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Sakshi, who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been struggling for long and has been dropped from the Scheme. She had crashed out in the opening round of the 62kg women’s category in Nur-Sultan. read more

The Jalpaiguri-born athlete was promised a plot of land in close proximity of the Sports Authority of India Eastern Centre in Saltlake to facilitate her training. read more

India has so far won two Olympic medals in boxing -- Vijender Singh won the bronze in 2008 Beijing Games while Mary Kom won the bronze in 2012 London Games. read more

The incident allegedly took place in Mapusa, a town in North Goa but the date of the incident is as yet not clear read more

SAI’s team division in its administrative sanction on August 26 also mentioned that IOA should inform state Olympic units so that all Tokyo hopefuls can take part in the trials. read more

Despite it’s importance as a tournament where many athletes will be trying to hit the qualification mark for the World Championships in September, there was no dope testing at the meet. read more

Muhammed Anas clocked the timing of 32.41 seconds to claim the first spot in the event. India’s Nirmal Tom also clinched a bronze medal in the same event by clocking a timing of 33.03 seconds. read more

In the Annual Report released by the National Anti-doping Agency on Wednesday, bodybuilding produced 60 dope positive cases but it was weightlifting which leads the chart among olympic sports. read more

The Goa government had said it was not in a position to host the National Games in November this year because of lack of infrastructure. read more

Poonam even called the police as her vehicle was parked inside. The authorities alleged she was found ‘coaching’ during competition at the range on several occasions and was duly warned. Private coaching during competition is banned. read more

Mary Kom, who reached here Saturday, trained at the Sports Authority of India Centre ahead of the five-day tournament to be held at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium. read more

A similar stalemate before the World Cups in Baku (March 14-17) and Doha (March 20-23) had resulted in only two gymnasts each getting the nod at the last minute. read more

The Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) Teams Division cleared Kailash, coach with the All India Police Sports Control Board (AIPSCB), to train the women’s compound team preparing for Shanghai. read more

According to documents accessed by HT, financial assistance amounting to more than Rs 20 crore, from December 2018 to March 2019, to regional centres responsible for running residential schemes is still pending. read more

The workshop was aimed at giving athletes insights into off-field issues like addressing the media after a competition, drawing up legal contracts for brand endorsements among other things. read more