India added four gold and one bronze on the third day on Sunday to reign supreme on top of medal standings in the 11th South Asian Games in Dhaka.
'He asked us to spread awareness on social distancing and hygiene. He spoke about how we need Virat's (Kohli) fighting spirit to win this battle'
The Commonwealth Games gold medallist wrestler's journey started in 2005 from a little known tehsil in Beed district called Patoda.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra made the announcement during the send-off ceremony in New Delhi on Monday.
The Sports Ministry dropped para-sports coach Satyanarayana from the list of this year's Dronacharya awardees due to a criminal case pending against him, but made no changes to the names recommended for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards.
Unhappy with the Sports Authority of India's flip-flop over the dope testing episode involving weightlifter Monika Devi, Sports Minister M S Gill on Wednesday appointed former Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy to inquire into all aspects of the matter. Krishnamurthy has been asked to submit his report within a week, sources in the Sports Ministry said.
The 'B' sample test of Manipuri weightlifter Monika Devi, who was stopped from taking part in Beijing Olympics on dope charges, has returned positive for a banned substance in a WADA-accredited laboratory in Tokyo.
World No 1 Bajrang has recently stamped his authority at the Asian Championship in Xi'an, China by clinching a gold medal in the men's 65kg freestyle event.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has suspended Deputy Sports Minister Yury Nagornykh, who was named in a report on the doping of Russian athletes at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the government said on Monday.
China's top backstroke swimmer Ouyang Kunpeng has been banned for life for doping, officials confirmed on Friday, dealing the host nation an embarrassing blow just 42 days before the start of the Beijing Olympics. Ouyang tested positive for the anabolic steroid clenbuterol, Zhao Jian, head of the anti-doping office at the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) confirmed.
The administrators are busy thrashing out resumption plans but with the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of slowing down, India's sportsperson are pleading for caution as discussion rages on whether competitions can resume by August. Top stars from various disciplines want the waiting period to continue, while others pointed out at the loss it would cause in terms of fitness and readiness.
Yamini S snatched another gold medal for India, winning the women's 58 kg weightlifting event and breaking the Games record on the fourth day of the third edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune on Wednesday.
The deadly COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented postponement as the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Japanese government and the athletes world over agreed that Olympics in July-August this year could not have gone ahead in the present circumstances.
'Jaan hai to jahaan hai' 'It's a good decision because everyone is disturbed. Athletes' health is paramount'
The wrestlers will be in action at the same venue, where the weightlifters signed off a phenomenal campaign
Weightlifter L Monika Devi was on Tuesday unanimously chosen ahead of Shailaja Pujari to represent the country at the Beijing Olympic Games after a selection trial in Bangalore, bringing to an end a selection controversy and allegations of bribery. Monika, who won a silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Championships in Japan, in April-May, to book the lone berth for India, will compete in the 69kg category while Shailaja (75kg) will be the reserve lifter.
Bajrang Punia was nominated for the Khel Ratna by the Wrestling Federation of India following his twin gold medals at this year's Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and Jakarta Asian Games.
The World Championship is one of the ten qualifying events for the 2020 Japan Olympics.
Weightlifter Monika Devi, who was forced to give the Beijing Olympics a miss due to bungled dope test, has threatened not to take part in any national or international event until the officials who "wrongly accused" her of failing the test are punished. Monika, a 69kg category lifter, said she is a victim of politics in sports.
Weightlifter Monika Devi was on Saturday cleared of dope charges by Sports Authority of India but there appeared to be little chances of her taking part in the Beijing Olympics.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
'I don't think that I have done anything great. I haven't won any Olympic gold medal.'
The names of flag bearers in order of the country's entry into the Olympic stadium.
A Nigerian woman weightlifter and an Angolan male swimmer have tested positive for banned substances at the All Africa Games.
The banned substance Stanozol was found in the weightlifter's sample after a random out-of-competition test by WADA.
Forty-five athletes have failed dope tests after their samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Games were re-analysed, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday.
A scarcity of gold medals in the first few days of the Olympics is leading China to reflect on its past obsession with finishing first, amid agreement that being champion is no longer everything.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the seventh day of the Asian Games on Saturday.
Indian boxer Pavitra (60kg) advanced to the quarter-finals of the Asian Games after out-classing Pakistan's Rukhsana Perveen in a bout that did not go beyond the opening round, in Jakarta, on Saturday.
Thailand put a dent in China's Asian Games armour on Monday, snatching a weightlifting gold and a world record, to end the Chinese monopoly of the sport in Doha.
India will be looking to its shooters to restore national pride in Doha.
India's weightlifters will miss the Asian Games after the latest in a series of doping scandals but the country is looking to its shooters to restore national pride in Doha.
Disgraced woman weightlifter Pratima Kumari, who tested positive for testosterone, pleaded innocence and accused coaches Pal Singh Sandhu and Leonid Taranenko of hatching a conspiracy against her.
Sateesha Rai, who was stripped of a medal at the Manchester Commonwealth Games after testing positive, is in the team for the Melbourne Games.
Two athletes were disqualified for doping and two fighting hockey teams had to be separated by security guards.
Kalmadi was unanimously re-elected president of the Indian Olympic Association for a record third consecutive term.
Swimmers Caitlin McClatchey and David Carry made it a stunning night for Scotland
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens.
