90 silver and 30 bronze) it had won in the previous edition in Guwahati and Shillong in 2016.
The Indian athletes also won 12 silver and 3 bronze to end Day 8 with 294 medals (159 gold, 91 silver and 44 gold) to further widen the gap with second-placed Nepal who have collected 195 medals (49 gold, 54 silver and 92 bronze).
India are comfortably at the top of the medal tally at the South Asian Games with 110 gold medals.
Maldives women team's tough run at the South Asian Games continued as the side was bowled out for 8 runs against Nepal.
India bagged 10 medals in badminton at the 13th South Asian Games in Nepal.
The squad is a mixture of top athletes and some talented youngsters.
New Delhi, May 10: The Sports Ministry has asked Indian Olympic Association to defer the South Asian Games to second half of 2014 but IOA acting president V K Malhotra today reacted strongly saying postponing
New Delhi, Dec 16: Postponing the South Asian Games from October next year to 2013 and scrapping all the newly-formed committees were some of the major decisions taken by the Indian Olympic Association's General Body
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