Karnataka's swimmers clinched three of the five gold medals on offer, even as four records fell by the wayside on Saturday.
The IOA will hear the 22 dope-tainted athletes from the National Games on Wednesday.
Their men' and women's teams made it to the gold medal round in the badminton event at the National Games.
The AP government said the athlete's charges came out of "sheer frustration".
The inaugural Afro-Asian Games will be held in Hyderabad from October 24 to Novermber 1.
IOA president Suresh Kalmadi said dope testing will take place not just during competitions but also during national camps.
Punjab routed Maharashtra 3-1 in the men's final while Haryana whipped Jharkhand 4-0 in the women's at the National Games hockey tournament.
Their men's and women's teams won the gold medal in the National Games table tennis team event.
Richa set the pool ablaze with two record-breaking efforts while gymnast Pandey won two gold medals as seven records tumbled in the 32nd National Games on Monday.
The former champions drew with Andhra Pradesh and completed their league engagements with seven points, in the National Games' hockey competition.
Chandigarh became the first team to qualify for the semifinals from pool 'B' by virtue of their solitary goal victory over Maharashtra in the 32nd National Games.
The promising rower pleads ignorance about taking any performance-enhancing substance.
"Indian sports persons had done well in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games and now we are ready to enter the Olympics," the Indian prime minister said.
Sania Mirza won the women's singles tennis gold handing out a love game to Manisha Malhotra in the final.
Shanti Devi's goal gave the defending champions a 1-0 victory over Bengal in the final at the National Games.
The duo respectively picked their seventh and fifth medals from swimming at the National Games.
The former beat Services 4-1 via the tie-breaker while Punjab overcame Karnataka 1-0 in the men's hockey semi-finals at the National Games.
Sania Mirza easily beat Archana Venkatraman, while Manisha Malhotra had to struggle against Sheetal Goutham as Andhra Pradesh beat Karnataka in the final of the women's tennis team event at the National Games
Johnson Ekka's hat-trick gave Andhra Pradesh a 4-1 victory over Bengal in the National Games hockey tournament.
Two first-half goals enabled runners-up of the last edition Goa to beat Maharashtra 2-0 in the National Games football competition.
Their men's and women's teams beat Kerala and Maharashtra respectively in the final to win the team titles in the National Games badminton tournament.
Punjab blanked Services 4-0 while Bengal edged past Tamil Nadu in the semi-finals of the National Games football tournament.
Samantarai's hat-trick enabled Orissa trounce Kerala and join Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Manipur in the semi-finals of the National Games women's football tournament.
Andhra Pradesh's shuttlers dominated the National Games badminton competition, winning the gold medal in the men and women's singles, women's doubles and team championship.
'Oommen Chandy may well prove to be the Teflon chief minister whose reputation cannot be tarnished,' predicts Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
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Asian Games medallist Tintu Luka ruled the track on the final day of competition at the 35th National Games, smashing an 18-year-old meet record to win the 800 metres gold before inspiring Kerala to the 4x400m title in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.
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