New Delhi: Beijing Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh, allegedly involved in a drug scandal, will not be considered for selection for two upcoming international events for missing the trials. The beleaguered Indian boxer, who has been accused by the Punjab Police of consuming heroin, missed the two-day boxing trials in Patiala and will not be selected in the squad for the events in Cyprus and Cuba which serve as build-up...
02:34 PM, Apr 06, 2013
New York: Lance Armstrong's plan to return to athletic competition was stopped by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) as he was pulled out of a swimming event. Armstrong, who is serving a lifetime ban from Olympic sports because of his doping violations, will not compete in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas this weekend after FINA raised objections on Thursday, reports Xinhua. The 41-year-old...
04:50 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Sports Minister Jitendra Singh told CNN-IBN that WADA rules say that Vijender can be checked for heroin. ...
11:19 AM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: Mounting pressure on India's Olympic champion Vijender Singh, Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the entire episode is disappointing for the youngsters and all the sportspersons. Singh also said that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) allows all drug tests and that Vijender can be checked for heroin as well. Unhappy with the tests carried out by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), the police said that vital...
10:59 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Detroit: Detroit Electric, a startup electric-car maker reviving a brand that dates back more than a century, unveiled its first model on Wednesday: a $135,000, battery-powered sports car that is to go into limited production in August. Founded more than five years ago, Detroit Electric enters a still-nascent market that is struggling to find buyers. One of its would-be rivals, Fisker Automotive, a hybrid-electric sports-car company that hasn't built a...
09:30 AM, Apr 04, 2013
VK Malhotra is accused of vested interest in deliberately delaying the process of getting India's ban from Olympics. ...
06:49 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Chandhok said that Formula One is the pinnacle but his future now lies in sports car racing and the focus in 2013 would be on FIA GT series and Endurance races. ...
06:31 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Vijender has been on leave since the first week of March and has not attended the camp for a day. ...
02:48 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday took exception to politicians and businessmen running sports organisations saying sports persons who should be at the helm of such affairs. Intervening during the speech of Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Sukhda Pandey in favour of the 'Bihar Sports Association Registration, Affiliation and Regulation Bill, 2013,' in the assembly, he said this system was not good for sports persons and sports. ...
01:15 AM, Apr 02, 2013
The Sports Ministry swung into action on Monday and asked the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) to carry out tests on boxer Vijender Singh for alleged drug use. The Ministry's strong statement came hours after the Punjab Police was "advised" by the District Attorney of Fatehgarh Saheb against collecting the Olympian medallist's blood and hair samples for testing. Vijender and fellow boxer Ram Singh are under scrutiny for alleged involvement in...
06:51 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Vijender allegedly consumed heroin 12 times from December 2012 to February 2013 while his colleague Ram Singh took it five times. ...
06:44 PM, Apr 01, 2013
The investigation also reveals that the Vijender and Ram did not actively connive with drug smugglers. ...
10:29 PM, Mar 31, 2013
The son of a former Bihar minister was arrested for stealing two sports utility vehicles (SUVs), police said in Ptna on Saturday. Mukesh Sahni, son of Ramashray Sahni - who was animal husbandry minister in the Lalu Prasad government in the 1990s - was arrested in Belari village in Bihar's Samastipur district for the theft of two SUVs. ...
05:35 AM, Mar 31, 2013
A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a cook, working with the National Institute of Sports In Patiala. 45-year-old Ram Verma raped the victim, a relative, at his official residence outside the NIS campus on Thursday night, police said. He was arrested on Saturday. ...
03:10 AM, Mar 31, 2013
The former Formula One driver will be joined in the car by Jan Seyffarth who has been competing in the German GT series for his family-run team. ...
02:48 PM, Mar 25, 2013
German sportswear major Adidas is stepping up expansion for its sports fashion and lifestyle brand 'Adidas Originals' in India with plans to have up to 20 exclusive stores by the end of the year. ...
11:10 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Australia was rocked by a report that alleged "widespread" doping among professional and amateur athletes, with multiple players and top-flight teams implicated. ...
11:51 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Guatemala have been warned they could be suspended by FIFA after three internationals, including two of the country's most-capped players, had life bans for match-fixing overturned. ...
09:55 AM, Mar 15, 2013
The Russian, 23, is already serving a one-year ban for her first doping offence. ...
12:30 AM, Mar 15, 2013
