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Special Olympics swim: Disabled athlete drowns in race

George Town (Cayman Islands), May 29: Cayman Islands police say a member of Uruguay's Special Olympics swim team has apparently drowned during a competition in the waters off a popular beach.A police statement identifies the dead man as 41-year-old Pablo Jose ...

Ioa Agrees To Ioc Demand To Hold Fresh Agm Polls

IOA agrees to IOC's demand, India back in Olympic fold

New Delhi, May 15: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has agreed to the demand of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to hold fresh annual general meeting (AGM) and elections. Accordingly, the December 5 elections will be declared null and void, nullifying ...

BSF seizes heroin worth Rs 250 cr in Punjab in 2 days

Chandigarh, April 17: The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized heroin worth Rs 250 crore in the international market from the Khemkaran sector near Amritsar. While 18 kg of heroin worth Rs 90 crore was seized on Tuesday, another 32 kg ...

Bsf Seizes Heroin Worth Rs 250 Cr In Punjab 2 Days

Drugs haul: Punjab cops arrest boxer Ram Singh

Chandigarh, April 3: The Punjab Police Wednesday arrested boxer Ram Singh in connection with the recent recovery of huge quantity of heroin and other drugs worth nearly Rs 500 crore in the state. Police had, last month, busted an international drugs ...

Heroin use: NADA collects Vijender Singh's blood samples

New Delhi, April 3: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) collected urine and blood samples from Beijing Olympics bronze-medallist Vijender Singh on Wednesday morning, revealed Sports Minister Jitender Singh. The 27-year-old pugilist came under the scanner when the Punjab...

Drugs haul case: Police grill Vijender Singh

New Delhi, March 11: The Punjab Police on Monday grilled Olympic bronze-winner pugilist Vijender Singh for three-and-half hours in connection with the recent drugs haul case. The boxer was interrogated for his alleged links with Anoop Singh Kahlon, the other accused ...

Drug haul: Vijender to be quizzed, Ram Singh expelled

Patiala, March 11: Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh will be questioned in connection with the recent recovery of 26 kg of heroin worth Rs 130 crore, Punjab police said on Sunday as his sparring partner Ram Singh was expelled from the ...

Boxers in drug scandal: NIS to expel Ram Singh on Mar 11

Patiala, Mar 10: Disgraced boxer Ram Singh is to be expelled from the National Institute of Sports (NIS) here on Monday as he has admitted to consuming drugs. This is bad news for Beijing Olmypics bronze-medallist Vijender Singh who shares a ...

Vijender had a fascination to consume drugs: Sources

Patiala, March 9: Police probe into the Rs 130-crore drug haul case on Saturday indicated that Olympic medalist Vijender Singh had a fascination to use heroin.Sources said that mobile tower locations and telephonic details of Singh and the main accused, Anoop ...

Vijender Had Fascination To Consume Drugs Sources

Drug Racket: Why boxer Vijender Singh met drug smuggler

Mohali, March 9: Olympic medal winning boxer Vijender Singh has strongly refuted allegation of having any links with an alleged drug smuggler who was arrested last weekend by Punjab police. But, media reports say, boxer Vijender and his friend Ram ...

Sushil, Yogeshwar open to returning Olympic medals

New Delhi, March 7: India's wrestling icons Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt Thursday said they won't hesitate to return their Olympic medals if it helps the sport stay at the 2020 Games.Their comments come after wrestlers from Bulgaria and Russia, Valentin ...

Wrestling: BJP asks govt to intervene for 'national pride'

New Delhi, Feb 17: BJP termed the dropping of wrestling as a sporting event in the 2020 Olympics as an "international conspiracy" and urged the Indian government to intervene in the interest of "national pride". Wrestlers under the aegis of ...

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