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AIU decision can lead to tighter testing & action against trafficking banned substances in India
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which oversees the management of integrity programmes for World Athletics, has flayed the quality of India’s anti-doping programme as being not proportionate to the doping…
Squash needs more concerted all-round support, especially at grassroots level
Does the fact that only three players are directly supported by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ field arm, Sports Authority of India indicate a belief that the Squash…
Yashodhara Raje Scindia set to make history as Chair of EFI Ad Hoc Committee
Former Madhya Pradesh Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia has been named by the Indian Olympic Association to head the four-member ad hoc committee to run the…
Appeal panel revokes Ramesh’s provisional suspension six months after reserving judgement
A National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel, by a majority decision, has revoked the provisional suspension of athletics coach N Ramesh. The Dronacharya Award-winning coach – alleged to have assisted two athletes…
Bib-swapping overtakes doping among integrity issue in distance running events
Is doping the biggest of integrity concerns in the countless distance running events in the country? Certainly not, if the number of participants who are sanctioned by race organisers for…
Panel imposes four-year ban on Twinkle, suggests allowing DNA analysis of samples in future
An international disciplinary tribunal has handed middle-distance runner Twinkle Chaudhary a four-year ban for testing positive for anabolic steroid Methyltestosterone in the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, in…
Pooja Atmaram cops three-year ban for evasion, adds to growing list of distance running dopers
Pooja Atmaram, a 29-year-old distance runner, has accepted a three-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit after evading a test at the end of the IndianOil WNC Navy Half Marathon…
Kartik posts thrilling win over Army runners; Nirmaben tastes victory in women’s race
New Delhi, February 22: Kartik Jayraj Karkera showed that his victory in the Tata Mumbai Marathon was not a flash in the pan when he claimed top prize ahead of a…
Delhi HC allows appointment of ad hoc panel to govern Equestrian sport in India
The High Court of Delhi allowed the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ application to write to the Indian Olympic Association to appoint an ad hoc committee to run the…
Time for Khelo India managers to take lessons from 1342 athlete exits with honest review
News of the exit of 1342 youngsters from the Khelo India Athlete Scheme over the last three years found its way to the newspapers and websites last week. When social…
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