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  News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

  India | July 27, 2016 20:15 IST

  Important stories of the day

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  Brazilian swimmer Etiene Medeiros cleared of doping, to compete at Rio Olympic

  Other Sports | July 01, 2016 13:41 IST

  Brazilian swimmer Etiene Medeiros is free to compete at the Rio Olympic Games in August after being cleared of doping charges.

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  Three Russian Olympic champions tested positive for doping

  Other Sports | January 21, 2015 9:30 IST

  Moscow: Three Russian Olympic gold medalists in race walking were tested positive for abuse of using performance improving drugs, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) said Tuesday.Sergey Kirdyapkin and Olga Kaniskina were banned for three years

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  Leander Paes undergoes dope test

  Tennis | December 25, 2014 7:18 IST

  Mumbai: Indian tennis star Leander Paes underwent a routine dope test conducted by National Anti-doping Agency (NADA) officials Wednesday.“I had early morning visitors...Thanks WADA for keeping my sport clean!!!,” the 41-year-old, who won Olympic bronze

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  No Arjuna Award for Renjith Maheshwary, says ministry

  Other Sports | September 20, 2013 11:46 IST

  New Delhi:  India's triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary suffered a massive set-back Thursday as the sports ministry decided not to give him the Arjuna Award after detailed investigations revealed that the athlete had indeed failed a

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  Will not attend Arjuna Award function: Renjith Maheshwary

  Other Sports | August 31, 2013 16:54 IST

  New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary said Saturday that he will not go for the Arjuna Awards function to be held in later in the day in Rashtrapati Bhawan in the national capital."There has been

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  Pakistan spinner Rehman fails dope test

  Cricket | October 03, 2012 15:35 IST

  Colombo, Oct 3 :  Pakistan spinner Abdul Rehman has failed a doping test during the English county championship while representing Somerset, an official of the Pakistan Cricket Board said Wednesday. Rehman has been withdrawn from the

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  Actors, DJs, fashion designer among those tested positive for drugs

  Bollywood | June 23, 2012 22:22 IST

  Mumbai, Jun 23: Film actors, son of former cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi, a fashion designer and DJs were among the 44 people who tested positive for drugs consumed at a high-profile rave party at a

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  Dope Offenders Should Be Punished: Sania

  Tennis | July 20, 2011 23:03 IST

  Indore, Jul 12: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza on Tuesday expressed disappointment over seven top women track and field athletes flunking dope tests but said that they should be handed stringent punishment if found guilty.Seven

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  Women's World Cup: 2 North Koreans Fail Dope Test

  Football | July 07, 2011 20:45 IST

  Frankfurt, Germany, Jul 7: Two North Korea players failed drug tests at the women's World Cup and the entire team was then subjected to an unprecedented doping control, FIFA said Thursday.Defenders Song Jong Sun and

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  ICC Slaps 3-Month Ban On Upul Tharanga For Failing Dope Test

  Cricket | June 25, 2011 8:25 IST

  Dubai. Jun 25: The International Cricket Council on Friday banned Upul Tharanga for three months after the Sri Lanka opener failed a dope test.The 26-year-old pleaded guilty after taking a herbal remedy during the World

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  Man City's Toure Banned For 6 Months For Positive Dope Test

  Football | May 27, 2011 19:50 IST

  London, May 27: Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has been banned for six months, backdated to March when he was provisionally suspended for a positive doping test.The ban issued by the English Football Association on

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  Jayawardene Dismisses Reports Of Dilshan's Dope Rumour

  Cricket | March 09, 2011 20:04 IST

  Pallekele (Sri Lanka), Mar 9: Sri Lanka vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene today dismissed media reports that star batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan has failed a dope test conducted during the ongoing World Cup. Addressing a press conference one

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  Third Nigerian Fails Dope Test In CWG

  Other Sports | October 15, 2010 19:55 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 15: Doping continued to dog the Commonwealth Games as Nigerian runner Folashade Abugan was today stripped off her women's 400m and 4x400m relay silver medals in the just-concluded event after testing positive

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  Indian Athlete Rani Yadav Suspended After Testing Positive In Dope Test

  India | October 13, 2010 17:36 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 13: Women's 20km road race walker Rani Yadav became the first Indian to fail the dope test in the Commonwealth Games here to bring a pall of gloom into the home country's

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  Nigeria's 100m Winner Flunks Dope Test, 'B' Sample Test Today

  India | October 11, 2010 12:24 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 11: The Commonwealth Games was today rocked by its first doping case when Nigerian women's 100m gold medallist Osayemi Oludamola tested positive for a banned stimulant.  Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell

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  Three Swimmers, Including Two In CWG Team, Fail Dope Test

  India | September 05, 2010 16:07 IST

  New Delhi: Embarrassment piled on India ahead of next month's Commonwealth Games with three swimmers, two of them part of the country's team for the mega-event, flunking dope tests here on Sunday .  Richa Mishra,