Inderjeet Singh’s Rio Olympics hopes virtually over after ‘B’ sample returns...
Shot putter Inderjeet Singh's confirmatory B sample also returned positive for banned substances, virtually ending his hopes to compete in the Rio Olympics. The post Inderjeet Singh’s Rio Olympics...
View ArticleNarsingh Yadav’s clean chit in doping case will be reviewed, says WADA
A day after wrestler Narsingh Yadav was exonerated of doping charges by the National Anti-doping Agency (NADA), its parent world body WADA said that it will review the case. The post Narsingh Yadav’s...
View ArticleRio 2016: Dharambir Singh, Olympic-bound sprinter, faces life ban after...
Barely a day after Inderjeet Singh's 'B' sample returned positive, Rio Olympics bound 200m sprint runner Dharambir Singh has allegedly failed his dope test The post Rio 2016: Dharambir Singh,...
View ArticleOlympics 2016: Narsingh Yadav cleared by UWW to participate in Rio Games,...
Cleared by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), Narsingh Yadav on Wednesday got the go ahead of United World Wrestling (UWW) to compete in the Rio Olympics even as he waited for a WADA clearance as...
View ArticleNarsingh Yadav saga proves how rotten Indian sport is, and why things are...
Sabotage. Perjury. Conspiracy. These are the words Indian sport has been dealing with just days before the start of the Rio Games, when we should have been cheering and celebrating the largest...
View ArticleNarsingh Yadav: After doping ‘sabotage’ incident, wrestler trains in secure...
Narsingh Yadav whose Rio Olympics dream seems to be back on the track after the NADA verdict that cleared him, says aim of winning an Olympic medal drove him out of the controversy The post Narsingh...
View ArticleIndia at Rio Olympics 2016: Biggest contingent aims for double medal figures
India's biggest ever contingent would nonetheless be eyeing a historic medal haul when the 31st Olympics – the first ever in South America – get underway in Rio. The post India at Rio Olympics 2016:...
View ArticleRio Olympics 2016: Narsingh Yadav’s clean chit will impact Wada’s war on drugs
No one knows the submissions made by witnesses in the Narsingh Yadav case, but can a witness come forward and admit that he or she had put a particular banned substance in the food or drink of an...
View ArticleRio Olympics 2016: Narsingh Yadav leaves for Brazil; NADA decides against...
Wrestler Narsingh Yadav, cleared to participate in the Rio Olympics by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), has finally flown out to Brazil. The post Rio...
View ArticleInderjeet Singh alleges discrepancy in dope test results, NADA refutes claims
Indian shot putter Inderjeet Singh, who returned positive for banned substances last month, on Thursday alleged that his dope samples might have been tampered with as the National Anti-Doping Agency...
View ArticleRio Olympics 2016: Onus on Narsingh Yadav, Yogeshwar Dutt to end India’s...
India's search for a so far elusive medal at the Rio Olympics will ensure focus on grapplers Yogeshwar Dutt -- London Games bronze medallist -- and Narsingh Yadav who will aim to end the drought during...
View ArticleNarsingh Yadav’s Rio Olympics 2016 particpation in doubt after Wada reject...
Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav's Olympic campaign today hit a massive roadblock after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decided to appeal against the clean chit given to him by NADA in a dope scandal...
View ArticleRio Olympics 2016, day 11: PV Sindhu’s win, Narsingh Yadav’s dope saga
Shuttler PV Sindhu raised serious hopes of breaking India's long-awaited medal quest in the Rio Olympics by storming into the semifinals of the women's singles event with a stunning straight games win...
View ArticleNarsingh Yadav receives WFI backing ahead of CAS verdict that will decide his...
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Wednesday stood firmly behind dope-tainted Narsingh Yadav, whose fate in the Rio Olympics would be determined by the Court of Arbitration of Sports (CAS) in...
View ArticleRio Olympics 2016 Highlights Day 12: Sakshi Malik wins bronze, India get...
Catch all the Live updates from Day 12 of Rio Olympics 2016 as Kidambi Srikanth takes on Lin Dan in Men's badminton quarters, while India's top woman wrestler Vinesh Phogat begins her campaign The post...
View ArticleNarsingh Yadav will be cleared by CAS, sad Wada appealed so late, says Indian...
The appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against clean chit to Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav's participation in the Rio Olympics will come up for...
View ArticlePV Sindhu enters final, Aditi Ashok shines: Highlights from Day 13, Rio...
A day after unheralded grappler Sakshi Malik opened India's medal count with a dramatic bronze-winning effort, shuttler P V Sindhu is all set to further showcase Indian women's capabilities at the...
View ArticleNarsingh Yadav doping saga: CAS delays verdict ahead of wrestler’s Rio...
The Indian contingent received a major boost after the CAS rejected the appeal by the WADA against the clean chit to star wrestler Narsingh Yadav. The post Narsingh Yadav doping saga: CAS delays...
View ArticleNarsingh Yadav slapped with four-year ban by CAS, out of Rio Olympics 2016
In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav was ousted from the Olympics and slapped with a four-year ban for flunking a dope test after Court of Arbitration for Sports...
View ArticleRio Olympics 2016: Narsingh Yadav was defeated by his own, should initiate a...
Dejected by the four-year ban imposed on Narsingh Yadav by CAS, the Indian Olympic Association has said that the embattled wrestler has been "defeated by compatriots" rather than opponents. The post...
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