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ICC welcomes ban on South African players over match fixing
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dubai, Aug 8 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday welcomed the findings of a Cricket South Africa (CSA) investigation that has seen four players banned for between seven and twelve years for breaching its Anti-Corruption Code for Personnel.
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South Africa ban four for match fixing, players express regret
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, Aug 8 (ANI): Cricket South Africa on Monday banned four cricketers, including former Test wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile, on charges of match fixing.
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Happy Potter fans banned from real magic shop in Huddersfield
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London, Aug. 8 (ANI): A magic shop in Huddersfield has banned Harry Potter fans for not talking magic seriously.
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US designates Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Abrini on terrorist list
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington, Aug. 4(ANI): The United States State Department has designated Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a splinter group of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Mohamed Abrini, a member of the Europe-based Islamic State as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
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Vladimir Putin declares banned Russian athletes victims of `discrimination
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London, July 27 (ANI): Russian president Vladimir Putin has declared that his country's track and field athletes are victims of 'discrimination', insisting that they will not accept the campaign to project the embattled country in bad light.
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Narsingh Yadav's parents appeal to PM Modi to intervene
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), July 27 (ANI): Parents of wrestler Narsingh Yadav, who was tested positive for a banned substance days ahead of Rio Olympics Games, on Wednesday, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and ensure that their son goes to the event.
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More Russians banned from Rio Olympics, toll crosses 100
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Wellington, July 27 (ANI):The number of banned Russians from next month's Rio Olympics passed 100 after nineteen more athletes of the country's rowers were barred from the Summer Games.
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Praveen Rana named dope-tainted Narsingh's replacement for Rio: WFI
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Wednesday confirmed that they have named Praveen Rana as replacement for embattled wrestler Narsingh Yadav, who was tested positive for a banned substance, for the next month's Rio Olympics if the latter fails to get a
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Shot putter Inderjeet Singh cries foul, says 'I am innocent'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Indian shot putter Inderjeet Singh, who was tested positive for a banned substance, on Monday alleged that conspiracy was hatched against him to ruin his career and that he is completely innocent.
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Yogeshwar Dutt throws his weight behind dope-tainted Narsingh Yadav
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt on Tuesday joined the bandwagon of support for Rio-bound Narsingh Yadav, who has tested positive for a banned substance, saying that the matter must be investigated thoroughly.
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So what if 'jallikattu' is an 'age-old tradition': SC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Countering Tamil Nadu's interpretation of jallikattu as an 'age-old tradition' which is practised far and wide in the State, the Supreme Court in sharp remark today said child marriage was also once an 'age-old tradition' before being banned
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After Narsingh Yadav, now Inderjit Singh fails dope test
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): A few days after wrestler Narsingh Yadav was caught for doping, another Rio Olympics qualified athlete Inderjeet Singh, a shot putter, has failed the dope test as his 'A' sample returned positive for a banned substance.
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