The WADA report also said that between 2004 and Aug. 1, 138 Kenyan athletes had tested positive for prohibited substances, 113 of them during competitions.
Samsung an official sponsor of the Athens Olympic games launched its 'Olympic Series' Mobile Phones on August 5.
With less than two weeks to go for the Athens Games, the IOA is still undecided about who will carry the tricolour at the opening ceremony.
Both men were the dominant sprinters of their time, although their paths diverged sharply after their respective triumphs.
The US swimmer will enter five individual events and three relays at the Athens Olympics in his quest to equal or surpass Mark Spitz's record haul of seven gold medals the 1972 Games in Munich.
The Olympic champion failed to make the 100 metres team for Athens after she finished fifth in the US trials.
The ace Indian shooters will use the Afro-Asian Games to test their prowess.
The Kenyan athletes won't be allowed to race after the Zurich Golden League meeting on August 6.
India's ace shooter says she has 'gained consistency' and is looking to peak in time for the Olympics.
The victory also secured them a place at next year's Olympics.
The 20-year-old table tennis ace, who earned an Olympic berth from the Beijing qualifier, is fine-tuning her game at the SAI Centre in Kolkata.
Trainer Sampath Kumar says the penalty-corner ace's in-muscle in both the legs is not balanced.
Switzerland's two greatest tennis players will join forces at next year's Rio Olympics when Roger Federer and Martina Hingis play together in the mixed doubles.
A replica of the Olympic torch was unveiled in New York in honour of Indian spiritual leader Chinmoy Kumar Ghose. The giant 25-foot tall torch, considered the world's largest, was unveiled by Ashrita Furman, 59, who holds numerous Guinness Book World records.
Neymar made his return to the pitch after a three-month injury lay-off as Paris St Germain celebrated their eighth Ligue 1 title with a 3-1 win against Monaco at the Parc des Princes on Sunday.
"I want to play because in four more years I will be 28 years old," Ferrero said.
Juan Carlos Ferrero says he wants to play in the Olympic Games next year, unlike Lleyton Hewitt.
The former world number one said that his target for next season was to win a medal at the Olympic Games in Athens.
Paes said that he would pair up Bhupathi in January to play a few tournaments in the lead up to the 2004 Olympics Games.
Devendra Bevendra improved his own world mark to win the gold medal in the Javelin Throw, category F44/46.
They lost to Iran and suffered their second defeat in the Asian Volleyball championship.
C'wealth Games gold medallist Samresh Jung finished 24th in the men's 10m air pistol in the ISSF World Cup.\n\n
Indian weightlifters Sivalingam Sathish Kumar and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu earned the right to compete at the Rio Olympics in men's and women's weight categories respectively after topping the selection trials. Selection trials were held in Patiala to choose one lifter each from men's and women's category across all weight divisions after India had earned two quota places for the Rio Games at Senior Asian Championships at Tashkent, Uzbekistan in April. Sathish earned the ticket for Rio after finishing on top among male lifters with a total of 336kg in 77kg weight division. He lifted 151kg in snatch and 185kg in clean & jerk.
Italian anti-doping authorities have called for two-year bans on 26 athletes, including Olympic bronze medallist Fabrizio Donato and European champion long jumper Andrew Howe, for allegedly failing to provide doping samples.
The women's quartet of S Geeta, K M Beenamol, Chitra K Soman and Rajwinder Kaur clocked 3:28.51 seconds, slower than the new national best of 3:26.89 seconds they posted in qualifying for the final.
Achanta Sharath Kamal lost his second round match to 25th ranked Lai Chak Ko of Hong Kong.
The country has sent 75 athletes to the Olympics, but few in the cricket-mad country see any surefire gold medal candidate.
Troubled AC Milan were held to a goalless draw by AEK Athens
Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that a combination of proper infrastructure and guidance along with passion can help India in becoming a 'sporting nation'.
Juve forward Cristiano Ronaldo had an unusually quiet game after scoring a hat-trick against Atletico in last year's competition, although he came within inches of grabbing a last-gasp winner when he sent a shot just past the far post.
Terry Walsh, an International Hockey Federation (FIH) Master Coach, has 175 international caps and represented Australia in four World Cup campaigns and three Olympic Games including a silver medal at the Montreal Olympics in 1976.
Red Star, who won the European Cup in 1991 and reached the latter stages the following season, finished second in Group H behind Arsenal who crushed BATE Borisov 6-0.
United are unbeaten in all competitions since Solskjaer replaced Jose Mourinho in December and their improvement is down to the Norwegian's insistence on an attacking style of play, as opposed to the defensive fare served up by his predecessor.
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