Vinayak Padmadeo

Narsingh’s Rio bout in doubt as anti-doping body appeals against clean chit

Sources told HT that the hearing has already started in this case. He added that the WFI was unaware of this development as they are yet to receive a copy of the notice. It has written to WADA complaining that they were not notified.

Sports minister Vijay Goel entourage lands in Rio controversy over ‘rude’ entourage

Olympics 2016: Jitu Rai best bet to give India opening day high

Jitu Rai wasn’t aware of the Olympics until 2012. Now, such is the faith of fellow shooters that they believe the ‘Naib Subedar’ will start India’s campaign with a medal today.

Narsingh Verdict: What worked in the wrestler’s favour

NADA’s anti-doping and disciplinary panel gave a clean chit to wrestler Narsingh Pacham Yadav saying he was a victim of sabotage.

Narsingh cleared of doping violation

Despite clean chit, questions abound on panel’s procedure

Narsingh was ‘victim of sabotage’: Anti-doping panel gives clean chit for Rio

The NADA panel gave him the benefit of the doubt saying that “the ingestion of the prohibitive substance, in this case methandienone, appeared to be one time.

Parveen Rana to be tested in Georgia

Since the wrestler wasn’t part of the national camp for the Rio Games, he is yet to be tested.

Second sample tested under Wada directive

Nada picks holes in Narsingh plea

Doping panel finds Narsingh’s arguments unconvincing due to lack of evidence

National Anti Doping Agency lawyer says wrestler Narsingh Yadav’s arguments before the anti-doping panel were not convincing.

Wrestler Narsingh in a corner after failing 2nd dope test, Parveen Rana gets Rio spot

Wrestler Narsingh Yadav accepts dope violation but says it was ‘unintentional’

Narsingh Yadav and his battery of lawyers are sticking to their stand that someone added banned substance in his drink for him to test positive.

Wrestler Narsingh Yadav fails 2nd dope test, fate likely to be known today

Narsingh faces a four-year ban in accordance with new rules for doping offences. But if the anti-doping agency considers the positive test of July 5 sample as a second doping offence, the 26-year-old could be banned for life.

‘Hunger to win most important’

Ministry shoots down Narsingh’s claim of sabotage by SAI official

The Sports Ministry has junked allegations made by Narsingh Yadav that a Sports Authority of India (SAI) administrator was involved in the conspiracy to frame him.

Federation says conspiracy against Narsingh, wrestler wants CBI probe

Wrestler Narsingh Yadav’s failed dope test was the result of a conspiracy, the Wrestling Federation of India said on Monday, as the athlete demanded a CBI probe into an episode that has plunged the country’s preparation for next month’s Rio Olympics in crisis.

Sushil will not replace Narsingh

Why Narsingh Yadav’s failed dope test won’t open Rio doors for Sushil Kumar

Narsingh Yadav’s failed dope test that rules him out of the Olympics doesn’t mean that Sushil Kumar, the country’s most successful individual Olympian, gets a shot at the Rio games.

Togetherness the key at the Games

Rani fulfils a dream, a house for Rampals

After long struggles, hockey ace Rani Rampal’s dream is close to completion

Money is still a topic that is hardly broached in the Rampal household in Shahbad Markanda, the nursery of Indian hockey. And it is understood why.

When taking aim was a tall order

From substandard clay targets to the finest of facilities, HT traces shooting’s rise to become one of India’s most coveted disciplines in the build-up to Rio

Police file FIR against IOA joint secretary Kuldeep Vats

Indian Olympic Association joint secretary Kuldeep Vats is in trouble.

Chopping of events likely to hit shooters hard

‘Aisa nai hota’: Salman Khan’s Sultan a mixed bag, says wrestler

From nobody, Salman transforms into the Haryana state champion, beats a wrestler double his weight, wins gold at the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and gold at the Asian Games and London Olympics. The grin on Satpal’s face says it all. In real life, it takes a lifetime to get near a major international medal.

Shoulder injury clouds Deepika’s Rio build-up

Shoulder injury clouds archer Deepika’s Rio Olympics build-up

India’s top woman archer Deepika Kumari has been nursing a painful shoulder condition for a while and is in the race to get fit for the Rio Olympics.

Once inseparable, wrestlers Sushil and Yogeshwar now don’t see eye to eye

Together, they planted the Indian flag on the global wrestling map. But four years after accounting for two of India’s six medals at the London Olympics, the split is wide open between champions, Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt.

Crowdfunding for Ayonika’s jacket upsets shooting body