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Dope cheat may have called it quits

Wednesday 6 June '07

Kerala’s rising athletics star Jasmine Joseph, under a doping cloud, seems to have quit athletics. After the unfortunate incident
Unfit Anju loses ranking

Thursday 31 May '07

India’s ace long jumper Anju Bobby George’s dropping out of world rankings can be blamed not only on her poor form, but also on her inability to get out of injury.
New import licence policy adds more ammunition

Wednesday 30 May '07

There is good news for the shooting fraternity. The new arms import policy of the government, to be announced shortly, is expected to give a real shot in the arm to the shooters.
AFI unveils its world plan

Wednesday 9 May '07

Unlike in the past, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has formulated a plan that could pay dividends in the Osaka World Athletics Championship this August.
Kartar group pins down its rivals

Monday 23 April '07

Faces grappling issues, IWF asks WFI to clear Rs 8 lakh in arrears
3-member team leaves, seeking a morale lift at Asian meet

Friday 20 April '07

Even as the first batch of a three-member team of lifters was getting ready to leave for Tai’an City to participate in the Asian Weightlifting Championships...
Voices from the past

Saturday 10 March '07

KN Sharma,who has been associated with hockey for over 30 years as assistant national coach of the national and junior teams for both men and women, recounts the changes that he has witnessed at Shivaji Stadium.
Lost in transit

Saturday 10 March '07

The face of the Capital city is changing for good. In about three months, structures that you had grown used to, visited on lazy afternoons and on electric match nights, will have slowly crumbled under reconstruction’s zeal, waiting for newer, brighter sporting monuments to sprout. All for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Good or bad is a different debate. Today Navneet Singh presents you a handbook of memories to store away.
IOA forced to form panel to look into doping issue

Wednesday 7 March '07

Dr Manmohan Singh, Indian Olympic Association man-in-charge of doping-related cases told this correspondent this morning that doping allegations at the Guwahati National Games, were all “speculations”.
Ban lifted, but picture still gloomy

Friday 2 March '07

Sydney bronze medallist Karnam Malleswari could well be part of the squad that will go to the Asian Weightlifting Championship to be held in China from April 22.
IOA AGM sidesteps doping issues

Thursday 21 December '06

As expected, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) constitution today underwent a major change at its AGM here.
Mansher wins trap title at Nationals

Tuesday 19 December '06

It was a good day for international shooter Mansher Singh, who managed to hold his nerve in a crunch situation...
Dope or no dope, Seema says she won’t go to Doha

Saturday 9 December '06

While Secretary, Sports Madhukar Gupta told The Indian Express that Seema would not be traveling to Doha as she had tested positive for a banned substance, the Athletic Federation of India put out a statement saying the athlete was innocent and gave her the go-ahead for Doha.
Handballers’ Doha trip: No frills but strings attached

Wednesday 6 December '06

‘You don’t get these certificates for Rs 27,000. The Games certificate carries lot of weight in future. It will add to our credentials when applying for a job’
Seema at home means Rs 20 lakh down the drain

Tuesday 5 December '06

The dope cloud over discus thrower Seema Antil means a blow to India's image in international sporting circles but it also means the huge amount spent on the star athlete's training proving to be a bad investment.
Star discus-thrower Seema is back as India comes under Asiad dope cloud

Sunday 3 December '06

Just a day after the opening ceremony of the Doha Asian Games, India has come under a dope cloud.
Seema Antil throws a spanner in AFI wheels

Friday 1 December '06

Discus thrower Seema Antil may give a skip to the Doha Games. The thrower, who was training at Muscat along with 12 other athletes, returned home last week quietly.
The golden guns

Sunday 26 November '06

The shooting fraternity ison Cloud Nine thee days. And they have every reason to be.
Punia is a good bet

Sunday 26 November '06

The country’s top women’s discus thrower Krishan Punia is considered to be the best bet for a medal.
Surekha scales record high

Tuesday 24 October '06

Vaulter V S Surekha gave her best to establish a new national record of 4.08m in the women’s pole vault during the fourth national circuit meet held at the NIS Campus.
Surekha scales record high

Monday 23 October '06

Vaulter V S Surekha gave her best to establish a new national record of 4.08m in the women’s pole vault during the fourth national circuit meet held at the NIS Campus.
Manipur fencer seeks asylum in UK, claims life in danger at home

Thursday 19 October '06

Indian fencer Rupaya Langajam of Manipur, who had deserted the national fencing squad in Belfast last month, surfaced in England on Wednesday and sought political asylum, saying she feared for her life if she returned.
Kenyans run away with marathon titles

Monday 16 October '06

The Kenyan domination of long-distance running has to be seen to be believed. The second edition of the Hutch Delhi Half Marathon threw two newcomers...
Real drug culprits are never caught: Steve Cram

Sunday 15 October '06

Steve Cram, who ran in the footsteps of his more illustrious predecessors — Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett — brings to mind the “golden era” of British middle-distance running.
Marathon star seeks new high

Saturday 14 October '06

Former South African distance runner has set high goals for herself. Climbing Mount Everest is one of them. “I want to climb the highest peak in the world in 2008
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