India's ace sharpshooters struggled in the men's Trap event in the qualification round at the Olympic Games.
The Indian lost tamely in only 44 seconds to Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar of Mongolia in the second round of the 60 kg Group B category.
The former world number one is suffering from a knee injury.\n\n
Dozens of the 250 Olympic horses arrived at Athens airport late on Tuesday and dozens more were due by dawn as teams such as Britain and Germany picked cooler hours to fly horses in.
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.
Nationality in sport has become muddied following the break-up of the Soviet bloc and the transfer of talent from poor to rich countries.
The American sprinter tested positive for a metabolite of cannabis at a meeting in Seville in June.
The Indian hockey team's chief coach said the current team was capable of winning the Olympic title.
The 36-year-old Jhajharia, who is the first Indian to win two Paralympic gold medals, was the first choice of the awards selection committee.
Disappointed at missing out on a bronze at Sydney, weightlifter Sanamcha Chanu is determined to make amends in Athens.
Three times in the past 15 years weightlifting officials have wiped out all existing records tainted by drug-taking.
'We are trying passionately to protect those clean athletes who are going to Rio 2016'
The double Olympic champion pulled out because of an Achilles injury.
A rising number of Greeks in rural areas are swapping goods and services in cashless transactions.
Athens Olympics officials were angered by a British newspaper report claiming to reveal details of the opening ceremony on August 13.
Triple Olympic gold medal winner Kenenisa Bekele said he was bitterly disappointed to be left out of Ethiopia's team for the Rio Olympics and blamed members of the country's athletics federation he said knew nothing of the sport.
The unceremonious sacking of Rajinder Singh as national coach by the Indian Hockey Federation just three weeks before the Olympics came for heavy criticism from many quarters.
The 25-year-old will join Aparna Popat and Abhinn Shyam Gupta in the badminton event at Athens.
The world number two tennis player said the sport does not deserve to be at the Games.
The captain of Greece's European championship winning side joined the Serie A club on a two-year contract.\n\n
Spanish club Levante said talks with the Greece captain, named player of the tournament at Euro 2004, are at an advanced stage.
The world 100 metres champion tested positive for the banned stimulant nikethamide at a meeting in Europe earlier this season.
The Bhopal Hockey Association said handicapped players from Punjab are being offered an opportunity to represent the country.
The World record holder failed to make the US 100 metres team for next month's Olympics.
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