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Suspended para swimmer Karmakar cries conspiracy
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], March 1 (ANI): Para-swimmer Prasanta Karmakar, who has been suspended for three years by the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), today said an injustice had been done to him.
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Para swimmer Karmakar suspended for various offences: PCI
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): Confirming the suspension of para swimmer Prasanta Karmakar, Vice President Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), Gursharan Singh, today said the athlete is also facing charges of indiscipline and anti-federation activities apart from charges of recording vid
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Para-swimmer Prasanta Karmakar suspended for recording video of female swi
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Bangalore [India], March 1 (ANI): Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) has suspended Para swimmer Prasanta Karmakar for three years after he was found recording video of female swimmers during an event in Jaipur last year.
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N Korea invited to participate in Pyeongchang Paralympics
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Feb 2 (ANI): The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Friday invited North Korea to participate in the next month's Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics.
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Russia to field 30-35 athletes in Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 29 (ANI): Around 30 to 35 Russian Paralympians have been allowed to compete in the Winter Paralympic Games as "neutral athletes" in five sports disciplines, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said in a statement on Monday.
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Paralympic Committee of India requests for considering Sakina Khatun for C
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) has written a letter to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), asking it to request the Commonwealth Games (CWG) organising committee to accept the entries of para powerlifters Sakina Khatun and Jaideep for the games.
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Upset with association, para player to quit table tennis
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Indian Paralympic table tennis player Suvarna Raj has decided to quit the game, alleging that she has been denied playing opportunities due to politics in sports bodies.
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Outstanding performance of athletes at National Para-Swimming Championship
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 8 (ANI): Para athletes gave an outstanding performance at the 17th National Para-Swimming Championship organised by the Para-Swimming Association from 4-8 November in Udaipur.
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24th National Blind Cricket tournament to conclude in Mumbai
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) affiliated to Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) and World Blind Cricket (WBC) has announced the Mumbai leg of the 24th National Cricket Tournament.
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Russia barred from Rio Paralympics over doping allegations
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Johannesburg, Aug.8 (ANI): The International Paralympic Committee (IOC) has issued a blanket ban on all the Russian athletes from competing in the Paralympics games of the ongoing Rio Olympics because of widespread doping allegations in the country.
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