Was under pressure in 2010 Asian Games to defend my Doha gold: Pankaj Advani
Other Sports | October 23, 2020 15:37 ISTAdvani had won the gold medal in billiards in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha and was entering Guangzhou as the defending champion.
Advani had won the gold medal in billiards in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha and was entering Guangzhou as the defending champion.
The 26-year-old will skip Saturday's virtual ceremony for the National Sports Awards distribution.
The 28-year-old was supposed to travel to Dubai for the camp along with fellow swimmers Srihari Nataraj and Khushagra Rawat.
The Indian quartet of Mohammed Anas, MR Poovamma, Hima Das and Arokia Rajiv had clocked 3:15:71 behind Bahrain (3:11:89).
According to a reliable source in the Pakistan Amateur Athletics Federation, Mohammed Naeem (110m hurdles) and Mehboob Ali (400m) who had won gold medals and Sami Ullah (100m) the bronze medal winner, have failed the dope test.
Dingko Singh headed to the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in an ambulance, straight from the airport.
AIU has banned the athlete for a period of ineligibility of two years commencing on September 24, 2019.
As part of bilateral promotion, Kho Kho 'test matches' have been played between India and England and India and Nepal and the next 'test match' is planned between India and Sri Lanka.
India collected 174 gold, 93 silver and 45 bronze after ten days of competitions in the 13th edition to surpass the 309 (189 gold, 90 silver and 30 bronze) it had won in the previous edition in Guwahati and Shillong in 2016.
The Indian athletes also won 12 silver and 3 bronze to end Day 8 with 294 medals (159 gold, 91 silver and 44 gold) to further widen the gap with second-placed Nepal who have collected 195 medals (49 gold, 54 silver and 92 bronze).
India are comfortably at the top of the medal tally at the South Asian Games with 110 gold medals.
Maldives women team's tough run at the South Asian Games continued as the side was bowled out for 8 runs against Nepal.
India bagged 10 medals in badminton at the 13th South Asian Games in Nepal.
The squad is a mixture of top athletes and some talented youngsters.
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