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May 18: Maria Sharapova will attend an International Tennis Federation anti-doping hearing in London on Wednesday, British media reported, with the Russian facing a possible ban of up to four years for failing a drugs test at the Australian Open. The five-times grand slam champion stunned the world in March when she said she had returned a positive test for meldonium, a Latvian-made heart

May 18: Canton of Vaud: Up to 31 athletes from 12 countries could be banned from the Rio Olympics for doping after new tests on samples from the 2008 Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday. The 31 were caught in new tests on 454 Beijing samples using "the very latest scientific analysis methods," the International Olympic Committee said. The re-examination was

Kunshan (China), May 17: Former World No.1 shuttler Saina Nehwal helped Indian eves gather a second consecutive 5-0 win at the Uber Cup, this time thrashing Germany to close in on a quarter-final berth here on Tuesday. The win also made sure India stay in contention to qualify for the quarter-finals from Group D which also includes Japan and Australia. It was 2015 World Championship runner-up

New Delhi, May 17: Left with no other option, two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar moved the Delhi High Court with a plea to direct the Wrestling Federation of India to conduct a selection trial to decide who will represent India in men's 74kg freestyle category at the Rio Games. Sources claimed the HC could hear the matter tomorrow. "We had no option but to take the matter to the court as

Patiala, May 16: Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today ruled out intervention in the Sushil Kumar-Narsingh Yadav selection battle for the Rio Olympics, saying that the matter is for the Wrestling Federation of India to decide. The WFI had sought the Ministry's intervention to resolve the raging furore over whether to give the Olympic ticket to Narsingh, who clinched the quota berth, or hold

New Delhi, May 16: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis produced a spirited fight back as they survived a late onslaught to win their first ever clay-court title in Rome at Italian Open on Sunday. After losing the second set by a wicker,the Indo-Romanian pair rebounded strongly to secure a 6-1, 6-7(5), 10-3 win over recently united Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova

Taipei (Chinese Taipei), May 15: Indian women's squash team ended their successful Asian Team squash Championship with a silver medal as they lost to Malaysia by 0-2 margin in the final, here today. India's performance was better than their bronze-medal finish in the earlier edition of the championship. Just like the league stage, India again lost to the eventual champions in the summit clash

May 14: Confident of beating the best of today even at 52, world record-holding long jumper Mike Powell has announced that he would try to qualify for this year's 2016 Rio Olympic Games. "The state of the long jump is pathetic, I have watched these people jump at the World Championships last year and I know I can beat them. No other sport has fallen behind the way Long Jump has," he said ahead of

Bolton, May 14: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh's rampaging winning streak remained intact as he carved out a sixth successive knockout victory by battering Poland's Andrzej Soldra on Friday. Fighting the first eight-round contest of his fledgling pro career, Vijender completed yet another dominating win barely a minute into the third round. The 30-year-old Indian will next be seen in action on

New Delhi, May 13: Ace Indian pugilist Narsingh Yadav has said that he deserves to go to Rio Olympics ahead of two-time medallist Sushil Kumar since he is better than him in the 74kg category. Speaking to The Times of India, Narsingh Said said that while he has plenty of respect for the legendary wrestler, Sushil wasn't the right candidate for the 74kg category. “Sushil Kumar is a great wrestler