The vice-president of Russia's Olympic Committee did not name the athletes but said they would be identified if a second test also proved positive.
A group calling itself 'Black Flags' has threatened to behead them if the Kuwaiti firm for which they work does not pull out of the country.
Atletico Madrid's faint hopes of chasing down runaway Liga leaders Barcelona suffered a fresh blow on Saturday as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Girona, meaning they could fall 11 points behind the Catalans by the end of the weekend.
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The organisers have, however, managed to rope in three athletes who are ranked among the top twenty marathoners in the world.
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American Bernard Lagat became the first man to win the 1,500 and 5,000 metres titles at the same world championships.
Ireland beat Kenya by six wickets to win the first-class competition involving 12 non-Test playing countries.
Relatives of the three Indian hostages freed in Iraq yesterday rejoiced and thanked the captors for releasing their dear ones.
Former U.S. President George Bush began a gathering of political heavyweights for the Athens Olympics but doping was again the talking point for sport.
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath will lead the Indian delegation at the World Trade Organisation mini-ministerial meet in the Kenyan capital of Mombasa from March 2-4.
Lalita Babar failed to reproduce her fine showing in the qualification round and finished 10th in the women's 3000m Steeplechase final as Indians continued to disappoint in track and field at the Rio Olympics on Monday. Babar clocked 9:22.74 seconds, nearly three seconds outside her National record of 9:19.76s, set in the qualification round on Saturday.
KGL spokesperson Rana Abu Zaineh said the Kenyan foreign minister, who had announced in Nairobi that all the seven hostages have been set free, had 'misunderstood' the issue.
The US state department expressed disappointment at the decision of Philippines to withdraw troops from Iraq.
The world junior champion stunned the crowd by clocking a time of 44.93 seconds.
Olympic champion and world record holder David Rudisha ran from the front and trusted his finishing pace to regain the world 800 metres title at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing, on Tuesday.
Three players were beaten up after expressing dislike at being sprayed with colour.
The Indian long distance runner is optimistic of finishing among the top three in the Nations' category in the third leg of the 'Greatest Race on Earth', a part of the Mumbai Marathon.
Raghbir Singh Mhajan was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to tennis.
Kenyan 1,500 metres runner Bernard Lagat has had his suspension lifted after his B sample tested negative for EPO.
Mo Farah set the first world record of his glittering distance running career on Saturday when he established a new indoor two-mile mark in Birmingham.
The dogged persistence of a man of Indian origin, who exiled himself in the transit lounge of a Kenyan airport for 13 months, paid off when he won his battle for a British passport.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
India 'A' won the tri-series match by 10 wickets.
Kenyan Olympic silver medallist Bernard Lagat streaked to the fastest mile run in Madison Square Garden.
Sandeep Patil, former Kenya cricket coach, is ready to talk to the ICC over the match-fixing scandal in Kenya.
The 46-year-old British mother has been using social media to make a series of threats against the West.
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