Indian athlete fails gender test
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A top Indian woman athlete who won a silver medal at a recent regional championship fails a gender test.
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FIFA has rejected a request by a professional menâs soccer club in Mexico to sign a female player. Maribel Dominguez had impressed officials of second-division club Celaya enough to give her a chance.
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Greek Olympics officials say they are unaware of any team member failing a drugs test after media reports that the International Olympic Committee had found a Greek competitor had taken banned substances.
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OLYMPIC show jumper Cian O&#39;Connor has turned down Ireland&#39;s Person of the Year award after his gold-winning horse tested positive for a prohibited substance.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in Athens on August 23 that women&#39;s shot put champion Korzhanenko of Russia has been excluded from the 28th Olympic Games after failing a doping test.
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An Indian runner who won a silver medal in the women's 800 meters at the Asian Games failed a gender test and was stripped of the medal.
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Olympic 100 meters champion Justin Gatlin has been banned for four years for a 2006 positive test for the male sex hormone testosterone, The Washington Post reported on its Web site on Tuesday.
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Shane Warne, the Australia leg-spinner, has been ruled out of the fourth and final Test match against India after fracturing his right thumb while batting in the nets.
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An Indian weightlifter has tested positive for drugs before the start of the Athens Games, the International Olympic Committee has announced.
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Tyler Hamilton, the Olympic time-trial champion, faces the possible loss of his gold medal depending on the outcome of a second sample analysis after confirmation yesterday that he had failed a test intended to detect the use of blood transfusions to
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The women&#39;s gold medallist in shot put, Irina Korzhanenko, has been disqualified from the Olympics and stripped of her medal after testing positive for doping.
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Indian batting star Sachin Tendulkar is ruled out of the first Test against Australia.
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A Greek athlete loses his medal after testing positive, and a Russian is also reported to have failed a test.
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Indian sports officials have issued lifetime bans to three female weightlifters and the sport&#39;s top coach after the athletes tested positive for banned drugs at international competitions, including the Athens Olympics.
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Ganguly, recovering from a thigh strain, failed a fitness test on Tuesday morning. Harbhajan was laid low with a viral infection. With left-arm seamer Irfan Pathan also sidelined due to a rib injury, India
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Indian batting star Sachin Tendulkar will miss the Champions Trophy one-day cricket championship after failing to shake off an elbow injury, team officials said on Saturday.
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NEW DELHI: India yesterday banned three women weightlifters for life, while the national federation was barred for one year by the sport&#39;s world governing body.