Dope-laced supplements a cause of worry: Goel
new delhi: Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Thursday said that the import and sale of dope-laced nutritional supplements was a cause to worry for his ministry as it sought to re-confirm its commitment to take tough anti-doping measures against drug offenders.Inaugurating a conclave on 'Nutritional Supplements for Sports' here to work out a doping free model, Goel said time has now come to provide safe and quality nutrition to the athletes in the wake of increasing international competition and high incidences of dope.Goel said tackling the causes of doping was a priority for his ministry."The import and sale of sub-standard and dope-laced nutritional supplement was a cause of worry as an unsuspected athlete gets banned under the Anti-Doping Code because of use of these supplements," Goel said in a ministry release.
Niranjan Shah questions age restrictions
New Delhi: "If the Indian president can be well over 70 years of age, why can't the BCCI administrators work beyond that that age limit," argued the "disqualified" board veteran Niranjan Shah after being controversially included in the panel formed to study lodha recommendations. Shah will be a 'special invitee' along with the seven members, providing his "inputs and suggestions" to help the other committee members. "I don't understand this hue and cry over the age limit of the BCCI office-bearers. If our president (Pranab Mukherjee, who is 81) can work beyond 70, what is so wrong about BCCI officials working beyond that age limit. "As long as you are fit, you can work even till the time you are alive. I call this age discrimination (what is being proposed by the lodha panel)," Shah told PTI.
Ramkumar goes down fighting to Baghdatis
Antalya: Ramkumar Ramanathan of India fought gallantly before losing a gruelling three-setter against veteran Marcos Baghdatis in the quarter-final of the ATP 250 Antalya Open on Thursday. It was another great show from the Indian tennis player after his shock win over world No 8 Dominic Thiem. He, though, eventually went down 7-6 (7-0), 3-6, 6-7 (6-8) in match that lasted two hour and 43 minutes. It was the experience of Baghdatis, a former world No 8 and Australian Open Finalist, which helped him prevail over the world No 222.
Srikanth climbs up 3 spots to enter top-10
new delhi: Riding on his back-to-back Super Series triumphs, India's ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth broke back into the top-10 at eighth in the latest world rankings released on Thursday. The 24-year-old from Guntur, who clinched successive titles at Indonesian Open and Australian Open, now has 58,583 points in his kitty. He is the lone Indian shuttler to figure in the top-10 of men's singles ranking after climbing up three places. In women's singles, PV Sindhu dropped a rung to be World No 5, while Sania Nehwal has gained a spot to be at 15th.
Karun, Pandey to lead India A teams in Sa
new delhi: Senior team players Karun Nair and Manish Pandey were on Thursday named skippers of India A's unofficial Test and one-day teams respectively, for the upcoming tour of South Africa. India A will play a one-day tri-series involving Australia A and South Africa A followed by two four-day matches against the hosts. The tour starts with the first one-dayer of the triangular series on July 26 between India A and Australia A. Karun and J Yadav are two current India players who are in both the squads, while Pandey needed to be checked after coming from an injury. Also part of the first class squad is Abhinav Mukund.