Virat Kohli is the quintessential 'teacher's delight' but it is injury-prone Mohammed Shami, in his current fit avatar, that India's strength and conditioning coach Shankar Basu considers his biggest achievement since joining the team.
The World record holder failed to make the US 100 metres team for next month's Olympics.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
The World 100 metres record holder will press for arbitration of doping charges against the sprinter by the US Anti-Doping Agency.
Chris Froome remains in contention for a fourth Tour de France title after Team Sky put the pressure on their rivals with a perfectly executed plan in Friday's 13th stage, won on Bastille Day by France's Warren Barguil.
The US sprinters finished together in 10.30 seconds yesterday, edging world champion Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis by .03 seconds.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Anti-doping officials believe world 100 metres record holder could have taken a cocktail of drugs including human growth hormone and EPO.
The IAAF will send a warning to the American sprinter for disrupting this year's World championships but will take no further action.
China's Su Bingtian held off his opponents with a late burst of speed to win the event in 9.92 seconds.
Pleasantly surprised after Barack Obama mentioned her name in his speech on Indian achievers, Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom said she was happy to know that the US President acknowledged her performances.
Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery should be free to compete in the Olympic Games since the drug allegations against them are not proven, IOC president Jacques Rogge said.
The athletics event gets underway at the Afro Asian Games on Tuesday, but the starting list of foreigners is still unknown.
The California laboratory said that no "positive test" results for steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs were found at the lab.
The American sprinter wants any samples obtained from the BALCO investigation to be tested for DNA first to ensure they belong to her.
The Olympic Games' central sport is tarnished and discredited even as officials have scrambled to defend its credibility.\n\n
The American sprinter will miss the Athens Olympic Games and all her results since December 15, 2000, have been disqualified.
The awards are presented annually to the outstanding U.S. male and female athletes.
Chris Froome got a brutal reminder of the unpredictable nature of the Tour de France when he crashed to the ground in Sunday's second stage, recovering to finish with torn shorts as German Marcel Kittel powered to victory at the end of a huge sprint.
: The European 100 metres champion failed a test for the new designer steroid THG
The European 100 metres champion was banned for two years on Tuesday after failing a test for the new designer steroid THG.
Usain Bolt once again produced his best when it mattered most to retain his 100 metres world title and reassert his status as the number one sprinter on the planet at a rocking Bird's Nest Stadium on Sunday night.
Lewis in full flow was the finest sight in track and field for more than a decade.
The double world sprint champion and five other American athletes tested positive for the stimulant modafinil.
Both athletes are involved in the ongoing doping investigations.
Anju George, Anil Kumar and J J Sobha won gold medals as India scooped up nine medals from athletics.
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