NADA raids at SAI facility in Bhopal

Continuing its drive to catch sports drug offenders following the athletics doping scandal, National Anti-Doping Agency NADA yesterday conducted a raid at the Sports Authority of India facility in Bhopal. A team of NADA officials from Delhi and Bhopal checked 38 rooms of sportspersons at the hostels...

NADA raids Sports Authority of India centre in Bhopal

Tokyo to bid for 2020 Olympics

The Japanese Olympic Committee has formally announced that Tokyo will bid to host the 2020 Games as a symbol of Japan's determination to recover from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March. In 2009, Tokyo lost to Rio de Janeiro in the race to host the 2016 Games. Rome and Madrid ha...

Baljit left out probables for Asian Champions Trophy

Goalkeeper Baljit Singh, who made a comeback to the Indian hockey camp after two years in wilderness, could not make the core group and was left out of the 48-strong list of probables for the first Asian Champions Trophy in September.The three-day trials to prune the list of probables for the event ...

Baljit left out probables for Asian Champions Trophy

Goalkeeper Baljit Singh, who made a comeback to the Indian hockey camp after two years in wilderness, could not make the core group and was left out of the 48-strong list of probables for the first Asian Champions Trophy in September.The three-day trials to prune the list of probables for the event ...

MCA elections: Deshmukh defeats Vengsarkar

Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh defeated former Indian captain Dilip Vengsarkar, by 47 votes to become the president of the Mumbai Cricket Association for the next two next years. While Deshmukh, bagged 182 votes, Vengsarkar got 135.Professor Ratnakar Shetty and Vijay Patil, were elected as Vice Pr...

Ramit ,Mahesh in quarter finals of Junior Squash championships

India's Ramit Tandon and Mahesh Mangaonkar today reached the quarter finals of Junior Squash championships being held in Chennai. Eighteen year old Tandon from Kolkata is the first player to participate in world championships for five times consecutively. He defeated his compatriot Abhishek...

Nandi meets Maken, apprises him of doping practices at NIS

A day after he was roughed up by security officials at Patiala, former National Institute of Sports medical officer Dr Sajib Nandi on Thursday said he has "substantial evidence" to back his claim of organised doping going on at the institute with involvement of top officials.Nandi,...

Dhoni in dilemma over choice between Yuvraj and Raina

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will face a tough task of opting between Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina for the number five spot in the first Test between India and England in the Lord's next week.It would be quite a dilemma for Dhoni when he will have to choose either Yuvraj or Raina -- ...

Brazil beats Ecuador 4-2 to reach Copa quarters

Alexandre Pato and Neymar scored two goals each as defending champions Brazil hit form with a 4-2 win over Ecuador to secure a Copa America quarterfinals spot.Brazil finished atop Group B and advanced to a knockout match against Paraguay. Ecuador was eliminated.Pato scored with a header in the 28th ...