Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica's twice Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was suspended by her national federation on Tuesday following a positive test for a banned diuretic at a meeting last month.
"The Jamaican Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) can now confirm that a case concerning Mrs Veronica Campbell-Brown is currently ongoing," the Jamaican governing body said in a statement.
"She has been provisionally suspended from competition awaiting the outcome of a disciplinary panel that will be empanelled to hear this case."
The JAAA said the Caribbean island's most successful female athlete had voluntarily withdrawn from competition and accepted the provisional suspension....
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08:27 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Kingston: Twice Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown could avoid a maximum two-year doping ban because she declared a cream containing a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters on Tuesday. Jamaica's most successful female athlete tested positive for a diuretic, which can be used to mask the use of performance-enhancing drugs, at the International Invitational World Challenge on May 4. The sources said the banned drug was...
11:24 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Los Angeles: Hollywood actor George Clooney might be dating former wrestler Stacey Keibler, but his ex-girlfriend Lisa Snowdown says he stays in touch with her as well. Clooney dated Snowdown on and off from 2000 to 2005 and Snowdown says they are good friends now, reports contactmusic.com. "I haven't seen him for a while, but we text one another. He is a good guy. There are some people in your...
05:53 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Los Angeles: Actor Tom Hiddleston reportedly will not be reprising his role as Loki in Joss Whedon's 'The Avengers' sequel. The 32-year-old actor, who played villainous Asgardian god Loki in the first film, is unlikely to return for the action blockbuster's 2015 sequel, according to director Joss Whedon, reported Empire magazine. "Everyone is going to be looking for the Loki-Hulk smash moment and you'll be looking for 'quim'. First of...
11:30 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Goregaon: A 3-year-old girl was run over and killed in Goregaon by a car allegedly being driven by a teenager. The incident took place on Monday night at suburban Goregaon near Hypercity mall. The minor, identified as Lado Gupta, was run over allegedly by the vehicle of Raunak Desai. 19-year-old Raunak, son of former Mumbai corporator Sameer Desai and a relative of Congress leader Gurudas Kamat, was allegedly behind the...
08:45 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Kolkata: Hundreds of musicians, technicians and artists from West Bengal are set to participate in a protest against piracy, digitisation and indiscriminate Internet music download June 20 here in the wake of Music World deciding to shut its landmark store in the hep and stylish Park Street. The decision by top singers and audio companies to organise a protest comes in the aftermath of the "shocking" disclosure that India's premier...
06:54 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Los Angeles: Actress Salma Hayek never considered beauty to be her first priority and that's why she never tried to be as beautiful as she can be. "I know people have always thought I was beautiful, but I have never tried to be as beautiful as I can be," InStyle magazine quoted the 46-year-old as saying, reports eonline.com. "I could do a lot more like exercise, or not eat dessert...
03:53 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Dan Brown has been a favourite. I have read all his books and according to me, Digital Fortress and Angels & Demons are his best works so far. His latest release Inferno was one of the most anticipated books of 2013 and I was so looking forward to it. The book is based on Inferno, Dante Alighieri's description of journey through hell in his well-known work "The Divine Comedy". The...
06:06 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Factbox on Rafael Nadal who won his eighth French Open tennis title on Sunday: MAKING HIS NAME - Born in Manacor, Mallorca, June 3, 1986. - His uncle Miguel Angel Nadal enjoyed a successful career as a professional footballer, notably for Barcelona and Spain. - The naturally right-handed Nadal switched to being a left-handed player after his coach and mentor Toni Nadal, also his uncle, noted that it would give...
10:17 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Dehradun: A total of 631 cadets passed out of the Indian Military Academy here on Saturday after completing the rigorous course to join the Indian Army as officers. Before being formally commissioned into the Army, the cadets walked in files at the famed Drill Square set against the historic Chetwode Building of the Academy as the Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne took the ceremonial salute. Apart from the 631 Indian...
11:05 PM, Jun 08, 2013
London: Tottenham winger Andros Townsend has been banned from football for four months for violating betting rules. The Football Association announced the sanction on Tuesday, saying three months of the ban have been suspended until July 2016. The sanction was backdated to May 23 when Townsend withdrew from the England under-21 squad. The FA says the player was also fined 18,000 pounds ($27,000). Townsend was charged with breaches "in relation...
07:27 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Cairo: Egypt's top court ruled on Sunday that parliament's Muslim Brotherhood-led upper house was illegal but could stay on until elections, dealing the Islamists a moral blow but letting them keep their grip on lawmaking for now. The decision resolves an area of legal uncertainty hanging over a political transition repeatedly upset by the courts. The ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court upheld the upper house's right, as set out...
06:58 AM, Jun 03, 2013
London: Pop singer Jennifer Lopez loves Rihanna and her former boyfriend Chris Brown and would want them to get back together. The 43-year-old believes that everyone deserves a second chance and is hopeful that the couple will get back together soon, reported Daily star. "I feel like Rihanna is, believe it or not, a girl's girl. She doesn't hate on people, you know what I mean? She kind of just...
05:35 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Bellary: A fire broke out in a pulses and spices godown in an industrial area in Bellary in the wee hours on Sunday. Electric short circuit was stated be the cause of the fire that broke out in the godown belonging to the firm Sai Balaji Cold Storage India Limited, fire force officials said. "Six fire tenders are still engaged in the putting out the fire that will take another...
04:16 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Kolkata: Eight persons received burn injuries when a fire broke out in two godowns in North Kolkata's Cossipore area on Saturday night. The injured were admitted to state-run RG Kar medical college and hospital. 14 fire tenders were engaged to fight the blaze which was brought under control after midnight. A disaster management team of Kolkata police joined the firemen in fighting the blaze which swept through two godowns at...
01:59 AM, Jun 02, 2013
Little Rock: A "large and extremely dangerous" tornado that touched down west of Oklahoma City on Friday, causing some damage, was headed toward the city, and a tornado emergency has been declared in the area, the National Weather Service said. Weather Service meteorologists and storm spotters were tracking the tornado just west of Yukon, a suburb of Oklahoma City, the agency said in a statement. They said it touched down...
07:22 AM, Jun 01, 2013
A mile-wide tornado has touched down west of Oklahoma City where it has done damage and it is headed toward Oklahoma City, Oklahoma television station KFOR reported. The tornado overturned vehicles and did damage along Interstate 40, the station reported. The National Weather Service has declared a tornado emergency, which is more severe than a warning, for the area. ...
06:18 AM, Jun 01, 2013
New Delhi: Flipkart will close its nascent music download service, Flyte, due to problems of music piracy and micro-payments. Flyte, which was started on February 27 last year allows people to download music at affordable prices. Flipkart claims the Flyte has about 100,000 customers. Flipkart has also sent an email to Flyte announcing that the Flyte MP3 store was shutting down (full text below). Flipkart Head (Digital Media and Payments)...
07:18 AM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: Rapper Honey Singh's YouTube channel, which features all his recent music releases and live performances, has crossed the mark of 100,000 subscribers. The Punjabi singer, who shot to fame with his tracks like 'Brown Rang', 'High Heels' and 'Satan', says the feedback from his fans motivates him to work better. "YouTube has played a very important role in ensuring the music I create reach global audience and helps...
05:21 PM, May 27, 2013
