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Rio De Janeiro, Jul 31: Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev launched the first challenge against International Olympic Committee sanctions excluding them from the Rio Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hold an emergency session in Rio on Sunday to hear there case, just five days before the start of the Games, according to sources close to the case. The move

Rio de Janeiro, Jul 31: International Olympic Committee leaders on Saturday started talks dominated by fallout from the Russian doping crisis as a Russian swimmer appealed against his Rio Olympics ban just six days before the start of the Games. London Olympics bronze medallist Vladimir Morozov became the first to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against an IOC order to international

Berlin, Jul 30: Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger on Friday announced his retirement from international duty with immediate effect. The 31-year-old Manchester United midfielder, who won his 120th and final cap in Germany’s 2-0 defeat to France in the semi-finals of Euro 2016, revealed the news on his official Twitter account. He retires from die Mannschaft with his Old Trafford future in the

New Delhi, Jul 30: A day after Narsingh Yadav's dope scandal hearing got over, there was no clarity today over when the NADA's Anti-Doping Disciplinary Penal will announce its final verdict, which will decide the wrestler's Rio Olympics fate. After the conclusion of the two-day hearing on Narsingh's dope positive case on Thursday, the NADA counsel had said that the verdict would come either

Rio de Janeiro, Jul 29: Sabotage by unhappy workers may have caused water and gas leaks, blocked toilets and electrical faults that slowed teams from moving into the athletes' village, Rio Olympic, organisers said. "We are considering isolated cases, but we haven't seen enough to say it was an organised sabotage thing," Rio spokesman Mario Andrada said yesterday. He said the most likely cause was

New Delhi, Jul 28: He stopped short of saying retirement but India's long-serving national boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu has hinted at stepping down from his position after next month's Olympics, saying that he wants to "rest" post the Rio campaign. First appointed coach in 1993, Sandhu had decided to step down following the 2012 Olympics but was brought back in 2013 by the Sports Authority of

New Delhi, Jul 27: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has sent Praveen Rana's name as replacement for Narsingh Yadav, caught in a doping scandal, for the Rio Olympics in 74kg freestyle category in case the former fails to clear the charges against him before the NADA panel today. Wrestling Federation of India had kept Rana and Jitender as stand-bys for Narsingh, which had ruled out Sushil

New Delhi, Jul 26: London Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt on Tuesday threw his weight behind Narsingh Yadav, who had flunked a dope test, jeopardising India's chance of a medal in the 74kg weight category at the upcoming the Rio Games. Barely 10 days ahead of the quadrennial extravaganza in Brazil, Narsingh's dope test came positive on Sunday, which he claimed was a conspiracy

New Delhi, Jul 26: Just a few days after wrestler Narshing Yadav was caught for doping, another Rio Olympics qualified athlete Inderjeet Singh, a shot putter, has failed a dope test as his 'A' sample returned positive for a banned substance. 28-year-old Inderjeet, the reigning Asian Champion, tested positive for a banned steroid and he has been informed by National Anti-Doping Agency. His out-of

New Delhi, Jul 25: The Wrestling Federation of India today threw its weight behind Narsingh Yadav, whose Olympic participation is in serious doubt after a failed dope test, saying the grappler is a victim of conspiracy. Doubting foul play, WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said the federation believes Narisingh is innocent and will support him to the hilt. "The federation believes Narsingh