Nikhat Zareen punched her way to a second successive gold title at the Women's World Boxing Championship in New Delhi.
If Sumit Malik's B sample also returns positive, he can be banned from the sport.
Olympic bronze medallist Gagan Narang on what made him start the Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation way back in 2011 when he himself in the midst of his own shooting career.
Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Monday assured the members of the Coordination Commission (CoCom) of the Commonwealth Games Federation that considerable progress has been made in all areas towards successfully hosting the 2010 Delhi Games.
More than 30 vaccine candidates have been supported and they are in different stages of development. Three candidates are in advanced stage of Phase I, II and III trials, and more than four are in advanced pre-clinical development stage, Choubey said.
Opposing framing of charges against him in a Commonwealth Games-related graft case, former Organising Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot claimed in a Delhi court that the CBI was "biased" against him.
Rediff.com takes a look at politicians who have enjoyed some shoe therapy over the years.
Ever thought where the coins collected by security forces during the opening ceremony and other events of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi would go? Coins of Rs 1, 2, 5 and 10 (most of them from foreigners) worth lakhs were on Sunday collected by Delhi police personnel involved in security related duties for the opening ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium while frisking and they were treated as 'unclaimed'.
Following are the various means to get to the Nehru stadium for the CWG opening ceremony on Sunday.
Commonwealth Games scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi is all set to chair a crucial meeting of the Asian Athletics Association in New Delhi, which will take stock of the continental championships which is scheduled to be held in Chennai in July.
Air India is the official airline partner for the mega sporting event starting in Delhi from October 3. A passenger can avail of these two short-term promotional schemes between October 1 and November 14, Air India said.
Of all the homegrown outfits that the Inter-Service Intelligence has created in India, they have found the Indian Mujahideen to be most effective, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Australian track and field athletes are having a second thought about participating in next month's Commonwealth Games after receiving an e-mail from the national federation, warning them of 'a high risk of terrorist attack' on the mega-event in Delhi.
The opening ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi has drawn unparalleled applause from across the world by overhauling fears of chaos with a 'spectacular' event.
It seems Duchess of Cornwall Camilla (formerly Parker Bowles) is making the most of the time she spends in the country.
Former world champion road cyclist Greg Henderson on Friday became the first selected New Zealand athlete to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games, saying there are "too many risks" in going to Delhi for the troubled event.
Part of the ceiling of the weightlifting venue for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi collapsed on Wednesday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Given the size of Indian cities, each of them would require a minimum of 1,500 CCTVs. They need to be set up in prime locations, says Vicky Nanjappa
Just 25 days ahead of the Commonwealth Games, deadlines for completion of key projects continue to be pushed further with Delhi Government on Wednesday saying that some works would drag on even till October 3 -- the day the mega sporting event begins.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Home Minister P Chidambaram said the security overlays in the games clusters will be completed by September 15. He also said security agencies would start carrying out mock drills at the venues.
Under fire BCCI president N Srinivasan was booed by a capacity Eden Gardens crowd as his name was announced during the post-match presentation ceremony.
Under fire BCCI president N Srinivasan was booed by a capacity Eden Gardens crowd as his name was announced during the post-match presentation ceremony.
Under the scanner for alleged bungling to the tune of several crores of rupees, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is now mired in litigation with several firms and its former employees seeking their dues.
'The group commands 85 per cent of the global GDP, and if you are able to convey your point of view effectively to this group then you have reached more or less all the important players that matter.'
Peter Luczak and Anastasia Rodionova will spearhead Australia's challenge at the tennis event of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi as Tennis Australia on Wednesday named its squad, sans Lleyton Hewitt and Samatha Stosur.
Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper on Sunday said he had done all he could to make the Delhi Games a success and any talk of his standing down from his post was 'silly'.
The committee will float the tender by September 15, less than three weeks before the Games begin in New Delhi.
Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who notched up four gold medals at last year's Commonwealth Games, was on Monday conferred the country's highest sporting honour -- the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award -- in a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
After several missed deadlines, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, was finally inaugurated by Sports Minister M S Gill and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday.
As the Commonwealth Games opens in New Delhi on Sunday, people in Behrampur performed a yagna and the civic authorities erected hoardings wishing luck to local weightlifter K Ravi Kumar who is participating in the mega event.
Buoyed by a strong start to the season, Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is primed to clinch his maiden Diamond League podium finish in his first appearance in four years in the prestigious one-day meet in Stockholm on Thursday.
Delay in the completion of the the Commonwealth Games venues will rob the Indian athletes of the crucial home advantage as the players are losing out on getting a hang of the stadiums, Archery Association of India President V K Malhotra said on Tuesday.
The Tihar Jail authorities as well various city hospitals, where sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was medically examined recently, were asked by a Delhi court not to make public his medical condition.
Athletes should not let the outbreak of dengue fever or security concerns ruin their experience at next month's Commonwealth Games, Indian Sports Minister Manohar Singh Gill said on Thursday.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, senior vice-president of the Bhartiya Janata Party, has alleged that in the name of developing Delhi for the Commonwealth Games in October later this year, the development of certain individuals is becoming more visible. Speaking to rediff.com, Naqvi said the Government of India should step in and control the needless expenditure being incurred.
With the Commonwealth Games less than a month away, at least two stadia as well as parts of the main sports venue, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, are yet to get completion certificates from civic authorities.
Even as the country reels from the extended rains and the imminent Commonwealth Games, there are unmistakable signs in Delhi's environs of an unprecedented transformation.
After the Central Bureau of Investigation was pulled up by a Delhi court for not complying with its order, the agency has submitted translated summons to be served to three officials of Switzerland-based Swiss Timing Ltd, facing trial in a 2010 Commonwealth Games scam case.
Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain will look to find their footing in new weight categories with the 2024 Paris Olympic Games approaching.
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