The OCA's decision came in the wake of the suspension imposed on IOA by the International Olympic Committee earlier this month. ...
06:07 PM, Dec 18, 2012
The national record-holder in the 3000m steeple chase, who finished 13th in her event at the London Olympics, speaks to IBNLive about her future plans. ...
04:21 PM, Dec 14, 2012
The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) has provisionally suspended the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF). Where does that put our boxers? ...
12:37 PM, Dec 11, 2012
I've been in the throes of my third novel Sita's Curse and hence more or less cut off from the civilized world, preferring to live ...
12:06 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Athletics Federation of India chief Adille Sumariwala expressed shock at Santhi's condition. ...
12:42 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: A dark side of Indian athletics has come to the fore yet again as 2006 Doha Asiad silver medallist Santhi Soundarajan works as a daily wage labourer in a brick factory, as reported by the national daily Times of India. This came after she was stripped off her medal for failing a gender test. It was only downhill from there, Santhi's name and achievements were erased from the...
11:23 AM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: The government has decided to give out of turn promotions to sportspersons who win medals in international events like Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Championships. The union cabinet on Thursday approved a policy to give up to three out of turn promotions in the service for winning medals to sportspersons. The decision was announced on Friday. Officials said the sportsperson winning a medal or more...
03:10 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: The six Indian women athletes, who were caught for steroid doping last year, lost their case in the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne, Switzerland as it upheld the IAAF's appeal to impose two-year ban on them. A NADA panel had handed a lenient one-year ban on the six quartermilers, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, on the ground that they did not know that...
11:04 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Kolkata: Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and committing rape, on Sunday sought police protection and filed a theft complaint against her live-in partner on whose complaint she was arrested in West Bengal June 14. "I was out of my house for almost a month and when I returned many of my belongings were missing so I have lodged a police complaint. I have also...
07:26 PM, Jul 15, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik on Wednesday claimed that she was being blackmailed and framed by her roommate. Speaking to CNN-IBN after walking out of the jail, Pinki said, "My roommate used to blackmail me over my photographs and now she framed me." Pinki also claimed injustice as she said she was arrested without a medical test. "I was sent to jail without carrying out a medical test....
12:19 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik finally walked out of jail after 26 days on Wednesday. After walking out of the jail, Pinki said that she was being framed on rape charges by her live-in partner. "I will consult my lawyer and decide my next course of action. I have been framed and that woman is still trying to frame me," Pinki said. Pinki was granted bail by the...
10:03 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, accused of raping a woman, is likely to be released from a Dum Dum Central Correctional Home in Kolkata on Wednesday. She was granted bail by the North 24 Parganas district court on Tuesday. Pinki was arrested on June 14 following allegations of rape against her. The former middle-distance runner, who had won the 4x400m relay gold in the 2006 Doha Asian Games,...
06:45 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, accused of raping a woman, has been granted bail by the North 24 Parganas district court on Tuesday. Pinki was arrested on June 14 following allegations of rape against her. The former middle-distance runner, who had won the 4x400m relay gold in the 2006 Doha Asian Games, has been accused of being a male and of allegedly raping her live-in partner. Her 30-year-old...
01:22 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: After the uproar over arrested athlete Pinki Pramanik's video which was allegedly taken during her gender test, human rights activists now want her to be shifted to a women's cell, until her results are out. Pramanik's lawyers say that her live-in partner, who had claimed the sprinter raped and tortured her, may have recorded the video clip. Human rights activists have filed a complaint and demanded that Pinki...
11:59 AM, Jul 04, 2012
Kolkata: Alleging sexual harassment of Asiad gold medalist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently under judicial custody for "rape", a civil rights group on Tuesday sought West Bengal rights panel's help in the case. Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) has requested the West Bengal Human Rights Commission's intervention in the matter. "Until proved otherwise, Pinki is a female and the way the police are...
08:00 AM, Jul 04, 2012
Kolkata: Even as Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik fights a legal battle after accused of being a male and arrested for alleged rape, a video showing the athlete completely naked and undergoing tests at a private nursing home has gone viral online. The 29-second clip was reportedly circulated after Pinki underwent a gender verification test at a private nursing home in North 24 Parganas district where the sprinter was...
08:35 AM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: Athlete Pinki Pramanik is likely to undergo another gender verification test in Kolkata on Monday. An 11-member medical team will conduct the tests at SSKM hospital. The results of the tests will be submitted to the Chiej Judicial Magistrate's Court. Pinki was arrested last after a woman filed a police complaint alleging that Pinki is actually a man and had raped her. earlier, Pramanik was remanded to 14...
11:11 AM, Jun 25, 2012
Kolkata: The gender of Asian Games gold medalist Pinki Pramanik could not be established at the Barasat General Hospital on Tuesday as it did not have the facilities, and the case was sought to be referred to the better equipped SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. "There was ambiguity in the reports we got. We don't have the facilities for chromosome and hormone tests. We did the ultrasonography, but all the tests...
07:44 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games athletics gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently remanded to judicial custody for alleged rape, underwent a gender determination test on Monday, the result of which will be declared Tuesday, police said. "Pramanik today (Monday) underwent a gender determination test at the Barasat Sub-Divisional Hospital (North 24 Parganas) for which a six-member medical board was constituted. The board will give its verdict Tuesday,"...
07:03 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Kolkata: Former Asian Games gold medallist quarter-miler Pinki Pramanik, who was arrested on rape charges after being accused of being a male, was on Friday remanded to 14 days judicial custody. The Eastern Railway athlete, who was a part of the Indian 4x400m women's relay team, was on Friday produced at the sub-divisional judicial magistrate's court that instructed the chief medical health officer to conduct gender verification test. Dr Sukanta...
01:07 PM, Jun 16, 2012
