Sanjita, who won a gold in women's 53kg class in the Gold Coast CWG in April, had tested positive for an anabolic steroid in a test conducted during the World Championships in USA in November last year.
Harendra further revealed that they had conducted blood tests of all 48 athletes - who are currently training at SAI centre in Bengaluru ahead of the Champions Trophy - and the results have revealed a food-related deficiency in some of the players.
The unnamed coach, believed to be associated with state-level athletics campers at one of the SAI centres in Tamil Nadu, was sacked after an internal inquiry found him guilty.
Alapuzha (Kerala): Sports Authority of India Director General Injeti Srinivas on Friday gave a solatium of Rs 5 lakh to the family of rowing athlete Aparna, who died after consuming poison fruit along with three
New Delhi: Death of a woman athlete and suicide attempt by three others figured in Parliament today with members demanding sacking of the Sport Authority of India (SAI) chief and bringing a law to effectively
Alapuzha (Kerala): Sports Authority of India Director General Injeti Srinivas today gave a solatium of Rs five lakh to the family of rowing athlete Aparna, who died after consuming poison fruit along with three other
New Delhi: A demand for sacking of Sports Authority of India (SAI) chief and setting up of an inquiry into the death of a woman athlete and suicide attempt by three others was raised in
Alapuzha (Kerala): Two of the three Sports Authority of India athletes who ate poisonous fruit to end their lives over alleged harassment by their seniors, have been put on pacemakers.Alapuzha District Collector N Padmakumar told
New Delhi: In a rather ambitious projection, Sports Authority of India (SAI) sees a record 100 plus athletes qualifying for next year's Rio Olympics. "Though qualification process has barely started, our own assessment is that if
New Delhi: In a firm statement to Sports Secretary Ajit Sharan, Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Wednesday asked for the restructuring of the Sports Authority of India (SAI).Sonowal asked Sharan, who is also holding the charge
New Delhi: Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has instructed the Director General of Sports Authority of India to immediately take stock of the assets of Department of Sports including SAI, and devise a system for revenue
New Delhi: Commonwealth Games gold medallist boxer Manoj Kumar today lashed out at Kapil Dev, saying the Arjuna Award is a "fitting reply" from him to the former India cricket captain, who had earlier refused
New Delhi: With Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal agreeing in principle to Terry Walsh's demands, the ball is now in the Australian's court to take a call on whether to continue as India's chief hockey coach
New Delhi: In a major setback for Indian hockey, the men's national team chief coach Terry Walsh today officially quit from his post after his contractual talks with Hockey India and the SAI broke down
New Delhi: The three-member panel formed to look into the demands of Terry Walsh to stay on as the chief coach of the national hockey team could not arrive at a decision on the issue
New Delhi: Sports Authority of India today terminated the services of Dr P M S Chandran as its medical consultant with immediate effect “for gross indiscipline and spreading disinformation” following the controversy surrounding the pregnancy
New Delhi: Olympic bronze medallist boxer M C Mary Kom today came out in support of the controversial pregnancy tests conducted by Sports Authority of India on World Championships-bound women pugilists, saying that it was
New Delhi: After a high-drama exit of Indian men's hockey team chief coach Terry Walsh, who resigned following a ‘pay dispute' with the Sports Authority of India (SIA), the SAI DG Jiji Thomson has assured
New Delhi: Australian Terry Walsh, who resigned as Indian men's hockey team chief coach today because of a "pay dispute", hinted that he was ready to reconsider his decision if he was given a new
Bangalore: Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra will be training elite young shooters at a two-day workshop here, starting Monday, hosted by the Sports Authority of India (SAI).This unique workshop is hosted by GoSports Foundation, a non-profit
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