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Bengaluru, Aug 23 : Marathon runner Sudha Singh, who has given blood samples for tests to check for the Zika virus, has been diagnosed with H1NI infection and not the disease contracted from daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes.The Indian athlete, who parti…

New Delhi, Aug 23 : Dope-tainted Narsingh Yadav, who has been handed a four-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), on Tuesday reiterated his demand for a CBI investigation into his doping case.”I have been framed, I want a CBI inquiry i…

New Delhi, Aug 23 : Dope-tainted Narsingh Yadav, who has been handed a four-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), on Tuesday reiterated his demand for a CBI investigation into his doping case.”I have been framed, I want a CBI inquiry i…

New Delhi, Aug 23 : Describing the Rio Olympics experience as “sweet and sour”, Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said they had expected at least 3-4 medals from the grapplers but added the sudden ban on Narsingh Yadav …

New Delhi, Aug. 23 : The Sports Ministry on Tuesday constituted a two-member committee to inquire into the allegations of long-distance runner O.P.Jaisha, who fainted at the end of the gruelling race at the recently concluded Rio Olympics. The committe…

New Delhi, Aug 23 : Kerala Blasters on Tuesday announced the signing of Chadian international midfielder Azrack-Yassine Mahamat to bolster their team for the upcoming season of the Indian Super League.Azrack Mahamat, who plays in the defensive midfield…

New Delhi, Aug.23 : Deakin University, Australia, signed an agreement recently with Indian Premier League (IPL) franchisee Rising Pune Supergiants to be the team’s official sports management university partner for the 2017 season.The Memorandum of Unde…

Karachi, Aug.23 : Ahead of the ODI series against England, Pakistan all-rounder Yasir Arafat has called on his side to head into the upcoming matches with the same mentality and passion as they had displayed in the absorbing two-all drawn Test series a…

Colombo, Aug.23 : Sri Lanka have called in batsman Angelo Perera as replacement for injured seamer Nuwan Pradeep for the remaining ODIs of the five-match series against Australia.Earlier this month, Pradeep was ruled out of the ODI squad after sufferin…

Melbourne, Aug.23 : England fast bowler David Willey is all set to rejoin the ODI squad for the upcoming five-match series against Pakistan after his left hand injury was found to be less serious than first feared.The 26-year-old Northamptonshire batsm…