Navjeet Kaur fails dope test, gets three-year suspension

Navjeet Kaur fails dope test, gets three-year suspension

A few months after Tokyo Olympic finalist Kamalpreet Kaur failed a dope test, another leading woman discus thrower Navjeet Kaur Dhillon has run into dope trouble. Navjeet, the fifth-best discus thrower in Asia this year and the 2018 Commonwealth Game bronze medallist, failed an out-of-competition dope test conducted by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) in […]

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Delhi HC forces Sports Code on Indian Olympics Association

Delhi HC forces Sports Code on Indian Olympics Association

Compliance with the Sports Code is non-negotiable, the Delhi High Court said on Tuesday while reigning in a slew of reforms for the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) including appointing a three-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) to take over its affairs. It is high time that structural reforms are implemented to remove the mismanagement in the […]

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Nikhat gifts PM Modi boxing gloves, Hima gives traditional gamocha

Nikhat gifts PM Modi boxing gloves, Hima gives traditional gamocha

PM deModi, on Saturday, hosted the Indian contingent at his residence to felicitate the players. PM deModi, on Saturday, hosted the Indian contingent at his residence to felicitate the players. Indian athletes expressed their elation at being honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their superlative showing at Birmingham Commonwealth Games with Nikhat Zareen gifting […]

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PM Modi hosts India’s Commonwealth Games contingent

PM Modi hosts India’s Commonwealth Games contingent

The Indian athletes produced a sensational show in Birmingham, claiming 61 medals, including 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze. The Indian athletes produced a sensational show in Birmingham, claiming 61 medals, including 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze. The golden period of Indian sports is knocking on the doors, said Prime Minister Narendra […]

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General Pande felicitates Army’s Commonwealth Games team

General Pande felicitates Army’s Commonwealth Games team

Eight sportspersons from the Indian Army earned medals in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games Eight sportspersons from the Indian Army earned medals in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games Of the 18 participants from the Indian Army who were part of the Indian squad in the recently concluded Commonwealth games, eight sportspersons have earned medals for the […]

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CWG 2022 | Hard to digest but need to move on: Harmanpreet Singh on India’s hockey final loss

CWG 2022 | Hard to digest but need to move on: Harmanpreet Singh on India’s hockey final loss

India lost 0-7 against Australia in the gold medal match of Commonwealth Games in Birmingham India lost 0-7 against Australia in the gold medal match of Commonwealth Games in Birmingham The bitter loss to Australia in the Commonwealth Games final is “hard to digest” but the Indian hockey team will have to move on, said […]

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CWG 2022 — I need to forget the 3000m steeplechase silver first, says Avinash Sable

CWG 2022 — I need to forget the 3000m steeplechase silver first, says Avinash Sable

‘I have to restart training as if I have not achieved anything. I do feel happy. But the main focus is to be better and not think that I have done something extraordinary.’ ‘I have to restart training as if I have not achieved anything. I do feel happy. But the main focus is to […]

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Sable, Eldhose, Aboobacker return to a rousing welcome at the SAI South Centre

Sable, Eldhose, Aboobacker return to a rousing welcome at the SAI South Centre

  When Avinash Sable, Eldhose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker departed for the twin — World Athletics Championship and Commonwealth Games — events, each went with a different target and a different dream. For triple-jumpers Eldhose and Aboobacker, it was all about getting a personal best at what would be their debuts on the international stage. […]

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CWG 2022 | Sable soars, Paul leaps, Sharath sizzles to script India’s success story

CWG 2022 | Sable soars, Paul leaps, Sharath sizzles to script India’s success story

India finished a commendable fourth place at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games India finished a commendable fourth place at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games Slipping out of the usual top-five was seen as a real possibility in absence of shooting but phenomenal success in athletics and lawn bowls propelled India to a commendable fourth place finish at […]

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