About 70 Russian athletes arrive in Rio de Janeiro to participate in Olympic Games

About 70 Russian athletes arrived at an airport in Rio de Janeiro to take part in the Rio Olympic Games . The final lineup of the Russian team still remains undecided even though the Games will begin next week. Sixteen of 17 Russian wrestlers have been cleared to compete in the Rio Olympics by inter...

106 Russian athletes excluded from national team for Rio Olympics

A total of 106 Russian athletes from 7 sports had been excluded from the national team for the Rio Olympic Games over the doping scandal. This includes the entire track and field team. Russia had initially planned to send 387 athletes to the Rio Games.Meanwhile, about 70 Russian athletes arrived at ...

2nd Cricket Test between India & West Indies to begin tomorrow<br/>

The second Cricket Test between India and the West Indies will begin in Kingston, Jamaica, tomorrow. The match is slated to start at 8.30 p.m. Indian Time. India lead the four-match series One-nil after thrashing the hosts by an innings and 92 runs in the opening Test played at Antigua. India will l...

Paes-Begemann storm into doubles semis in Italy

Indian Tennis star Leander Paes and his German pair Andre Begemann stormed into doubles semi-final in Thindown ATP Challenger tournament at Biella in Italy. Indo-German pair defeated Brazilian pair of Fabricio Neis and Joao Souza 6-4, 5-7, 10-8 in a quarter-final match yesterday. Third seeded Paes-B...

NADA defers final verdict on Narsingh's case on Saturday or Monday

The suspense over wrestler Narsingh Yadav&apos;s Olympic participation was today prolonged further after the National Anti-Doping Agency deferred its final verdict on the doping scandal surrounding him to Saturday or Monday at the end of a two-day hearing.A day after Narsingh and his lawyers pre...

Russian Olympic team heads to Brazil for Rio Olympics

The Russian Olympic team, hard-hit by a series of doping bans, has gathered at an airport in Moscow to fly to Brazil for the Rio Olympics. They were greeted by public at the Sheremetyevo Airport. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had recommended that Russia be banned from the Games after releasing...

NADA to pronounce its verdict on wrestler Narsingh Yadav today

Narsingh Yadav&apos;s participation in Rio Olympics will be known today after National Anti-Doping Agency&apos;s disciplinary committee pronounces its verdict. The panel adjourned its hearing on the dope scandal surrounding the wrestler yesterday. Meanwhile, it is learnt that Narsingh has al...

At least 85 Russian athletes barred from Rio over doping scandal

At least 85 athletes from the 387-strong Russian Olympic team announced last week have so far been barred from the Rio Games in connection with the country&apos;s doping scandal. International federations in Canoeing and modern Pentathlon ruled out seven , including an Olympic gold medalist, fol...

Sports Minister felicitates Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra

NADA hearing on Narsingh Yadav adjourned, decision today

Narsingh Yadav&apos;s participation in the Rio Olympics will be known today. The National Anti-Doping Agency&apos;s disciplinary panel adjourned its hearing on the dope scandal surrounding the wrestler today. The NADA Committee will pronounce its verdict today.Meanwhile, it is learnt, alread...