Parveen Rana to replace Narsingh Yadav for Rio Olympics

Roger Federer to miss Rio Olympics due to knee injury

Swiss Roger Federer will miss next month's Rio Olympics and remainder of the season due to a knee problem. Federer, the current world number three, made the announcement in a Facebook post. He said, he underwent a knee surgery earlier this year and needs extensive rehabilitation. The 17-tim...

Narsingh to get final chance to prove innocence before NADA panel tomorrow

Narsingh Yadav will get a final chance to prove his innocence when he faces the NADA disciplinary committee tomorrow. Narsingh's dope test came positive barely 10 days before the start of the Olympics and he cried foul, saying it was a conspiracy against him.Wrestling Federation of India (W...

Narsingh won't take part in Rio if no new development takes place: Goel

Sports Minister Vijay Goel today informed the Rajya Sabha that wrestler Narsingh Yadav is provisionally suspended and if there is no new development, he will not be able to participate in the Rio Olympics. Goel said the government was in the process of setting up 19 centres for specialised games. Th...

Yogeshwar throws his weight behind Narsingh

Olympic medal winning wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt today joined the chorus of support for Narsingh Yadav, caught in a dope scandal, saying that the matter should be investigated throughly.Narsingh's dope test came positive barely 10 days before the start of the Olympics and he cried foul, saying...

Rio bound shot putter Inderjeet Singh fails dope test

India's Rio Olympics build-up was rocked by another dope scandal after shot putter Inderjeet Singh tested positive for a banned substance but alleged that his sample has been tampered with.28-year-old Inderjeet's 'A' sample has returned positive for a banned subst...

Five Russian canoeists banned from Rio Olympics

Five Russian canoe sprint athletes - including the 2012 Olympic champion Alexander Dyachenko - and seven Swimmers including reigning world 100-meter breaststroke champion Yulia Efimova have been banned from competing at next month's Rio Olympics.The International Canoe Federation (ICF) took...

Ashwin regains top spot in ICC bowler rankings

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has surged to the top of the ICC player rankings for Test bowlers after a superb outing in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua.Ashwin, who was top-ranked in the 2015 year-ending rankings, regained the top spot with his second-innings haul of seven ...

Seven Russian swimmers banned from Rio Olympics

Manavaditya Rathore, Anant Naruka clinch bronze in Junior World Cup

Promising Indian shooter Manavaditya Rathore has won the trap bronze medal in the Champion of Champions match at the Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy. While Manavaditya, son of Athens Olympics silver medallist Col Rajyavardhan Rathore, won the bronze in trap event, Anant Naruka bagged a bronze in...