Category: Other Sports

WADA suspends Beijing anti-doping lab for four months

Beijing, April 22 (IANS) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced on Friday it has suspended accreditation of the National Anti-Doping Laboratory…

9 years ago

Germany’s Junghaenel wins 50m rifle prone at shooting World Cup

Rio de Janeiro, April 22 (IANS) German shooter Henri Junghaenel clinched his fourth shooting World Cup gold medal in the…

9 years ago

Advani enters Asian Snooker Championship semis

Doha, April 21 (IANS) Indian star Pankaj Advani stormed into the semifinals of the Asian Snooker Championship here on Thursday.…

9 years ago

Gagan, Chain on track at shooting World Cup

Rio de Janeiro, April 21 (IANS) Indian shooters Gagan Narang and Chain Singh will be vying for a spot in…

9 years ago

Argentinian rugby player suspended for 29 years

Buenos Aires, April 21 (IANS) Buenos Aires Rugby Union (URBA) has handed out a 29-year suspension to Pucara Club prop…

9 years ago

Rio Olympic flame to stay outside stadium

Rio de Janeiro, April 21 (IANS) In a break from tradition followed at previous Olympics, the flame for the Rio…

9 years ago

Melbourne crowned ‘sports city of the decade’

Melbourne, April 21 (IANS) The Australian city of Melbourne has been named the world's best sporting city of the past…

9 years ago

Advani enters pre-quarters of Asian Snooker Championship

Doha, April 20 (IANS) Pankaj Advani defeated Iraq's Alijali Ali 4-1 to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Snooker Championship…

9 years ago

Rio Olympic flame lighting rehearsal held at Games birthplace

Ancient Olympia (Greece), April 20 (IANS) The rehearsal of the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame, which will be burning…

9 years ago

Jitu finishes sixth at shooting World Cup

Rio de Janeiro, April 20 (IANS) India's Jitu Rai finished sixth in the men's 50 metres pistol event on the…

9 years ago

Oliveira sets South American 100m freestyle record

Rio de Janeiro, April 20 (IANS) Brazilian swimmer Larissa Oliveira set her second South American record in three days when…

9 years ago

Jitu finishes sixth at shooting World Cup

Rio de Janeiro, April 20 (IANS) India's Jitu Rai finished sixth in the men's 50m pistol event on the fifth…

9 years ago

‘Meldonium ban politically-motivated move against Russian athletes’

Moscow, April 19 (IANS) The decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to include Meldonium in the list of the…

9 years ago

Dipa wins gold at Olympic test event

Rio de Janeiro, April 19 (IANS) Having created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the…

9 years ago

Russia’s Maslennikov wins 10m air rifle at Olympic test event

Rio De Janeiro, April 19 (IANS) Russia's Vladimir Maslennikov recovered from a poor start to win his first shooting World…

9 years ago

Meldonium inventor certain ban will be lifted after Rio Olympics

MOscow, April 18 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will have to exclude drug Meldonium from its list of banned…

9 years ago

Tripura celebrates Dipa’s Olympic qualification

By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, April 18 (IANS) Cheer and joy gripped Tripura since early Monday after local girl Dipa Karmakar,…

9 years ago

Dipa’s journey to Olympics a saga of talent and hard work

Rio De Janeiro, April 18 (IANS) Dipa Karmakar has created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify…

9 years ago

Meldonium should be excluded from WADA list in 2017: Manufacturer

Moscow, April 18 (IANS) Latvian pharmaceutical company Grindex, manufacturer of banned drug Meldonium, seeks the exclusion of the substance from…

9 years ago

Romania’s women miss Olympic gymnastics team berth

Rio de Janeiro, April 18 (IANS) Traditional gymnastics powerhouse Romania has missed out on a place in the women's Olympic…

9 years ago



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